Vienna Gate
Wiener Pforte is the name given to the breakthrough of the Danube from the edge of the Vienna Woods into the plain of the Vienna Basin .
The gate is located on the north-western edge of Vienna and is formed by the steep Leopoldsberg (425 m) on the right and the Bisamberg (358 m) on the left bank of the Danube. The border between the Lower Austrian communities Klosterneuburg and Langenzersdorf also runs not far .
Emergence
The Wiener Pforte was created about 350,000 years ago through the erosion of the Danube along a geological fault line between the Vienna Woods and Bisamberg. It is believed that the Kierling and Weidlingbach also had a noticeable influence on the breakthrough.
history
Historically, the gate was of great importance, especially for west-east traffic along the river, and thus promoted the development of Vienna into a trade and transport hub . The crossing of the Danube route with the old Amber Road on the eastern edge of the Vienna Basin had an additional positive effect .
Web links
- Entry on Wiener Pforte in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 18 ″ N , 16 ° 20 ′ 35 ″ E