Wagram (Weinviertel) - Wagram (Weinviertel)

The one covered in this travel guide Wagram is a landscape and a specifically protected wine-growing region in Lower Austria Weinviertel. He is a terrain edge (Wagram = Wogenrain), which is north of the Danube of Krems extends to Bisamberg.

Parish church of Hausleiten - in the foreground the distinctive edge of the Wagram is clearly recognizable.

places

Other goals

  • Donauauen
  • Grafenwörth Castle

background

The Vienna Basin was a sea during the Tertiary. The Wagram is on the one hand a geological fault line, on the other hand also a Danube terrace. The up to 40 m high, steep edge of the terrain is the border between the Danube meadows and the Weinviertel hill country; Due to the southern exposure of the slope of the edge of the terrain and the light loess soil, the conditions for viticulture and fruit growing are ideal.

getting there

By plane

The nearest international airport is Vienna-Schwechat.

By train

With regional trains and S-Bahn trains from Vienna:

  • Franz-Josefs-Bahn (from Vienna Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, Heiligenstadt, Spittelau; Klosterneuburg; Tulln) Regional express trains to Krems via Absdorf-Hippersdorf
  • S-Bahn from Vienna via the S-Bahn main line to Stockerau

In the street

The motorways and expressways S1, A22 and S5 form part of the Vienna motorway ring. The best way to get to the area from the west is from St.Pölten via the S33 and the Danube bridge Traismauer

mobility

You are mainly dependent on a vehicle. With the exception of the edge of the terrain itself, the relief energy is low, which makes a bicycle suitable.

Tourist Attractions

  • Grafenwörth Castle
  • Krems with the old town and wine cellars
  • Langenlois old town
  • Kreuzenstein Castle
  • Archaeological excavations near Stetten

activities

  • Cycling in the Donauauen: The Danube Cycle Path runs on the other bank of the Danube, but there is a good alternative route along the Wagram.
  • Paddling and swimming in the arms of the Danube

kitchen

The Wagram is known for its wines, and numerous winegrowers have also been able to distinguish themselves internationally.

nightlife

Various cellar lane and grape harvest festivals in the villages

security

climate

literature

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