Mödlinger Lokomotivfabrik

The Mödlinger Lokomotivfabrik in Mödling ( Lower Austria ) (Lokomotiv- und Waggonbauanstalt) was one of the most short-lived industrial companies in Austria-Hungary that dealt with locomotive construction . It was founded in 1872 in place of an old free-standing mill (Niedere Trausnit 15th century, Krumm 18th century), but stopped locomotive production two years later due to the global economic crisis and was closed.

Recording sheet from 1872 in which the wagon factory is already drawn

The locomotive factory also produced wagons and other machines. On old maps, the factory located on a Mühlbach of the Mödlinger Wildbach is also often referred to as a locomotive and wagon factory or just a wagon factory .

Only 40 locomotives were built, but none of them have survived. In the closed plant, a shoe factory was later built by Alfred Fränkel - an uncle of the grandfather of the later US Vice President John Kerry . The location was where the district administration is today.

At the same time as the company was founded, a workers' settlement with over 30 houses was built. This settlement, later also known as a "colony" or as a shoemaker's house due to the later shoe factory, still exists today and was placed under ensemble protection in 1979.

literature

• Gerhard A. Stadler: The industrial heritage of Lower Austria. History - technology - architecture. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 2006, ISBN 3-205-77460-4 , p. 480 f.
• Hellmuth R. Figlhuber: The Mödlinger Lokomotivfabrik 1873-1875. Locomotive construction in Mödling. City Transport Museum, Mödling 2002.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mödling - growth phase map with legend. In: Austrian City Atlas. Vienna City and State Archives, 1982, accessed on January 29, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 55 ″  N , 16 ° 17 ′ 57 ″  E