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Herzogenburg
A small town in the lower Traisen valley north of St. Pölten, grouped around an Augustinian abbey with a Baroque church and library.
- 5Highlights
- 17Routes
Highlights
10 from neighbouring places
Erlebnisbad
Herzogenburg's outdoor leisure pool, with slides and lawns not far from the abbey.
Klosterladen Stift Herzogenburg
The shop at Stift Herzogenburg in the Traisental, selling monastery produce and publications next to the abbey church.
Schlossmuseum und Pfarrkirche Heiligenkreuz-Gutenbrunn
A small castle museum next to the parish church at Heiligenkreuz-Gutenbrunn, east of Herzogenburg in the Traisental.
Stift Herzogenburg
An Augustinian canons' abbey in the Traisental, founded in the twelfth century and rebuilt in baroque form by Prandtauer and Munggenast; library and picture collection are shown on tours.
Pfarrkirche St. Andrä an der Traisen (ehemalige Stiftskirche)
The parish church of St. Andrä an der Traisen, once the collegiate church of the Augustinian canons who later moved their house to Herzogenburg.
Pfarrkirche Getzersdorf
3.7 km away, in Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf
The parish church of Getzersdorf, at the centre of the wine village in the lower Traisental.
Max-Schubert-Warte
3.9 km away, in Kapelln
A lookout tower near Kapelln marking the geographic centre of Lower Austria, with a view over the hills of the Traisental.
Schlossküche Walpersdorf Blauenstein
4 km away, in Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf
A restaurant in the former kitchens of Schloss Walpersdorf, cooking regional dishes in the middle of the Traisental wine country.
Schloss Walpersdorf und Lederleitner Home
4.2 km away, in Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf
A Renaissance palace at Walpersdorf whose courtyard buildings now hold the Lederleitner garden and home store.
Kirche von Kapelln
4.3 km away, in Kapelln
The parish church of Kapelln, the landmark at the centre of the village in the Traisental.
Pfarrkirche Inzersdorf
4.5 km away, in Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf
The parish church of Inzersdorf ob der Traisen, standing among the vineyards of the lower Traisental.
Andreas-Friedenswarte am Halterberg
6.3 km away, in Kapelln
A lookout tower on the Halterberg near Kapelln, raised as a peace memorial and giving views across the Traisen valley.
Der Korkenzieher
6.8 km away, in Sitzenberg-Reidling
A spiral lookout tower known as the Korkenzieher, standing among the vineyards above Sitzenberg-Reidling.
Krippenspiel-Museum
6.8 km away, in Traismauer
A museum at Traismauer devoted to nativity plays and cribs, with figures and stage sets collected from the region.
Schloss Traismauer "Traismaurer Schätze"
6.8 km away, in Traismauer
The former castle of the Salzburg archbishops at Traismauer, whose rooms now hold the town's collection of local treasures.
Viewpoint
Historic site
Nothing of this kind in Herzogenburg.
Routes
Kostbare Jubiläumsrunde Herzogenburg
A flat 2.2 km stroll in Herzogenburg, taking in the pond in the Garten der Generationen, with 15 m of ascent.
- 2.2 km
- Distance
- 15 m
- Ascent
- 33 min
- Duration
Löschwasserteich Garten der Generationen 240 m
Herzogenburger Reblaus-Tour
A level 13.1 km tour through the vineyards around Herzogenburg in the Traisental, with only 49 m of ascent.
- 13.1 km
- Distance
- 49 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 13 min
- Duration
Venusberg-Tour
A long 24.2 km tour from Traismauer out to the Venusberg and back, with a modest 213 m of ascent.
- 24.2 km
- Distance
- 213 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 21 min
- Duration
Traisen-Danube cycle route
A link branching off at St. Andrä bei Herzogenburg, running by way of Hameten and Gutenbrunn towards Sitzenberg-Reidling.
- 18.3 km
- Distance
- 122 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 45 min
- Duration
Traisentaler Weindörfer
A ride through the Traisental wine villages, laid out for stops at the Heurigen along the way.
- 52.2 km
- Distance
- 203 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 49 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
St. Pölten Tourismus 272 m- Bischofsteich 269 m
- Seedose 259 m
- Hirterhütte 292 m
Wasser zu Wein-Tour
A 20.1 km route from the Traisen at Herzogenburg up into the vineyards above the valley, with 267 m of ascent.
- 20.1 km
- Distance
- 267 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 2 min
- Duration
Traisen-Donau-Radroute
A short connector between the Traisental cycle path and the Danube, leaving the valley route at St. Andrä and passing Sitzenberg-Reidling.
- 18.3 km
- Distance
- 44 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 40 min
- Duration
Traisental Cycle Path
A long valley route from the Danube at Traismauer up the Traisen to Mariazell, crossing the Kernhofer Gscheid at 970 m near the head.
- 107.0 km
- Distance
- 1 379 m
- Ascent
- 10 h 33 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Traisental-Radweg
A ride from the Danube plain into the mountains, following the Traisen upstream past Kreisbach and Traisen and over the Kernhofer Gscheid.
- 107.0 km
- Distance
- 927 m
- Ascent
- 10 h 22 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
GARTENRADTOUR- Pappeltour
One of the Tulln garden tours, a flat ride from the Donaulände out across the Tullnerfeld by way of Trasdorf and back.
- 76.2 km
- Distance
- 120 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 52 min
- Duration
Graveltour Wein findet Stadt
A gravel route out of St. Pölten along the Traisen into the quiet wine country beyond the town.
- 65.3 km
- Distance
- 484 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 15 min
- Duration
Mittelpunkt-Radroute
A field-and-meadow round trip out of Herzogenburg, keeping to the eastern bank of the Traisen and topping out near the Seelackenberg.
- 46.4 km
- Distance
- 460 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 33 min
- Duration
Traisentaler Weinbergradweg
A loop through the vineyards of the lower Traisental, from Herzogenburg out to Hollenburg on the Danube and back past Hirterhütte.
- 33.2 km
- Distance
- 151 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 5 min
- Duration
stp Route #11 Tullner Donauraum
A road route through the Tulln Danube basin, 88 km with barely 350 m of climbing.
- 87.4 km
- Distance
- 213 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 57 min
- Duration
stp Route #8 Tulln
A road route from St. Pölten out to Tulln, 109 km with 580 m of climbing.
- 109.0 km
- Distance
- 457 m
- Ascent
- 10 h 6 min
- Duration
stp Route #9 Challenge Triathlon St. Pölten
The Challenge triathlon bike course from St. Pölten, 94 km through the Danube country by Mautern.
- 93.4 km
- Distance
- 678 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 55 min
- Duration
Wienerwald-Radrunde Etappe 2
A stage westward from Tulln on the Danube cycle route, on side roads beside floodplain woods and through villages as far as Zwentendorf.
- 54.5 km
- Distance
- 107 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 56 min
- Duration
- Weingartlwasser 183 m
- Bärndorfer Hütte 185 m
- Seedose 259 m
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