Burgenland Jubilee Cycle Route

The route starts at Burgenland’s northeasternmost point in Kittsee, looking across the March river to Bratislava Castle, with Kittsee Palace a short detour away. It crosses the Heideboden villages - Pama, Gattendorf, Zurndorf - over the wide farmland of the Parndorf plateau until Lake Neusiedl first glints into view near Weiden am See. A flat, wind-shaped opening stage to Neusiedl am See.

Ascent

36 m

Descent

61 m

Duration

2,5 Std.

Surface

Asphalt

Along the northwest shore of Lake Neusiedl, between the reed belt and the vineyards and orchards of the Leitha Hills. Through the wine villages of Jois and Purbach with its Turkish gate, past Donnerskirchen with its Hallstatt-era burial mounds, to Schützen am Gebirge. A last gentle rise leads to Eisenstadt, the provincial capital with the grand Esterházy Palace.

Ascent

65 m

Descent

16 m

Duration

2,5 Std.

Surface

Asphalt

From Eisenstadt into the quiet Wulka valley, which once counted a proverbial 36 mills over 36 kilometres. Gently upstream via Wulkaprodersdorf and Antau, in places on the historic cycle route along the old federal road B50, to Marz at the foot of the Rosalia Hills. An easy, leisurely stage - a calm before the first climbs.

Ascent

116 m

Descent

15 m

Duration

1,5 Std.

Surface

Asphalt

The first hill stage: from Marz up to the Sieggraben saddle, the route’s first real climb, through the wooded hills of the Ödenburg range. Beyond the pass the path rolls down via Kalkgruben and Weppersdorf into central Burgenland to Markt Sankt Martin. Nearby Lackenbach Palace with its nature museum makes a worthwhile detour.

Ascent

284 m

Descent

239 m

Duration

2 Std.

Surface

Asphalt

Through the Blaufränkisch country, the wine heart of central Burgenland. Past the potters’ town of Stoob - famous for its “Plutzer” water jugs and clay figurines - and through the district town of Oberpullendorf, with views to the Landsee ruins and the Landsee hills. The climb to Hochstraß is the day’s main effort before the descent to Lockenhaus with its mighty knights’ castle.

Ascent

267 m

Descent

220 m

Duration

2,5 Std.

Surface

Asphalt

The queen stage - castle to castle, and the route’s hardest section. From the valley of the Güns/Gölbach the path climbs through Unterkohlstätten to the route’s highest point (about 530 m) on the edge of the Geschriebenstein Nature Park, then drops quickly via Goberling to Stadtschlaining with its huge peace-castle.

Ascent

400 m

Descent

331 m

Duration

2,5 Std.

Surface

Asphalt

Down from the central-Burgenland uplands into the Pinka valley: a long, mostly descending stage through the hills via Großpetersdorf into the “Weinidylle” of southern Burgenland. The goal is the Eisenberg an der Pinka, one of Austria’s warmest and oldest vineyard sites, known for its mineral Blaufränkisch.

Ascent

265 m

Descent

441 m

Duration

2 Std.

Surface

Asphalt

Through the heart of the Weinidylle and the Uhudler wine country. Past the Moschendorf wine museum and the thatched cellar cottages of the protected Heiligenbrunn cellar quarter, where the idiosyncratic Uhudler wine is poured, through the Strem valley - until Güssing Castle on its extinct volcanic cone rises on the horizon above the stage finish.

Ascent

216 m

Descent

252 m

Duration

2,5 Std.

Surface

Asphalt

A rolling stage through the southernmost Burgenland, always close to the Hungarian border and crossing the Strem, Lafnitz and Raab rivers. Via Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal to Mogersdorf, scene of the 1664 Battle of Mogersdorf/St. Gotthard - recalled by the memorial on the Schlösslberg - then down into the Raab valley to Jennersdorf.

Ascent

231 m

Descent

209 m

Duration

2 Std.

Surface

Asphalt

The final stage runs through the three-country Raab-Örség-Goričko Nature Park to the three-country corner. Via St. Martin an der Raab, Doiber and Bonisdorf, past the Jost mill - the region’s last working watermill - to Austria’s southernmost point at Kalch near Neuhaus am Klausenbach, where Austria, Hungary and Slovenia meet.

Ascent

136 m

Descent

124 m

Duration

1,5 Std.

Surface

Asphalt