Wien - Canabae Südwest and Ybbs - Kleinkastell

Scenic road chapters

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Wien - Canabae Südwest

   Vienna sits on top of an older city, and Vindobona was it. In the first century AD, the Romans built a legionary fortress here, on a bluff above the Danube, to guard the northern frontier of the empire. A civilian settlement, the canabae, grew up beside it, with taverns, workshops and homes for the families of soldiers, and the area to the southwest of the fortress was part of that sprawl. Today the streets of the inner city still follow the lines of the Roman camp, and fragments of walls and baths lie beneath cellars and basements.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   Wien - Canabae Südwest is where the day begins. Next is Traismauer - Kastell Römertor.

2. 2. 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.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   Traismauer - Kastell Römertor comes up about 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ybbs - Kleinkastell.

3. 3. Ybbs - Kleinkastell

   Ybbs an der Donau and Persenbeug face each other across the Danube in Lower Austria, connected by a hydroelectric dam that was one of the first built on the Austrian Danube after the war. Persenbeug is dominated by its castle, perched on a rock above the river, which belonged to the Habsburgs and was the birthplace of Emperor Charles I, the last emperor of Austria-Hungary. On the Ybbs side, the remains of a small Roman fort have been found, part of the Danube frontier of the Roman Empire.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   about 150 km into the recorded legs you reach Ybbs - Kleinkastell. Next is back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor.

4. 4. back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor, late in the day. Next is Wien - Canabae Südwest.

5. 5. Wien - Canabae Südwest

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Back at Wien - Canabae Südwest. That is the ride.