An alternative route to the Danube Cycle Path from Vienna to Bratislava leads through Marchfeld. You can even walk from city limit to city limit between the two capitals.
Route profile
- length: 37 km
- Signage: No!
- Slopes: No significant differences in altitude to cope with. The route leads through the flat Marchfeld.
- Path state: Between the places you use field or goods roads, which are usually not paved, but are in a very good condition (compact, fine gravel, which can also be used when it rains).
- Traffic load: The first three kilometers (Neuessling-Raasdorf) run on a busy state road (no sidewalk or bike path). Then the route leads over field and goods roads and you only meet a few cyclists and occasionally agricultural traffic. One moves within the towns on normal local roads.
background
Dynamic cardsSee also:Vienna-Bratislava cycle and hiking trail (variant) / GpxVienna-Bratislava is the capital city pair that is the third closest apart in the world (approx. 60 km as the crow flies from city center to city center). The distance between the city limits is significantly shorter.
Developed as an idea among friends, the shortest route from Vienna to Bratislava (city limits - city limits, 37 km) was first walked and documented in May 2015. This route is also a good alternative route to the cycle path along the Danube, as it is shorter.
The following is a description of the route for hikers on the Vienna-Bratislava route. The route description for cyclists does not differ from this.
preparation
- On foot: You have to be prepared for at least eight hours of walking. On the way there are only sparse restaurants and local suppliers, so you should bring enough provisions with you. Sun and rain protection can also do no harm, as well as a flashlight if you are surprised by the darkness on the way. Good walking shoes are a must anyway!
- By bicycle the above also applies, but the route can be mastered in well under three hours. Since there are practically no inclines, no mountain bike is required. The good condition of the roads and the low traffic allow children and inexperienced cyclists to have a pleasant ride.
- Since the route is not signposted, you should download the route to your mobile phone or GPS beforehand. If the battery runs out while on the move, it pays to have a paper card with you. Recommended cards:
- Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying (BEV): Austrian map 1: 50,000, map sheets 5320 Vienna and 5321 Gänserndorf.
- OpenStreetMap and Google Maps also provide good coverage of the route network, but you should be able to fall back on a paper map in an emergency if the smartphone battery runs out.
getting there
Starting points are:
- In Vienna: Neuessling (terminus of bus line 24A) at "Wamperten Kreuz"
- In Bratislava: Devínska Nová Ves, Na Mýte street. Stops Novoveská or Uhrovecká (bus lines 20, 21, 28, N21)
Since the route is mostly not far from the Marchegger Ostbahn one can easily limit oneself to parts of the route. Stations are en route:
The regional trains of the Marchegger Ostbahn run every hour. Regional express trains Vienna-Bratislava also stop in Siebenbrunn-Leopoldsdorf.
Connection to Supraregional cycling and hiking trails:
- All-round hiking trail around Vienna; Stages 18 and 19.
- Danube Cycle Path (in Vienna and Bratislava)
- Bike path along the Russbach Deutsch-Wagram - Engelhartstetten (in Glinzendorf)
- Cycle paths on both sides of the March (Castle courtyard and Devínska Nová Ves)
- Bratislava Castle CourtyardCarnuntumRoute (castle courtyard and Devínska Nová Ves)
- Iron Curtain Trail (Castle courtyard and Devínska Nová Ves)
Here we go!
Neuessling - Raasdorf (km 0-3)
The hike begins at the terminus of bus line 24A (from U1 Kagraner Platz) and continues from the Weißen Kreuz ("Wampertes Kreuz") in Neuessling (22nd district) the busy state road - the only noteworthy section of road traffic - for 3 km to Raasdorf.
- In Raasdorf: parish church, war memorial, an inn (Gasthof Mayer)
Raasdorf - Glinzendorf (km 3-9)
From the parish church Raasdorf If you walk down the Anger to the end. You turn onto the signposted state road ri. Markgrafneusiedl turn left to immediately turn right into the next alley (Lange Feldgasse). Immediately afterwards, turn left onto Großhofer Weg. After approx. 300 m the residential road becomes an unpaved dirt road, which you now walk straight ahead for approx. 4 km. On the way you cross the state road L11 Großhofen.
When you reach the end of this path, turn left and then right again after 100 m. After another kilometer you will reach the village Glinzendorf.
Brief overview of this section:
- Length approx. 6 km
- Gastronomy: None
- Shops: Organic farm Adam's shop (Glinzendorf)
- Tourist Attractions:
- Church of St. Laurentius in Großhofen (approx. 900 m away from the path, north)
- Anger and St. Katharina Church in Glinzendorf (approx. 200 m away from the path, south).
Glinzendorf - Obersiebenbrunn (km 9-13)
At the northern end of the center of Glinzendorf, take the L6 for 300 m to the east. Shortly after the end of the village, turn half-left into a dirt road. After about one kilometer this crosses the Russbach and the Russbach-Marchfeldkanal cycle path. Now go straight for three kilometers until you come to the L9 state road at the Bahnhofsiedlung von Obersiebenbrunn reached.
