March-Thaya-Auen

Border crossers, flood plains and bird friends, bon vivants and wine specialists:

A warm welcome to the March-Thaya-woods!

Flood plains and exclusive wines
Gently rolling wine hills and romantic cellar lanes. As a contrast: primeval forests and old mystic river sidearms. A paradise. Not only for birds and beavers - also for adventure-hungry cyclists. There is a lot to discover, watch and taste. Great views delight eyes and soul.

Two flood plains, two worlds
The March-Thaya flood plains form part of the most beautiful and interesting riverside landscapes of Middle Europe, and they are still a secret tip!
For a long time this treasure of nature at the border between the East and the West was hidden: The iron curtain was built straight through the March.
Today, people can move freely again - and they enjoy it: Not only bridges and cycling paths link the two shores, also shared festivals play a role.

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The fastest way into the March-Thaya-woods.

The March and Thaya rivers are steppe rivers - the most western ones in Europe. Here, rare flora from South and East Europe still grows. In the ponds, primeval crawfish survive, since more than 280 million years.
During the winter, the tracks of the beaver are well recognizable - fallen trees, beaver castles and beaver slides. Experienced nature guides accompany you following those tracks, from June till October also on the canoe.

Air full of life
The March-Thaya flood plains are a bird´s paradise. Nowhere else in Europe, so many bird species can be observed close up. More than 230 bird species can be experienced at the bird-lookout-points Hohenau-Ringelsdorf. Researchers show visitors what elsewhere is only accessible to professionals. (June till October)
During the winter, up to 5000 ducks and 5000 goose settle at the bird ponds - an impressing event!

A journey through time
The battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen, the end of the Bohemian king Ottokar - that´s what most people will have learned at school. At the prehistory museum Stillfried, findings can be seen that are more than 30.000 years old. Of a time where mammoth hunters lived here. Many million years old are the fossiles that can be discovered in the sand pits near the castle of Theben. The view is fascinating: over the March-Danube-mouth down to the Schneeberg mountain.