Vienna's surroundings on twenty hours in a circle
Vienna's surroundings on twenty hours in a circle. Described by Adolf Schmidl after his own hikes is a hiking guide from the Biedermeier period , written in 1835 by the Austrian topographer , geographer , cave researcher and writer Adolf Anton Schmidl . The work describes walks, hikes and day trips for the area to the west of the Vienna city fortifications via the Vienna Woods to the northern Mostviertel , the Wachau and the southern Waldviertel .
Two other works by Schmidl deal in the same way with hikes through the Weinviertel , from Schwechat to the Hainburger Pforte and the Vienna Basin to Wiener Neustadt and the Schneeberg .
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The work is divided into foreword, introduction and three sections:
- First division. The closest surroundings of Vienna . Excursions for half a day.
- Nussdorf , Döbling , Heiligenstadt , Grinzing , Sievering , Währing , Weinhaus , Gersthof , the Türkenschanze , Petzleinsdorf , Neustift , Salmannsdorf , Hernals , Dornbach , Neulerchenfeld , Ottakring , the Predigtstuhl , the Schmelz , Breitensee , Baumgarten , Hütteldorf , Mariabrunn , Weidlingau, Hadersdorf .
- Second division. The Kahlengebirge. Excursions for a whole day.
- Third division. Excursions from two to four days.
- St. Pölten , Mölk , Maria Laach and the Jauerling , Weiteneck and Pöggstall , Donaufahrt of Mölk to Krems , Tuln , Herzogenburg and Göttweih , Krems and Stein , the Kremsthal , the Kamp Valley and Horn .
In the first section, the area is described from the city walls over the glacis to the line wall and further to the foot of the Vienna Woods with the Vienna suburbs. The second section deals with the heights and settlements of the Vienna Woods (Kahlengebirge) up to the eastern edge of the Tullnerfeld . The third section suggests multi-day trips from Tullnerfeld to St. Pölten, the Wachau and the southern Waldviertel.
In addition to the detailed route descriptions, both for hikes and car rides, the work contains further information, such as tips on driving options:
- The bourgeois country coachmen are most advised for further excursions; Fiakers are quite inexpedient for this. With a few exceptions, your horses are not durable enough for longer tours, [...]
Refreshments on the way and at the respective destination are also described in detail, as here for the Krapfenwäldchen:
- [...] at the foot of which is the inn, the so-called Krapfenhütte. Numerous tables, a wooden hall to protect against sudden storms, at the same time serving as a dance hall, swings, etc. prove how busy the facility is, to which the fairly good catering also contributes.
An essential point in the descriptions is the reference to cultural highlights, such as the famous carved altar in the church of Mauer near Melk :
- But what makes this old work of art most remarkable is the fact that it is not painted or gilded, but shows itself in the original color of the wood, only significantly browned with age. In view of the rarity of this type of work of art, one can judge with what delight the friend of old art looks at this work, where the genius of the master is revealed without any cover!
Historical retrospectives are always available, but rather more briefly, which is explained by Adolf Schmidl in the foreword:
- Regional studies and history are two very different things, and indeed there is still so much to do in Austria in the field of regional studies that one can forgive an author if his book only gives: what is there and not also: what was there!
The work
- Vienna's surroundings on twenty hours in a circle. Described by Adolf Schmidl after his own hikes. Printed and published by Carl Gerold, Vienna 1835 (Reprint 2002, Archiv Verlag Wien, 3 volumes, with a foreword by Peter Csendes ).
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Individual evidence
- ^ From the Prater to Wiener Neustadt ; From Meidling to Schneeberg
- ^ Adolf Schmidl: Vienna's surroundings for twenty hours in a circle. P. 8.
- ^ Adolf Schmidl: Vienna's surroundings for twenty hours in a circle. P. 203.
- ^ Adolf Schmidl: Vienna's surroundings for twenty hours in a circle. P. 331.
- ^ Adolf Schmidl: Vienna's surroundings for twenty hours in a circle. Foreword p. IV – V.