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Reichsstraße (Austria)

This article is about the old imperial roads in Austria. For other uses, see Reichsstraße.

A Reichsstraße (literally "imperial road") was the official designation from 1804 to 1918 of trunk roads in Old Austria maintained by the (from 1867 Cisleithanian) State (k.k. Ministry) – in contrast to the state roads (Landesstraße) maintained by the individual crown lands and the municipal roads (Gemeindestraßen) maintained by the parishes or municipalities (Gemeinden).

Lower Austria and Vienna edit

The following Reichsstraßen, amongst others, emanated from the capital, Vienna:[1]

  • Reichsstraße to Budapest (within Vienna known as the Simmeringer Hauptstraße since 1894, outside the city known as the Bundesstraße 10 today, then the 50 to the Hungarian border near Nickelsdorf, Burgenland / Hegyeshalom)
  • Brünner Reichsstraße (known as the Brünner Straße today and the Bundesstraße 7 to Nikolsburg in Moravia)
  • Kagraner Reichsstraße or Wiener Reichsstraße (alternative route to Brünn, known today in Vienna as the Wagramer Straße, outside the city known as the Bundesstraße 8, then 49 to Lundenburg in Moravia); to get from the city centre to the Kagraner Reichsstraße, the Kronprinz Rudolf Bridge or Reichsstraßen Bridge over the Danube has to be crossed. Its short name, Reichsbrücke, (Reich Bridge) is still used today.
  • Pragueer Reichsstraße (known today as the Prager Straße and Bundesstraße 3, then the 4 and 2 as far as the Czech border near Gmünd (Lower Austria))
  • Preßburger Reichsstraße (known today as the Pressburger Straße and Bundesstraße 9 to Hainburg)
  • Triester Reichsstraße (known today as the Triester Straße and Bundesstraße 17 to Semmering)

Upper Austria edit

In Upper Austria there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Salzburg edit

In Salzburg there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Styria edit

In the Styria there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Tyrol edit

In Tyrol (then including South Tyrol and Trentino) there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Vorarlberg edit

In Vorarlberg there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Bohemia edit

In Bohemia (today Czech Republic) there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

  • Beraun-Haselbacher Reichsstraße from Prague via Pilsen as far as the Bavarian border (replaced by the D 5, today designated as the II/605)
  • Budweiser Reichsstraße from Prague to Budweis (replaced by the D 3, today designated as the II/603)
  • Chrudimer Reichsstraße
  • Dobrisch-Winterberger Reichsstraße from Prague via Winterberg as far as the Bavarian border (I/4)
  • Joachimsthaler Reichsstraße from Karlsbad via Joachimsthal as far as Saxon border (known today as the I/25)
  • Jungbunzlau-Trautenauer Reichsstraße (known today as the I/16)
  • Karlsbader Reichsstraße from Prague bis Karlsbad (known today as the I/6)
  • Komotauer Reichsstraße
  • Reichenberger Reichsstraße

Moravia edit

In Moravia (today Czech Republic) there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Austrian-Silesia edit

In Austrian-Silesia (today parts of Czech Republic and Poland) there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Galicia edit

In Galicia (today parts of Poland and Ukraine) there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Carniola edit

In Carniola (known today as Slovenia) there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

References edit

  1. ^ Felix Czeike (editor): Historisches Lexikon Wien, Vol. 4, Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9, p. 650
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