Hainburg

Hainburg an der Donau is a municipality in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in Lower Austria with 6725 population. The first agreement dates back at least to the Celts on the Braunsberg. However, there may be evidence of an in advance agreement with the aid of the urnfield lifestyle or Hallstatt time due to the strategic area.

The modern city area become inside the catchment place of ​​Carnuntum, the capital of the Roman province of Pannonia, wherein quickly additionally Marcus Aurelius resided. The first written mention became in the Nibelungenlied in reference to Rüdiger von Bechelaren. Emperor Henry III. Ordered round 1050 to construct the Heimenburg on the Schlossberg. It changed into ultimately constructed via Bishop Gebhard III. Von Regensburg, Duke Konrad I of Bavaria and Margrave Adalbert the Victorious. With 2.5 km of ramparts, 3 preserved gates and 15 towers from the 13th century, Hainburg has one of the oldest and nice preserved town fortifications in Europe.