View of Pöchlarn – View of Maria Taferl loop from Krummnußbaum

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View of Pöchlarn – View of Maria Taferl loop from Krummnußbaum

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View of Pöchlarn – View of Maria Taferl loop from Krummnußbaum

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21.4km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Mostly paved surfaces. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 11.0 km for 58 m

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Train Station

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2.04 km

Maria Taferl Basilica and Panoramic View of the Danube Valley

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Maria Taferl is an amazing place, high above Danube with fantastic views down to the valley and the river. You can see the church and the grounds around it, have a quiet walks in nature on the slopes.
It is very steep to get there by bike from Marbach, but if you stay the night at Maria Taferl, hotel will pick you up (bike as well) for a free (short) transfer. Following day if you continue towards Vienna, you cycle downhill and it is not that steep. Night at Maria Taferl is very worth while.

From Wikipedia:
Maria Taferl is an Austrian market municipality of 872 people in the District of Melk and the most important pilgrimage site in all of Lower Austria. After Mariazell, Maria Taferl is the most important pilgrimage destination in all of Austria.

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7.24 km

View of Pöchlarn

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View of Pöchlarn from the other bank of the Danube.

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8.00 km

Spiral Ramp of the Klein-Pöchlarn Danube Bridge

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The spiral reinforced concrete bike ramp on the Kleinpöchlarn side overcomes the height difference between the bridge and the bike path over a distance of almost 200 meters.

I always find the ramp at the bridge cool, even though I've been there quite a few times now. I've never seen anything like it anywhere else!

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10.4 km

View of Pöchlarn Church

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beautiful view of Pöchlarn

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10.9 km

Pöchlarn

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Pöchlarn is a municipality with 3944 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2021) in the Melk district in Lower Austria (Austria).
Pöchlarn is located in the Mostviertel, on the right (southern) bank of the Danube, directly at the mouth of the Erlauf, in the Nibelungengau, and is also known as the Nibelungenstadt. The area of the municipality covers 17.92 km², 16.47% of the area is forested.
The region was settled as early as 4000 BC. The people acted inter alia. with the serpentine mined in Klein-Pöchlarn. At the time of the Romans, the Noric Limes, the strictly guarded border with the Teutons, ran here. The area of today's city center was then on a gravel island between the main stream of the Danube and the Erlauf. There was probably also an important Danube crossing at this point. Under the Flavians, the auxiliary troop fort Arelape was built on the island, where later a cavalry troop and part of the Roman Danube fleet were stationed. The Romans also built a port.

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