Eisenstrasse (Austria)

The Austrian iron road is an adventure road in the triangle of Lower Austria , Upper Austria and Styria . As a brand, it is also understood as the tourist region that includes the Traun and Mostviertel as well as eastern Upper Styria , which corresponds to the Eisenwurzen region and its surroundings. The historical center is the Styrian Erzberg , whose economic importance shaped the surrounding region in the past, and extends from the Alpine foothills of Steyr to west of St. Pölten into the Upper Mur Valley. Today you can see the region in the general sense in the triangle of Wels , Mariazell and Leoben , with which the Eisenstraße largely connects to the Salzkammergut in the west.

In addition to historical mining , the iron industry and the wood and forestry necessary for smelting furnaces and smelting , the more than 100 stations on Eisenstraße also convey the development of the metalworking trade (from blacksmithing to mechanical engineering to measuring and musical instruments ) as well as the typical regional culture and building fabric of trades and Citizenship . Even natural attractions of the region, as well as trails for through gorges, ravines and wood pastures provides the iron road.

Member municipalities

The Eisenstrasse can be divided into federal states ; it includes the following member communities:

Member communities of Eisenstrasse

Lower Austria	Upper Austria	Styria
Mountain country Gaming Gresten Gresten Land Göstling on the Ybbs Hollenstein on the Ybbs Lunz am See Neumarkt an der Ybbs Opponitz Petzenkirchen Purgstall on the Erlauf Randegg Reinsberg Scheibbs Sonntagberg St. Anton an der Jeßnitz St. Georgen am Reith Steinakirchen am Forst Waidhofen an der Ybbs Wang Wieselburg Wieselburg country Wolfpassing Ybbsitz	Bad Hall Dietach Edlbach Gaflenz Cooked Large framing Grünburg Hinterstoder Church Village Klaus at the Pyhrnbahn Laussa Losenstein Maria Neustift Micheldorf Minor Rich raming Rosenau am Hengstpaß Rossleithen St. Pankraz Ortisei near Steyr Scharnstein Sierning Steinbach am Ziehberg Steinbach an der Steyr Steyr Ternberg Vorderstoder Waldneukirchen Weyer Windischgarsten	Altenmarkt Iron ore Rural Leoben Mariazell Niklasdorf Proleb Radmer St. Gallen Sankt Peter-Freienstein Trofaiach Vordernberg Wild Alps

Regional policy

The Steirische Eisenstrasse is a LEADER region.

See also

• Bavarian iron road
• Central European iron road

literature

• Michael S. Falser: The Austrian Iron Road as a UNESCO world cultural and natural heritage. Volume 9 of the series of publications of the Kalkalpen National Park, National Park O.ö. Kalkalpen Ges.mbH, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-9501577-5-8 . Download ( [1] )
• Michael S. Falser: The Austrian Iron Road as UNESCO World Heritage? Results of a feasibility study . In: Eva Klein, Rosmarie Schiestl, Margit Stadlober (eds.): Monument Future. Dealing with historical cultural assets in the area of ​​tension between society, research and practice. Graz 2012, 21-48.
• Martin Heintel / Norbert Weixlbaumer: Upper Austrian Eisenstrasse. Results of a project-oriented, university didactic image and acceptance study . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter 50 (1996) 3, pp. 263-274, online (PDF; 2.3 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
• Werner Anzenberger / Christian Ehetreiber / Heimo Halbrainer (eds.): "The Eisenstrasse 1938–1945: Nazi Terror - Resistance - New Memories." CLIO: Graz 2013.

Web links

• Styrian Iron Road Association
• Eisenstrasse Lower Austria
• European iron road
• www.austria.info - themed and adventure routes
• http://derstandard.at/1353208224365/Die-Partisanen-der-Eisenstrasse