Nibelungengau

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Typical landscape in the Nibelungengau (view from Maria Taferl from the west, to Diedersdorf and Metzling)
The Weitenegg castle ruins with Melk Abbey on the right in the background

The Nibelungengau is the name of a section of the Danube in Lower Austria between the Strudengau above in the west and the Wachau downstream in the east. It begins with the villages of Persenbeug and Ybbs and ends at Emmersdorf an der Donau or Melk . Together with the Wachau, the Nibelungengau forms the Wachau-Nibelungengau tourism region .

history

The name is explained by the fact that the region played an important role in the Nibelungenlied . Rüdiger von Bechelaren ( Bechelaren = Pöchlarn ), a feudal man of the Hun King Etzel , is said to have had his seat there as margrave .

Attractions

In addition to the Danube Valley itself, the pilgrimage site of Maria Taferl , the town of Pöchlarn and Artstetten Castle are particularly worth mentioning. In front of the Ybbs-Persenbeug lock , on the left bank uphill, there is the monumental relief The Nibelungenzug by the sculptor Oskar Thiele. On the opposite right side of the Danube is the operating building of Austria's oldest Danube power plant - Ybbs-Persenbeug power plant .

See also

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