Why this ride
282 km from Enns to Enns, about 3 h 20 of riding. On the way it passes Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West, Zwentendorf - Kastell and back through Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Albing - Legionslager and Zwentendorf - Kastell
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 282 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 20
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Wachau Danube Road
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 70 km this is Wachau Danube Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 70 km
- Named road
- Wachau Danube Road
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Albing - Legionslager
There is almost nothing to see at Albing, and that is exactly what makes it a good story. Under these fields near the confluence of the Enns and the Danube lay one of the largest Roman military bases ever built in what is now Austria, a full legionary fortress raised in the later second century, around the time of the Marcomannic Wars, when Rome was fighting hard to hold the Danube against peoples from the north. It was planned on a grand scale and then, it seems, given up very soon after, probably because the site was too exposed to floods. The legion moved a few kilometres south to Lauriacum, the camp at today's Enns.
Read the complete Albing - Legionslager write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Albing - Legionslager is where the day begins. Next is Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West.
2. Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West
The Danube has been a border for a long time, and Pöchlarn is one of the places where you can feel it. The Romans knew it as Arelape, one of the forts on the river frontier of the province of Noricum, and the Horseshoe Tower, the Hufeisenturm, is what is left of the western side of that fort. A horseshoe-shaped tower is just what it sounds like: a defensive bastion with a curved outline that lets the garrison cover the wall in more directions. It is a modest ruin, not a Colosseum, and its charm is that you find it between houses rather than in a field of tickets.
Read the complete Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West comes up about 70 km into the recorded legs. Next is Zwentendorf - Kastell.
3. Zwentendorf - Kastell
The Danube flows broad and brown past Zwentendorf, a quiet village on the Tullnerfeld plain west of Vienna, and for once the most famous building in the area is not the oldest one. Zwentendorf is where Austria built a nuclear power station in the 1970s and then, after a national referendum in 1978, decided never to switch it on. The plant still stands by the river, complete and unused, now a training site and a curiosity.
Read the complete Zwentendorf - Kastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 140 km into the recorded legs you reach Zwentendorf - Kastell. Next is back through Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West.
4. back through Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West, late in the day. Next is Albing - Legionslager.
5. Albing - Legionslager
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Albing - Legionslager write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Albing - Legionslager. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Albing - Legionslager to Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West
Albing - Legionslager → Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West to Zwentendorf - Kastell
Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West → Zwentendorf - Kastell is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Zwentendorf - Kastell to back through Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West
Zwentendorf - Kastell → back through Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West is 71 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West to Albing - Legionslager
back through Pöchlarn - Kastell Hufeisenturm West → Albing - Legionslager is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.