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One of the eight specific wine-growing regions in the Austrian federal state or generic wine-growing region of Lower Austria. In 1993, the districts of Donauland (renamed Wagram from the 2008 vintage) and Carnuntum, which had previously formed a single wine-growing region, were separated.

History

The Celts and later the Romans already cultivated wine here. In the middle of the first century, the former Celtic kingdom of Noricum became a Roman province. The Romans built a legionary camp and a civilian town with a large amphitheatre near the village of Petronell, where the Amber Road crossed the Danube, which had around 40,000 inhabitants around 100 AD. The border against the Germanic tribes was fortified with a wall, the Limes. Extensive excavations were carried out in the 20th century. Outside the town, a former 20 metre high triumphal arch commemorates the imperial conference in 308. Carnuntum was destroyed by the Germanic tribes around 400.

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