Historical

02.04.2024

A baroque journey of discovery along the Danube

Welcome to a voyage of discovery along the Danube! The Danube, one of the ...

05.03.2024

Renaissance - revival and rediscovery along the Danube

The Renaissance was one of the most important periods in the history of art and marked the beginning...

29.11.2023

The German Limes Road

The German Limes Road tells the story of the Romans in Germany. With the drive...

24.06.2023

Gisela of Bavaria or princesses don't have it easy either

The Danube is the background of many adventurous biographies: daredevil genera...

20.05.2023

All a question of faith

The treasury of the Benedictine Abbey of Melk holds a very special treasure, which de...

19.03.2023

Of healing springs and aristocratic diversions

In the 19th century it sent itself as a lady of the world every year a few weeks to short...

17.02.2023

Petőfi 200 and Veszprém, the European Capital of Culture 2023

Two Hungarian treasures, are in the spotlight in 2023: On the one hand, the most famous poet...

16.01.2023

Places of Longing and Passions: A Habsburg Woman's Life in the 19th Century

On the distant horizon I see A white sail gliding; I want to go with you! ... Emperor...

01.09.2022

The spiritual traces of Maria Theresa and her daughters

The House of Habsburg and Catholicism have always been inextricably interwoven...

23.06.2022

Upstream - Downstream: Trade on the Danube

Today, it often takes just the touch of a button to bring products from all over the world to ...

19.05.2022

In the footsteps of Maria Theresa and her daughters

The great Maria Theresa is one of the few Habsburg women who, along with Empress Elis...

20.04.2022

Who wants to understand Europe, must travel the Danube

Within the framework of the Interreg EU project "Transdanube Travel Stories" a new thematisc...

29.09.2021

When the Danube was a border: World Heritage Danube Limes

On July 30, 2021, the time had come: The Roman Limes along the Danube in Bavaria, Austri...

17.09.2021

From children's weddings and power politics to p(r)unk and glory: Marriage with calculation

In the spring of 500 years ago - that is, in 1521 - the Diet of Worms took place: Emperor Charles...

18.08.2021

From Map & Compass to Navi, Apps & GPS - The Danube Cartography in the Course of Time

The so-called "Pasetti card" as a reproduction meanwhile enthrones the books, stucco and...

26.04.2021

Empress Elisabeth and the Danube - From Bavaria via Vienna to Budapest

When, on April 21, 1854, the Bavarian Wittelsbach princess Elisabeth in Straubing ...

31.07.2020

DONAU. people, treasures & cultures - from the Black Sea to Schallaburg Castle

On June 1, the new exhibition at Schallaburg Castle in Lower Austria opened its p...

27.03.2020

Important settlements in the Danube Land Tourist Region

Komárom and Komárno have a common history on the two banks of the Do...

06.12.2019

The Danube Limes of the Romans and where our borders are today

The Romans once did not mince their words (why should they?) and just said here...

21.11.2019

The monastery as a tourism magnet

Charge an entrance fee in the Wachau, the UNESCO World Heritage Site between Melk a...

07.10.2019

News from the Ancient Romans at the Danube Limes

Along the Road of Emperors and Kings in Roman times there were legionary camps, castel...

21.08.2019

Monasteries along the Danube

Our modern times have long influenced life even behind the monastery walls. It is ...

24.07.2019

The castles of the heirs to the throne along the Danube

A castles tour from Artstetten to Eckartsau via Orth with Archduke Franz Ferdina...

04.06.2019

Five exquisite castles and palaces along the Danube

Castle to castle, fortress to fortress: like pearls on a string, these historical...

25.03.2019

Gödöllö Castle - Sisi and her fairy tale castle

Gödöllö Castle, the "Hungarian Versailles", is the favorite castle of Sisi. The ös...

15.02.2019

Myth of the Habsburgs - Follow the traces of the Habsburgs along the Danube

On this cultural tour along the Austrian Danube, you will go on the trail of...

21.01.2019

Medieval traces along the Danube

Castles, crusaders and power struggles - plenty of material for exciting stories. The M...

11.01.2019

History along the Danube - The Romans conquer the Danube

Along the entire route of the vacation road, the empire of the Roman Kaise...

25.10.2018

The Imperial Crypt in Vienna

"Who desires admittance?" Three times the master of ceremonies knocks on the door of the Capuchin...

07.10.2018

The monastery Klosterneuburg

The Babenberg Leopold III had the monastery Klosterneuburg built on the exact spot...

28.08.2018

UNESCO World Heritage Highlights along the Danube River

Uniqueness, authenticity and integrity of world importance, these are the prerequisites for...

17.08.2018

Coronation city Bratislava

Bratislava, which the Slovaks once called Prešporok, the Germans Pressburg and the Hungarians Po...

24.04.2018

The Return of the Legion: Roman Heritage in Upper Austria

The Upper Austrian Provincial Exhibition this year is all about the Romans. From 27...

11.04.2018

Eckartsau Castle . The imperial hunting lodge with world history.

Nestled in the Danube floodplains east of Vienna lies the imperial Jagschloss Eckarts...

03.04.2018

In the footsteps of the Romans along the Danube

As the so-called "Wet Limes", the Danube acted as the border between the Holy Roman...

16.03.2018

In the footsteps of emperors and kings in Vienna

Walk in the footsteps of the Habsburg monarchy of yesteryear, visit the magnificent...

11.11.2017

The Fine Way of Life on the Road of Emperors and Kings Part Two: From Vienna to Regensburg

Inspiring stages of aristocratic art of living also line the Danube from Vienna upstream:...

11.11.2017

The High School of the Art of Living - Part One: From Visegrád to Vienna

Many of the emperors, kings and nobles on the Road of Emperors and Kings along the ...

11.11.2017

Valhalla: The German Hall of Fame

Churches, castles and monasteries: many of the historic buildings along the Road of ...

01.11.2017

A YES with noblesse

Rousing parties, much admired bridal and honeymoon: Over the centuries ha...