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it was when the powerful breweries outside Belgium,
prince-bishops built its 2 Engelhartszell an and the only one in Aus-
tight lanes, tunnels and der Donau tria. At the 1293-founded
archways with an Ital- abbey Engelszell (www.
ianate flourish. The little riverside village stift-engelszell.at; Stiftstrasse
of Engelhartszell an der 6; hchurch 8am-7pm Apr-Oct,
54 p575 Donau is home to one of to 5pm Nov-Mar, shop 9am-5pm
only eight licensed Trappist
The Drive » Cross the Inn Apr-Oct, 10-11.30am & 2.30-4pm
River where it joins the Danube
and head east on ST2125 which,
3.3km later, becomes the B130 LINK
on entering Austria, and follows YOUR
the Danube’s southern bank. TRIP
On your right, you’ll pass Burg
Krempelstein, built on the site The Romantic Grossglockner
of a Roman watch house. It’s z ~
26km all up to Engelhartszell an Road Road AUSTRIA 40 ALONG THE DANuBE
der Donau. Head west, skirting A hop and a skip south
Munich, to this ribbon and you can twist
of historical quaintness and turn along three
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E60
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B20
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Neustadt
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Göstling Neunkirchen
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