Welcome to the heart of the beer south of Baden-Württemberg.
Welcome to DonauBierland!
Did you know? The region on the Young Danube is a classic beer region – DonauBierland.
Discover and enjoy the Donaubergland as DonauBierland with a good regional beer. And there are good beers from the region here – guaranteed!
Because, as we all know, the way to a region’s heart is through its stomach!
Get to know our beer stories!
Today, of course, there is a large selection of great regional beers all over the Swabian Alb – and especially in the DonauBierland. Along the Young Danube between Donaueschingen and Passau, one brewery follows the next.
If you like, the Danube is a real beer river!
There is a wide variety of beers, beer types and brands – each beer has its own character. Try them and become an “economic expert” yourself!
Artisan brewing with tradition and history
Beer is one of the oldest and most interesting drinks in the world!
Beer is liquid bread – and we need bread to live!
Why is the Donaubergland considered a beer region?
The art of brewing has a long tradition in the DonauBierland! Some of the oldest evidence of beer brewing in the Middle Ages comes from this region:
- The oldest evidence of hopped beer has been found in our region. This was discovered and proven in a wooden bottle.
This was found in the grave of an Alamanni prince near Trossingen in the Donaubergland region.
- The first references to the cultivation of brewing grain, and therefore also to beer production and consumption, date back to the early Middle Ages: In a document from the monastery of St. Gallen from the year 764 for the town of Geisingen on the Danube lists “grain for brewing beer” as a tax for the monastery.
- The up-and-coming working-class town Tuttlingen was a real “beer town” around 1900 with around 40 breweries. In terms of beer production and consumption, it was on a par with the cities in the Ruhr region!
Breweries and breweries in the Donaubergland
Replica of the wooden drinking bottle from the Alamann grave near Trossingen. Replica in the Auberlehaus Museum in Trossingen.
Photo: Museum Auberlehaus
A special experiment
How did the Alamanni, the Germanic tribes in the southwest, brew their beer in the 6th century?
The SWR television has ventured an exciting experiment. In the Hirsch brewery in Wurmlingen near Tuttlingen, the experts brewed beer. The basis was the proven residue from the Trossingen wooden bottle from the 6th century.
This interesting report from the “Planet Schule” series explores the question of the Alamanni’s diet.
(The experiment of brewing and tasting an “Alemannic beer” is documented from around minute 10.30 in the film).
You can also find further information at the Museum Auberle in Trossingen
The DonauBierland in the year 2025
Every year there is a series of events all about beer. Here we primarily inform you about our own events, which we organize together with partners, as well as outstanding regional events.
Also in theHirsch beer world of the Hirsch Brewery in Wurmlingen is once again offering guided tours of the brewery and brewing offers for groups.
In addition, there are a number of smaller and larger beer festivals in the towns of the Donaubergland from spring to fall.
Beer seminar in the museum
June 7, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
Once again this year, there will be an entertaining, educational and above all enjoyable beer evening in June at the Ochsen museum restaurant in the Neuhausen ob Eck open-air museum
On Saturday evening with a beer sommelier and managing director Hubert Hepfer from the Hirsch brewery in Wurmlingen and Donaubergland business guide Walter Knittel (tasting included) with stories from the Donaubierland.
Registration required.
Beer menu evening at Gasthaus Jägerhaus
November 21, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Together with the Gasthaus Jägerhaus near Fridingen, there will be another special evening this year on the subject of beer in DonauBierland. On Friday, November 21, the popular excursion pub and restaurant in the middle of the Danube valley invites you to join us for a special menu.
The exquisite beer-themed menu for the evening will be served by the Stehle family in the traditional restaurant. You can expect a 5-course menu with beer tasting and an entertaining beer tasting with stories about beer.
Registration and reservation required directly at Gasthaus Jägerhaus
In cooperation with the Hirsch brewery in Wurmlingen and our Donaubergland restaurateurs, we offer culinary beer menu evenings in selected restaurants two to three times a year.
And that was the case last year:
Beer menu evenings at the Hotel 1280 Krone Geisingen
Together with the Hotel 1280-Krone in Geisingen, we have already organized three beer menu evenings this year (as the first two were quickly booked out).
The wonderfully arranged menus of the beer-themed evenings were each time accompanied by different variations from the Gasthaus zum Hecht in Geisingen.
Beer menu evening at Gasthaus Jägerhaus near Fridingen
Together with the Gasthaus Jägerhaus near Fridingen, the fourth special beer-themed evening was held in DonauBierland last November. The Stehle family once again treated guests to a very special menu in their popular restaurant in the middle of the Danube valley.
Beer seminar in the museum
It was a relaxed and convivial beer evening in June at the Neuhausen ob Eck open-air museum with a beer taster from the Hirsch brewery in Wurmlingen (tasting included) and stories from the Danube beer region.
Beer and baking day in the museum village
The annual action day at the open-air museum all about beer in the museum village in Neuhausen ob Eck with demonstrations and information on beer brewing and baking. Once again, there was plenty to try. The event takes place every year in June.
This is a joint event organized by the Neuhausen ob Eck Open-Air Museumthe Hirsch brewery Wurmlingen and Donaubergland Marketing und Tourismus GmbH for Donaubierland.
Beer stories
Hirsch beer world
Experience the extraordinary Hirsch beer world of the family-run Hirsch brewery in Wurmlingen
Brewery tours, beer museum, beer tastings, beer brewing seminars for groups, refreshments in the Hirsch brewery restaurant.
Bathing in beer? Bathing with beer?
“Wurmlinger Hirschbier Wellness”,
Why not try the arrangement of the Hotel Traube Revital in Wurmlingen.
A feel-good package all about beer, including two nights at the wellness hotel****. Plus a tour of the brewery, a special beer massage with hop extracts and a hop bath …
Simply immerse yourself and feel good.
The massage and bath are also available without an overnight stay as a day wellness package!
Discover the south of beer
The vacation region Baden-Württemberg offers in the BIERSÜDEN offers many activities, festivals, initiatives and offers around the local beer in the Ländle and shows the whole variety of beer culture in the south of Germany.
Refreshments in the DonauBierland
You could stop by here
Our local innkeepers look forward to welcoming you
Enjoy local beer from the region along the Danube.
#EhrenGastHaus –
Solidarity campaign for the hospitality industry
We continue to support our local restaurants and accommodation providers in the Donaubergland region. We want us all to be able to continue to enjoy a good and comfortable stay in the Donaubergland.
A big thank you still goes to everyone who took part in the “EhrenGastHaus” campaign during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns, bought vouchers and supported our local gastronomy in this way.
