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Exploring Lower Austria and Burgenland

The Wachau, a narrow stretch of the Prague
Danube valley, forms the heart of Lower
Austria, famous for its fertile plains,
its vineyards and picturesque villages.
Formidable fortresses, castles and Heidenreichstein Raabs an
der Thaya
fortified abbeys rise along the high Schrems Jihlawa Brno
banks of the river, including the Gmünd Groß-Siegharts
imposing Benedictine Abbey in Melk. Zellerndorf Laa an der
Thaya
Further east, the Wienerwald (Vienna Weitra
Woods) is perfect for walking and W A L D V I E R T E L Horn Poysdorf
cycling. Burgenland Province has Zwettl Eggenburg Hohenau
its own unique flora and fauna Groß Rastenfeld Hollabrunn Mistelbach
around Neusiedler See. It produces Linz Gerungs NIEDER- ÖSTERREICH
the finest red wines in Austria and
celebrates the memory of Joseph DÜRNSTEIN Dürnkrut
Haydn, former court musician to WEISSENKIRCHEN KREMS Stockerau Wolkersdorf
the Esterházy family in Eisenstadt. TULLN
SPITZ KORNEUBURG Gänserndorf
STIFT GÖTTWEIG KLOSTERNEUBURG
BURG AGGSTEIN
Linz
Grein Purkersdorf VIENNA SCHLOSS HOF
MELK
Dona u (Danube)
AMSTETTEN Ybbs ST PÖLTEN Schwechat Donau (Danube) HAINBURG
SCHALLABURG Petronell
Haag Mödling
Wilhelmsburg LAXENBURG ROHRAU
NEUHOFEN Purgstall WIENER
AN DER YBBS an der Erlauf WALD BADEN BRUCK AN DER LEITHA
Sights at a Glance Lilienfeld
1 St Pölten pp136–7 WAIDHOFEN Ebreichsdorf Neusiedl am See
2 Tulln AN DER YBBS Berndorf Györ
3 Klosterneuburg Gaming St Aegyd- EISENSTADT Podersdorf Frauenkirchen
4 Korneuburg am-Neuwalde WIENER Rust
5 Laxenburg Terz NEUSTADT NEUSIEDLER SEE
6 Wiener Neustadt Göstling S C H N E E B E R G Puchberg BURGENLAND
7 Baden bei Wien Ilmitz
9 Stift Göttweig Bruck an der Mur Neunkirchen BURG
0 Krems Gloggnitz FORCHTENSTEIN
w Dürnstein Semmering
e Weissenkirchen Aspang Markt Deutschkreutz
r Spitz Oberpullendorf
t Burg Aggstein
y Melk Abbey pp146–7 Mannersdorf
u Schallaburg an der Rabnitz
i Amstetten
o Waidhofen an der Ybbs Pinkafeld
p Neuhofen an der Ybbs Oberwart
s Burg Forchtenstein Szombathely
d Neusiedler See pp156–7 Grosspetersdorf
f Eisenstadt pp158–9
g Bruck an der Leitha
h Rohrau
j Hainburg Graz Güssing
k Schloss Hof
Tours
8 Wienerwald Tour
q Waldviertel Tour pp144–5 Gossiping Women at Herrenplatz The Gothic parish church in Spitz, over looking the Jennersdorf
a Schneeberg Tour in St Pölten picturesque Wachau valley

For hotels and restaurants in this region see p295 and pp316–18

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