The seven wonders of Wiener Neustadt
As seven wonders of Wiener Neustadt , the local tradition, based on the seven wonders of the world, sees seven special features that existed in the history of the city of Wiener Neustadt and some of which still exist today.
The swaying earth
Wiener Neustadt was founded in 1194 by Leopold V from Babenberg and built as a border fortress against Hungary with the help of the ransom for Richard the Lionheart . The place where the city was built was so strategically important that the city fathers even accepted the swampy subsoil. This boggy soil gave way very easily underfoot and was therefore given the name of the swaying soil by the first settlers .
The lettuce that grows on the trees
As already mentioned, the city was built on a swamp. In order to give the unsteady ground more stability, logs were driven into the ground. When the settlers later grew vegetables (including lettuce) in their gardens, the lettuce grew on the trees.
The house without a nail
The house without a nail was once located at the northern city gate, the so-called Wiener Tor . It was supposedly erected without a single nail. It was demolished in the 19th century.
The grave between heaven and earth
Emperor Maximilian , the son of Emperor Friedrich III. and Eleonore Helena of Portugal , should actually have been buried in his famous tomb in the court church in Innsbruck . However, the last knight , as Maximilian I is also called, decreed in his will that he would like to be buried in Wiener Neustadt. Since the church in the castle is on the first floor, his grave is between heaven and earth.
The church under which a hay cart can pass
As with the previous miracle, this is again St. George's Cathedral. Below the church is the entrance, the main gate, which is rarely used today and over which the church is located.
The church under the bridge
There was once a suspension bridge between the two cathedral towers as a connection, which was destroyed in 1834 when a major fire raged in the city.
Two streams that flow over each other
In the urban area of Wiener Neustadt, two streams actually cross, namely the Warme Fischa and the Wiener Neustädter Canal . If you look closely at the map, you can see that the Kehrbach and Wiener Neustädter Canal also intersect a few hundred meters south . The canal is an artificial body of water that was originally planned from Vienna to Trieste . But it wasn't built that far and so the canal ends in Wiener Neustadt.
