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Raabser Gate – Geras Abbey loop from Zissersdorf

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Drosendorf-Zissersdorf

Raabser Gate – Geras Abbey loop from Zissersdorf

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Raabser Gate – Geras Abbey loop from Zissersdorf

01:31

23.5km

260m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Church of Maria Schnee

Highlight • Religious Site

Absolute must if you are in the area.

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Drosendorf Town Hall and Historic Center

Highlight • Historical Site

We enjoyed the beautiful atmosphere on the square, the listed town hall is a special feast for the eyes. It can be enjoyed from the adjacent coffee house or from the shady spots under the large trees.

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Stadtkirche Drosendorf

Highlight • Religious Site

The church was built as a late Gothic hall building in the years 1461 to 1463 on the spot where a chapel built in the 13th century stood. The church was consecrated to Saint Martin in 1464. In 1486 the church was donated by the Eitzingers, in addition to this in 1501 a double coat of arms of Georg von Eitzing and his wife in the choir of the church, in 1476 a coat of arms of Oswald von Eitzing and his wife. In 1680 an oratory was built by the Count of Lamberg. The steeple is featured to the west.

The two side altars come from the former pilgrimage church of Maria Schnee in the cadastral municipality of Elsern.

The organ from 1896 is from the organ builder Kauffmann.

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Roland Column (Pranger Column) in Drosendorf

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The Roland Column, also known as the Pillory Column, stands to the east of the Martinskirche on the main square in Drosendorf, a district of the Lower Austrian town of Drosendorf-Zissersdorf in the district of Horn.

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Raabser Gate

Highlight • Historical Site

The Drosendorf town fortification is the preserved town wall in the town of Drosendorf-Zissersdorf in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria.

The 1.7 km long town wall encompasses the entire old town of Drosendorf, which is located on a mountain range in a loop of the Thaya. There were two town gates in the wall, the Horner Gate and the Raabser Gate, of which the Raabser Gate is still preserved. The wall also includes the former castle, Drosendorf Castle. A themed hiking trail now leads around the town on the terrace of the walls.

The first town wall was built in the middle of the 13th century. With a wall thickness of 1.5 meters, it was about 8 meters high at the two gates. Between 1260 and 1300, two towers were built at the Horner Gate, which were also habitable. A tower was also built soon afterwards to the west of the Raabser Gate, but it no longer exists today because it was demolished in the 19th century. Only then was the wall reinforced and given the form it still has today. The wall was about 10 meters high and 1.9 meters thick. Construction work lasted until the first decades of the 15th century. The reasons for the reinforcements were, for example, the battles for the city that took place in 1405, but also the subsequent Hussite Wars. The round tower was given 3 meter thick walls so that it could also fend off cannons. A late Gothic moat fortification was built in front of the city wall almost around the entire city, which has numerous loopholes.

As the cannons also became more powerful in the 16th and 17th centuries, the moats had to be further reinforced. However, these outworks built at the southeast corner of the city wall are largely no longer there today. A shooting range was set up to the west of the castle in 1667.

The terraces with the moats were converted into gardens over time.

With this listed wall (list entry), Drosendorf is one of the nine towns in Lower Austria where large parts have also been preserved: Eggenburg, Hainburg an der Donau, Horn, Laa an der Thaya, Retz, Waidhofen an der Thaya, Weitra and Zwettl.

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