Waidhofener Strasse

State road B5 in Austria
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Basic data
Overall length:	41.9 km
State :	Lower Austria
Course of the road District Zwettl   Waidhofen an der Thaya district Waidhofen an der Thaya German Thaya Thayatalbahn Pfaffenschlag near Waidhofen an der Thaya District of Gmünd Romaubach Heidenreichstein Ice yarn Austria - Czech Republic Continue to  128

The Waidhofen road (B 5) is a 42 km long main road in Lower Austria . It leads from Allwangspitz via Waidhofen an der Thaya and Heidenreichstein to the state border at Grametten .

history

Waidhofener Strasse in Weinpolz, market town of Göpfritz an der Wild (2018)

The Waidhofen road was completed in 1834 and had five toll stations in Waidhofen (at the two city gates), in Heidenreichstein (the market and the castle) and in Illmanns which would bring some 2,200 guilders the Treasury. In 1856, Waidhofener Strasse generated annual income of around 3,000 guilders for the state treasury.

The Waidhofen road belongs to the former imperial roads that were taken in 1921 as federal highways. Until 1938, Waidhofener Straße was designated as B 4, after the connection with Austria , Waidhofener Straße was part of Reichsstraße 342 until 1945 .

Web links

Commons : Waidhofener Straße  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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1. ^ Federal law of July 8, 1921, regarding federal highways. Federal Law Gazette No. 387/1921.

B5	Like the other former federal highways, Waidhofener Strasse was part of the federal administration. Since April 1, 2002, it has been under state administration and continues to have the B in the number, but not the name Bundesstraße.