Gloggnitz - Gloggnitz

Gloggnitz is a town in the Schwarzatal, in the southwestern corner of the Vienna basin (Steinfeld) or at the easternmost end of the Semmering area. The development of the neighboring community Enzenreith is completely fused with Gloggnitz. The city experienced an upswing with the construction of the Semmering Railway (1854), which started industrialization and summer tourism from Vienna. The rural village was quickly industrialized and urbanized, it became a typical "railroad workers' community", as it was on the oldest mountain route in the world until the 1980s between Gloggnitz and Mürzzuschlag a second locomotive had to be pre-tensioned.

background

The municipality of Gloggnitz comprises ten localities:

• Abfaltersbach
• Aue
• Berglach
• Eichberg
• Gloggnitz
• dig
• Hayfield
• Saloder
• Stuppach
• Weissenbach

For information about history, nature and economy, see the detailed one Entry on Wikipedia referenced.

getting there

By plane

• Gloggnitz landing field for glider pilots.
• The nearest commercial airports are in Vienna and Graz.

By train

Gloggnitz is the eastern beginning of the Semmering Railway, the oldest mountain railway in the world (opened in 1854). All trains of the Südbahn (Vienna-Graz / Villach) once stopped here. Today only regional trains stop at Gloggnitz station and at the Eichberg stop:

• Regional trains Vienna: Usually start north of Vienna (Retz / Znojmo or. Bernhardsthal / Břeclav). The two branch lines with an interval of 60 minutes meet in Vienna Floridsdorf, from there they form a half-hour interval and travel over the main S-Bahn line with stops and others. in Praterstern, Wien Mitte-Landstrasse, Hauptbahnhof (below), Meidling and Liesing; they stop south of Vienna and others. in Mödling, Swimming, Wiener Neustadt, Neunkirchen and Ternitz. The train terminus is Payerbach-Reichenau west of Gloggnitz.
• Furthermore, one pair of trains each day of the regional express and the express train stop Mürzzuschlag above Semmering to Wiener Neustadt in Gloggnitz.

By bus

The bus company Retter Linien operates connections from the surrounding communities. The most important bus node in the community is the station forecourt. The bus lines are tariff integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR):

• Line 1734: Gloggnitz - Raach am Hochgebirge - Otterthal - Kirchberg am Wechsel
• Line 1738: Gloggnitz - Enzenreith - Kranichberg -
• Line 1762: Aspang-Markt - St. Corona am Wechsel - Kirchberg am Wechsel - Gloggnitz
• Line 1760: Gloggnitz - Schottwien - Maria Schutz - Semmering
• Line 1732: Gloggnitz - Prigglitz
• Line 1726: Gloggnitz - Wimpassing - Neunkirchen
• Line 1748: Gloggnitz - Payerbach
• Line 6615: Gloggnitz - Mürzzuschlag (VOR tariff only up to the state border at Semmering)
• Line 1750: Neunkirchen - Gloggnitz - Payerbach - Mariazell (VOR tariff only up to the state border at Preiner Gscheidt)

In the street

Distances
Ternitz	9 km
Semmering	15 km
Neunkirchen	16 km
Puchberg am Schneeberg	26 km
Mürzzuschlag	30 km
Wiener Neustadt	31 km
Eisenstadt	62 km
Bruck an der Mur	67 km
Mariazell	77 km
Vienna	84 km
Airport Wien-Schwechat	94 km
Graz	119 km

• Highway Semmering expressway, 17 Gloggnitz
  • Arrival from Vienna (approx. One hour) via the southern motorway (A2) and the Seebenstein junction
  • From western Austria and Germany it may be quicker to drive from Wels or Sattledt via the Phyrnautobahn (A9) to St. Michael and change there to the S6. There is no need to drive through the congested Vienna area, but you have to pass the Bosruck tunnel, which is subject to toll.
• former federal road Höllentalstraße: From Gloggnitz through the Höllental to the B21 near Rohr im Gebirge
• former federal road Wiener Neustädter Straße from Vienna via Wiener Neustadt and Neunkirchen: The former Triester Straße now ends in Gloggnitz, it has been replaced along its entire length by the A2 and S6 and is only of regional importance. The pass crossing west of Gloggnitz was downgraded to a state road L in the early 2000s.

By bicycle

• Schwarzatal cycle path from Wiener Neustadt
• Semmering crossing on the old pass road

mobility

Tourist Attractions

• Gloggnitz Castle with Castle Church
• Stuppach Palace with St. Florian Palace Chapel
• Renner Villa - the property where the politician lived in 1945 and from where he contacted the Soviet leadership to form a new government before the end of the war, now houses the Karl Renner Museum
• Gloggnitz special school, formerly an elementary school, in front of the town hall, with the Dr.-Karl-Renner library
• Catholic parish church Gloggnitz
• Evangelical parish church Gloggnitz
• Filial church of St. Florian
• St. Othmar Chapel
• Maria Taferl Chapel
• Dr. Karl Renner Bridge
• Gloggnitz power station, built in 1897
• Enzenreith mining museum
• Recreational forest on the hill between Gloggnitz and Enzenreith, including the forest cemetery and the mountain cemetery (laid out in 1904, with a memorial for the victims of the mine accident in Hart 1924).

Monuments

• Baroque Johannes Nepomuk wayside shrine on the Johannesfelsen below the castle, erected by Provost Franz Langpartner when the monastery was baroque.
• War memorial on the north wall of St.-Othmars-Chapel, erected in 1928, sculptor Richard Ruepp, architect Julius Bergmann, lime monolith from St. Margarethen
• Theodor Maria Vogel monument, erected in 1962 by the singers of the Schwarzatal in honor of the first chairman and dialect poet, moved in 1976 in front of the Evangelical Trinity Church in Hoffeldstrasse. The bronze bust of Georg Wimmer.
• Renner memorial stone: Erected on December 14th, 1970 on the main square (today Dr.-Karl-Renner-Platz) on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the first President of the 2nd Republic. The cut granite block pays tribute to Renner's services in the First and Second Republic.
• Ghega memorial stone: Erected on the occasion of the centenary of the Semmering Railway in 1954 in a green area on the line.

Surroundings

• Wartenstein Castle
• Kranichberg Castle

activities

• Ice rink
• Gloggnitz natural pool
• Schwarzataler Radwanderweg, mountain biking in the surrounding mountains
• Skate park near the train station
• Fitness course in the hard forest: full-body training for abdominal, leg, back and upper body muscles, training for endurance
• Tennis courts in Rennergasse and in the row
• Gloggnitz circular hiking trail
• Climbing and bouldering on the rocks of the surrounding mountains

shop

• Shopping center in the city center
• Weekly market on the main square
• Lindt-Sprüngli factory outlet

kitchen

• Restaurant in Gloggnitz Castle: U.A. also hosting of weddings and other celebrations

nightlife

accommodation

• Next campsite in Reichenau an der Rax
• 47.6746215.94151  Hotel-Gasthof Loibl, Wiener Str. 12, 2640 Gloggnitz. Tel.: 43 2662 42219. Open: Restaurant: Mon - Fri 6 a.m. - 3 p.m. 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., Sat, Sun public holidays 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. (kitchen until 1.30 p.m.); June, July, August Sa = day off.last change: not specified

health

Practical advice

• Town hall: Sparkassenplatz 5

trips

Gloggnitz is a good base for hiking and sightseeing in the Viennese local mountains, including:

• Rax
• Semmering
• High change
• Hell Valley

literature

Web links

http://www.gloggnitz.at - Official website of Gloggnitz