Exelberg
| Exelberg | ||
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 The Exelberg from the Jubiläumswarte seen from |
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| height | 516 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Lower Austria , Austria | |
| Mountains | Vienna Woods | |
| Dominance | 4.1 km → Hermannskogel | |
| Notch height | 132 m ↓ Riederberg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 14 '53 " N , 16 ° 14' 44" E | |
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The Exelberg is a mountain in Lower Austria , near the Vienna city limits in the northern Vienna Woods. It has a height of 516 m above sea level. A.
A state road leads over the Exelberg from Tulbing in the Tulln district to Vienna's Höhenstraße .
The mountain is known for the Exel hill climb carried out here on the road . This competition, organized by the Austrian Automobile Club , was the oldest motor car race in Austria- Hungary and took place for the first time on May 21, 1899. As a car race, they were carried out until 1904. In 1910 there was another motorcycle race.
Even today the road is a popular motorcycle route.
Today the Exelberg transmission tower stands on Exelberg . There is also an assault rifle and pistol open-air shooting range owned by Bundesforste , which is used by the Vienna police , among others . Due to the z. There have already been various residents' protests against this facility, some of which are very noisy.
The Eckbach, a tributary of the Als , and the Halterbach, a tributary of the Vienna , have their source on the Exelberg .
Individual evidence
- ^ [Automobile races on Exelberg.] In: New Free Press. Abendblatt, May 4, 1903, p. 9, top center.
- ^ [The Exelberg race.] In: New Free Press. Morgenblatt, May 3, 1903, p. 12, bottom left.
- ↑ a b sport. The first automobile race in Vienna. In: New Free Press. Abendblatt, May 23, 1899, p. 5, top right.
- ^ [Motorcycle street races.] In: Neue Freie Presse. Morgenblatt, May 21, 1899, p. 10, center left.
- ^ The first motorsport events in Austria: Exelberg races. (PDF) In: austria-motor-veterans.at. Austrian Society for Historical Motor Vehicles (ÖGHK), June 3, 2011, accessed on March 23, 2018 .