Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Warte (Hof am Leithaberge)
| Steinerwegberg | ||
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 Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Warte |
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| height | 443 m | |
| location | Lower Austria | |
| Mountains | Leithagebirge | |
| Dominance | 9.68 km → Schweinberg | |
| Notch height | 107 m ↓ west of Ramsauberg | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 55 '35 " N , 16 ° 36' 53" E | |
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The Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Warte (also only Franz-Josef-Warte , both variants are written on the building itself) is one on the Steinerwegberg (also Kais Oak ) in the Leithagebirge in the municipality of Hof am Leithaberge , next to the border with Burgenland , located observation tower .
history
The Leithagebirge section of the Austrian Tourist Club, established in 1885, built this observation tower at the most beautiful viewpoints of the Leithagebirge, commemorating the 40 years of Emperor Franz Joseph I's reign . The building was officially opened as Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Warte on August 18, 1889; the foundation stone was laid exactly one year earlier.
Building description (at the time of opening)
The control room is a solid, octagonal, eight meter high stone tower on which a four meter high wooden pavilion rises. In order to obtain shelter inside the tower, the stone staircase was brought up on the outside, and only in the upper part does a wooden staircase lead up inside. The view can be enjoyed completely unhindered , as the control room towers over the forest.
literature
- Christina Mochty (ed.), Ernst Bezemek (ed.): The market town of Hof am Leithaberge in the course of time . Marktgemeinde am Leithaberge, Hof am Leithaberge 1998, ISBN 3-9500837-0-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lookout point in Lower Austria ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: niederoesterreich.at , accessed on May 11, 2011.
- ↑ a b Kaiser Franz Josephs-Warte in the Leithagebirge. In: Oesterreichische tourist newspaper / Austrian tourist newspaper / Österreichische Turisten-Zeitung / Austrian tourist newspaper , year 1889, No. 17, September 1, 1889 (IX. Year), p. 200, center left. (Online at ANNO ). .
- ↑ (...) Opening of the Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Warte (...). In: Wiener Zeitung , Wiener Abendpost (No. 189/1889), August 19, 1889, p. 7 middle. (Online at ANNO ).
Remarks
- ↑ Emperor Ferdinand I climbed the lookout point in 1839, where an old, venerable (and eponymous) oak stood on the top of the mountain . - See: Carl Unterleuthner: Zur Kaiser-Eiche. For the May trip of the Austrian Tourist Club on May 3rd, 1891. In: Oesterreichische Tourist-Zeitung / Österreichische Tourist-Zeitung / Österreichische Turisten-Zeitung / Österreichische Turisterneitung , year 1891, No. 9, May 1, 1891 (XI. Year), P. 99 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
Web links
- Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge in old views. Opening on August 18, 1889 ( Memento from May 19, 2003 in the Internet Archive ). In: mannersdorf-lgb.at , accessed on May 2, 2014.
- Line 29: waiting room (with entrance area) . In: share.bahnforum.info , January 5, 2010, accessed on May 12, 2011.
