Viennese local mountains

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The Raxalpe , the Schneeberg and the Hohe Wand in the south of Lower Austria are understood as Viennese local mountains . These mountains can be reached from Vienna in about an hour and are therefore a popular local recreation area for the Viennese.

reachability

The Viennese local mountains can be reached by car via the Südautobahn (A2). By public transport to the Raxalpe, take the Südbahn trains to Payerbach-Reichenau. Continue with the Retter Linien bus to Hirschwang, Hinternaßwald or Preiner Gscheid. To the Schneeberg: with the trains of the Südbahn to Wr. Neustadt, with the diesel railcar of the Schneebergbahn to Puchberg and further with the cogwheel train to the Hochschneeberg or with the trains of the Südbahn to Neunkirchen, with the rescue bus to Losenheim. To the Hohe Wand with the trains of the Südbahn to Wr. Neustadt and continue with the Partsch bus to Maiersdorf or Stollhof.

Historical development

With the construction of the Semmering Railway, this landscape was popular with day trippers. Tourism only started in the more easily accessible mountains Rax and Schneeberg, which were accessed by a cable car and a cog railway . Before mass tourism sets in, it is mostly botanists, mineralogists, geographers and agronomists who go on a hike out of scientific interest and inspire the Biedermeier urban citizens with their reports , whose previous excursions have been limited to the closer surroundings of Vienna, such as the Vienna Woods . The first written notes about a tourist ascent of the Hohe Wand come from the year 1862. Alpine societies were founded and built their shelters on the high plateaus.

Current situation

Rax, Schneeberg and Hohe Wand are still the most visited mountains in the Gutenstein Alps and the Rax-Schneeberg group , which are very well developed thanks to their easy accessibility, beautiful viewpoints and many marked hiking trails. On the other hand, other mountains, such as the Dürre Wand or the Schneealpe, are climbed less often.

literature

  • Karl Flanner: The High Wall. People - work - tourists.