Cycling tour Starting from Hainburg an der Donau, ship dock
Current Information: Due to bridge repairs, the bike path in the Bad Deutsch-Altenburg area is currently closed. Please refer to the detour map (download) or the route map posted at the closure for the revised route. The closure is expected to last until the end of August. The “Hundsheimer Berge: Grand Loop” bike tour starts in Hainburg an der Donau at the boat landing. The tour is accessible in both directions and is well-signposted. Highlights: The medieval town of Hainburg, the Wolfsthal pilgrimage church, the Prellenkirchen wine cellar lane, the Roman city of Carnuntum, and the Carnuntinum Museum
Current Information: Due to bridge repairs, the bike path in the Bad Deutsch-Altenburg area is currently closed. Please refer to the detour map (download) or the route map posted at the closure for the revised route. The closure is expected to last until the end of August. The “Hundsheimer Berge: Grand Loop” bike tour starts in Hainburg an der Donau at the boat landing. The tour is accessible in both directions and is well-signposted. Highlights: The medieval town of Hainburg, the Wolfsthal pilgrimage church, the Prellenkirchen wine cellar lane, the Roman city of Carnuntum, and the Carnuntinum Museum
This varied circular cycle tour starts in the medieval town of Hainburg an der Donau and leads via Wolfsthal, Berg, Edelstal and Prellenkirchen to Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. Nature, viticulture and history are combined along the route: Maria am Birnbaum pilgrimage church, Dreiländerbrunnen fountain, wine cellar lanes, the Roman town of Carnuntum and Carnuntinum Museum. You return to Hainburg via the Danube cycle path.
On unpaved paths, there may be impairments after heavy rain or repair work. The municipalities strive to check the routes quickly and repair damages. Please ride carefully!
Hainburg - Wolfsthal - Berg – Edelstal - Prellenkirchen – Petronell-Carnuntum - Bad Deutsch-Altenburg - Hainburg
The starting point of the route is the medieval town of Hainburg an der Donau. From the Hainburg ship dock, you cycle towards Wolfsthal along the slopes of the Braunsberg. Upon arriving in Wolfsthal, you can visit the pilgrimage church "Maria am Birnbaum." It is dedicated to Saint James and forms the starting point of the Roman Carnuntum Pilgrimage Way, which leads from Wolfsthal to Vienna. Shortly before the border crossing to Slovakia, the path turns towards Berg.
In Berg is the glass Three-Country Fountain, symbolizing a united Europe and a new beginning for the community of peoples. Along Austria's easternmost elevation with the Königswarte as a viewpoint, just after Berg there is a well-deserved break at the "Königswarte" cycling rest stop with a view of the surrounding wind turbines.
The route continues via a detour to the Burgenland village of Edelstal—directly into the romantic wine cellar lane of Prellenkirchen, with its small wine museum. The stone vaulted cellars from the 18th and 19th centuries were built into the fertile loess soil of the Spitzerberg. At least one wine tavern is open here throughout the year. Enjoy a glass of the region-typical Spitzerberger Blaufränkisch. Then continue to Prellenkirchen with the cycling rest stop "Beim Gmoabrunn" right in the center. From Prellenkirchen, the field-lined path leads to Petronell-Carnuntum. Here a visit to the Roman town of Carnuntum is recommended, where a part of a Roman neighborhood has been uniquely rebuilt on the original site worldwide.
You now cycle through Austria's largest archaeological landscape to Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, where the Romans already valued the healing power of Austria's strongest iodine-sulfur spring. A detour to the beautiful spa park or the Carnuntinum Museum, the treasure house of Carnuntum, is worthwhile!
Along the Danube, the route leads back to the starting point, the medieval town of Hainburg an der Donau.
Hainburg an der Donau – train station, Wolfsthal – train station, Berg, Prellenkirchen
Car: via A4 exit Fischamend
Train:
From Vienna Mitte S7: Petronell-Carnuntum, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Hainburg/Donau
All accommodations in the Carnuntum-Marchfeld region
Letzte Änderung: 15 Jul 2026
