Around the Braunsberg

Starting point:
Parking lot Donaulände 2-3 by the Donaucafé.

After climbing up to the upper Danube circular path, one has a wide view of the floodplain from the rugged rocks. Ascending, in spring one walks through a dense carpet of snowdrops and bird's foot trefoil, reaching the first large meadow area, now with a view to the east into Slovakia. Again, one crosses the Braunsbergstraße, first follows the edge of the forest, and then enters a quiet, dense hillside forest on a narrow path. Deep ditches and pushed up earth cuts through the mountainside time and again, and numerous animal paths cross the area. After that, the forest becomes sparser, pines mix in among oaks and maples, and one has arrived at the southern side of the Braunsberg. On rocky ground, the now even narrower path runs alongside buckthorn, privet, and hawthorn. In winter, numerous small songbirds eat the fruits. Almost unnoticed, the path turns westward, and the loop closes with another view of the Danube.