- Length of the section: 4 km
- Gastronomy: None
- Shops: None
- Drinking fountain: At a house in the train station area
- Sight: Sugar factory Leopoldsdorf, approx. 600 m off the road in the south.
Obersiebenbrunn - Untersiebenbrunn (km 13-17)
The path in the previous section continues straight ahead, without a curve for another three kilometers; on the way you pass the cholera chapel. One achieves Untersiebenbrunn and turn left. Turn right at the fire brigade and left at the end of Dorfstrasse. Alternatively, you can also go along the main street, where there are a few restaurants.
- Length of the section: 4 km
- Gastronomy: three restaurants and a guest house in Untersiebenbrunn
- Shops: A bakery in Untersiebenbrunn.
- Sights: see article Untersiebenbrunn
Untersiebenbrunn - Lassee (km 17-22)
After going into Untersiebenbrunn could use the gastronomy for a lunch, it goes freshly strengthened along the Schönfelder Straße to the Freundsgasse, into which one turns half right. After a few hundred meters this becomes a freight road. Follow this to the railway line or to the sewage treatment plant.
Now you have to turn left and you have the choice whether to take a bad dirt road north of the railway or south of the railway. Both paths are bad for about 2 km, but not impossible to walk. It can be a bit of a chore on a bike. You are always parallel to the train and after 2.5 km you reach a railway bridge over a dirt road. Here you change the side of the railway line if you have taken the northern route. You walk another two kilometers south of the railway line, past a gravel pit. Then you reach a paintball court and Schönfeld train station.Lassee.
There is a machine for drinks and chocolate bars in the waiting area at the train station. There is also a toilet. You can use this if you ask the driver.
- Length of the section: 5 km
- Gastronomy and shops (with the exception of the drinks machine mentioned in Schönfeld-Lassee station): None
- Sights: House of Ernst Mach, Untersiebenbrunn; Paintball court and gravel pit, Lassee
Lassee - Breitensee (km 22-28)
From Lassee train station, continue along the road parallel to the railway line, after the beet loading area you cross the L4 Lassee - Schönfeld road. After about two kilometers this dirt road makes a slight right bend, you follow this path for another 500 m. At the first possibility you turn left onto another dirt road.
Follow this path for a further two kilometers until you come to a junction at a farm building; one follows a dirt road half right to Breitensee, where it ends at Graf-Salm-Straße. Here you turn right and reach the local road (L3003) at the war return memorial.
- Length of the section: 6 km
- Gastronomy: None
- Shops: None
- Sights: War returning memorial in Breitensee
Breitensee - Schlosshof (km 28-33)
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At the war return memorial in Breitensee, cross the local road (L3003) and walk straight ahead along the Säulenweg, past a quarry and reach the B49 a little north of Groißenbrunn. You cross this and now follow the right of the two dirt roads (direction: straight ahead) for almost three kilometers to the sports field of Castle courtyard. At the end of the path, in the village of Schlosshof, turn half-left onto Prinz-Eugen-Strasse, which leads directly to the baroque palace. In the village itself there is a restaurant, a drinking fountain; at the castle toilets. The baroque palace and garden are absolutely worth seeing (entrance fee).
- Length of the section: 5 km
- Gastronomy: Gasthof Prinz Eugen in the castle courtyard
- Shops: None
- Drinking fountain: At the eastern end of Prinz-Eugen-Straße in Schlosshof
- Sights: Hof Palace; see article Engelhartstetten.
Castle courtyard - Devínska Nová Ves (km 33-37)
It is not possible to go straight through the castle park unless you pay the entrance fee. So you have to bypass the system north or south. Here you follow the Bratislava-Schlosshof-Carnuntum-Rundweg, which is not clearly signposted. In the castle courtyard you also come across the Groißenbrunn-Marianka pilgrimage route, which you follow for the rest of the route.
It is recommended to turn right (south) at the Gasthaus Prinz Eugen onto Bastionsweg, go downhill through the forest and then follow the L5 state road one kilometer to the east (turn left). You can reach the east exit of the palace gardens. Here you climb a dam and follow the signposted connection to the bicycle bridge of the Freedom / Cyklomost Slobody. This bridge is used to cross the March; one reaches the Pressburger Devínska Nová Ves district.
As soon as you have crossed the bridge, you will find several beer stands in the floodplains to the left and right of the bridge, where you can reward yourself for the hardships. If you continue straight on through Na Mýte Street you will come to a restaurant. At the end of this street, on Istrijská, you made it. Now all you have to do is catch a bus to the center of Bratislava.
- Length of the section: 4 km
- Gastronomy, shops, accommodation: numerous in Devínska Nová Ves
Safety and health
You have to be careful of the strong sunlight and possible storms (thunderstorms!). In an emergency, you should always have a working mobile phone so that you can get help.
trips
- See article Bratislava and Devin
