Why this ride
From Klosterneuburg it runs 158 km to Klosterneuburg; allow about 2 h 48 of riding. It goes by way of Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich, Traismauer - Kastell Römertor, St. Lorenz - Wachtturm and back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus and St. Lorenz - Wachtturm
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 158 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 48
- 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.
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Scenic road chapters
Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus → Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich
27 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it — speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 24 km
Wachau Danube Road
For about 24 km this is Wachau Danube Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it. Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 24 km
- Named road
- Wachau Danube Road
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus
Klosterneuburg Abbey rises on a terrace above the Danube just north of Vienna, its baroque domes topped with an imperial crown and an archducal hat, and few visitors realise that beneath its walls lie the remains of a Roman fort. The Romans guarded this stretch of the Danube frontier, the Limes, with a chain of forts, and Klosterneuburg's position on a hill overlooking the river made it an obvious choice. The fort and the civil settlement around it are part of the UNESCO site of the Danube Limes, inscribed in 2021.
Read the complete Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus is where the day begins. Next is Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich.
2. Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich
The Nibelungenlied, the great medieval German epic, sends Kriemhild down the Danube to marry Etzel, king of the Huns, and has her meet him at Tulln, which says something about the town's importance on the river for centuries. Long before that, the Romans built a cavalry fort here called Comagena, and its walls still lurk beneath the town centre. The best survival is the Salzturm, a tower by the river whose lower parts are Roman, among the best preserved Roman structures in Austria. The fort is part of the Danube Limes World Heritage listing.
Read the complete Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich comes up about 24 km into the recorded legs. Next is Traismauer - Kastell Römertor.
3. Traismauer - Kastell Römertor
A Roman gate still stands in Traismauer, a small town on the Traisen just before the river reaches the Danube, and cars and bicycles pass through it every day. The Römertor, as it is called, is one of the best preserved Roman gates in Austria, part of the fort of Augustianis, which guarded the Danube frontier, the Limes, here. The fort was modified and reused in later centuries, and towers and walls survive in the town's fabric. Since 2021, the Danube Limes has been a piece of the World Heritage property for the frontiers of the Roman Empire.
Read the complete Traismauer - Kastell Römertor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 54 km into the recorded legs you reach Traismauer - Kastell Römertor. Next is St. Lorenz - Wachtturm, 29 km on.
4. St. Lorenz - Wachtturm
On the quiet south bank of the Danube in the Wachau, opposite the wine village of Weißenkirchen, the little church of St. Lorenz has a secret in its walls. Part of the building stands on, and incorporates, the masonry of a Roman watchtower, one of a chain of small fortifications that guarded the river frontier of the province of Noricum in late antiquity. The Danube was the edge of the empire here, and soldiers in the tower kept watch over the far bank for raiders. Today the site is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Danube Limes listing, inscribed by UNESCO in 2021.
Read the complete St. Lorenz - Wachtturm write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
St. Lorenz - Wachtturm, about halfway. Next is back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor.
5. back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Traismauer - Kastell Römertor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor sits at 115 km, about halfway. Next is back through Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich.
6. back through Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich comes up about 133 km into the recorded legs. Next is Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus.
7. Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus closes the day.
Leg by leg
Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus to Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich
Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus → Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich to Traismauer - Kastell Römertor
Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich → Traismauer - Kastell Römertor is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Traismauer - Kastell Römertor to St. Lorenz - Wachtturm
Traismauer - Kastell Römertor → St. Lorenz - Wachtturm is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
St. Lorenz - Wachtturm to back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor
St. Lorenz - Wachtturm → back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor to back through Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich
back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor → back through Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich to Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus
back through Tulln - Kastell Zentralbereich → Klosterneuburg - Kastell und Vicus is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.