The Rohrwald is located on a foothill of the flysch zone at the edge of the Korneuburg Basin and is therefore crossed by several streams, which is rather untypical for the Weinviertel.

In the Weinviertel, which is poorly forested and intensively used for agricultural purposes, the Rohrwald has a high ecological value and an essential function as a local recreation area.

It connects the Alps with the Carpathians via the Leiser Mountains, Falkenstein and the Moravian Karst north of Mikulov.

Among other things, they served as a shelter and hiding place for the inhabitants of the surrounding villages during the Thirty Years' War.

In the last weeks of the war in 1945, numerous women and children were still hiding in the earthen caves from the Soviet troops.