Jubilee waiting room (Bad Vöslau)

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Northwest view of the anniversary waiting room

The Jubiläumswarte , also known as the Harzberg Tower , in Bad Vöslau in Lower Austria is a lookout tower on the Rudolfshöhe , the summit of the 466 m high Harzberg. From the tower you have a view of the Vienna Basin , the Leithagebirge and the Schneeberg .

The tower was built in 1898 on the occasion of the 50th jubilee of Emperor Franz Josef I built. It is therefore also known as the " Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Jubiläumswarte " (when it was built: Kaiser-Jubiläumswarte ).

It was built by city architect Anton Kainrath in the sense of the late founding romantic castle as a crenellated, 21 m high observation tower. The costs for the new building amounted to 12,000 guilders , mostly raised through donations.

The ceremonial opening of the building took place on July 10, 1898, in the presence of around 2000 people .

The construction of a restoration was originally planned for the immediate vicinity of the control room. The "Schutzhaus am Harzberg" was built and around 10 Bennet wallabies are kept on a kangaroo farm . Via the forest road from Bad Vöslau you can drive to a parking lot up to approx. 100 m in front of the refuge, alternatively several hiking trails and a mountain bike route lead to the Harzberg.

A hiking trail leads from the Harzberg tower to the Vöslauer Hütte or Bad Vöslau.

Web links

Commons : Harzbergturm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Vöslau. (...) Opening of the Kaiser anniversary waiting room on the Harz Mountains. In: Badener Zeitung , July 9, 1898, p. 5, center left
  2. Vöslau. (…) (Opening ceremony of the Kaiser Jubiläumswarte.) In: Badener Zeitung , July 13, 1898, p. 5, center left

Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 23 "  N , 16 ° 11 ′ 52"  E