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| federal state | Lower Austria | |
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| Residents | 10.009 (2018) | |
| Tourist info web | http://www.strasshofandernordbahn.at/ | |
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Strasshof on the north runway is a market town in Marchfeld, Lower Austria, about 20 km northeast of Vienna and has around 9,000 inhabitants.
background
history
A small village was first mentioned in a document around 1300, but the place became deserted after the Turkish wars. Around 1670 there is a new collection of single houses (Streets by the three proud pines, later the Straßhof) was documented from it.
This Strasshof remained little more than a small collection of individual houses and individual courtyards until the middle of the 19th century. With the construction of the northern line in 1838 and the associated train station and boiler room in the vicinity of what is now the center of the village, a number of railway keeper's houses were built. The rapid settlement began in 1908 with the opening of the large marshalling yard, when today's settlement based on the example of the English garden city was laid out like a master plan for the workers and their families.
The further history of the place is strongly connected with the railway and gave the place the name suffix. The marshalling yard was one of the largest in Central Europe until after 1945 and also had a sad role in the handling of transports to Eastern Europe for troops and concentration camp prisoners. In the post-war period, the importance of Strasshof as a railway junction disappeared, and one of the largest railway museums in Central Europe was set up on the huge railway site.
In 2006, Strasshof achieved sad world fame as the place where the kidnapped Natascha Kampusch was held in a family home. After eight years of imprisonment, she managed to escape and her kidnapper committed suicide. The house was demolished in a row to keep sensational tourists away.
Districts
- Bartoschviertel in the northwest, the oldest quarter of the place. There were forest workers' houses here as early as 1800.
- Silberwald in the east (north of the B8 Silberwald I, south of Silberwald II
- Flugfeldviertel in the southeast
- Waldviertel in the center
- Three key fields in the southwest
- Industrieviertel - commercial area at the western entrance to the town on the B8
getting there
By plane
By train
Trains of the Vienna S-Bahn stop in Strasshof (in the center) and Silberwald (at the east end of the village). Boarding options in Vienna, etc. at the Central Station (below), Landstrasse / Wien Mitte, Praterstern, Floridsdorf and Leopoldau; further in Deutsch-Wagram; the trains end in Gänserndorf. In Gänserndorf you have connections to regional trains Břeclav (Connection Prague / Brno / Warsaw) and Marchegg (Connection to Bratislava).
By bus
In the street
The former Angerner Bundesstrasse (B8 Vienna - Angern on the March) runs right through the village. At Vienna Süßenbrunn there is a connection to the motorway network (S1 / S2); at Angern there is a car ferry to Slovakia.
mobility
Strasshof an der Nordbahn is a typical street settlement. It extends for a good 6 kilometers in a south-west-northeast direction along the B8 federal road, but only a few hundred meters to the left and right of the federal road.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Parish Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Pestalozzistrasse 62. Erected 1923–1925 by August Kirstein; Interior remodeling in 1988; low, simple building with high, campanile-like church tower in the north, accented bell storey, coupled arched windows and columns; Nave with flat wooden ceiling, narrower choir.
- Residential buildings on Bahnhofplatz No. 18-21 and 23, an extensive complex with raw brick buildings from the first quarter of the 20th century
- Strasshof local history museum
- Memorial to the former Nazi transit camp, Corner of Universalestrasse / Helmahofstrasse. In memory of around 20,000 people who passed the camp at the marshalling yard between 1940 and 1945, 6,000 were killed in the process. The memorial consists of 7 concrete pillars - one each for a camp - which stand in a circle and are crossed by 2 railroad tracks. Artist Karl-Heinz-Schreiner, 2011.
- General Hill: in the town center south of the B8, raised during the Napoleon Wars.
- Monument locomotive, Main street, opposite Cafe Geier. Type 52.7593, built in 1941.
- Fliegermarterl: At the Marterlweg kindergarten it is reminiscent of the mild emergency landing of an airplane on June 10, 1912.
- Canal memorial stone (Schönkirchner Straße 2), built on the occasion of the completion of the Strasshof sewer network (1990-1999)
- Water memorial stone In the park near the parish church, erected on the occasion of the completion of the aqueduct (1975-1980).
- Old airfield: Only the runway can be seen from the WWII military airport on the municipal border with Deutsch Wagram.
- Proud pineBlack pine, planted around 230 years ago, has been a nature reserve since 1968. Extensive tree planting was carried out in Marchfeld under Empress Maria Theresa to fortify the shifting dunes.
- Holm oak, planted around 1900. The only surviving oak tree that could not grow because of the sandy soil.
Railway Museum
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- 2 Boiler house, Sillerstraße 123, 2231 Strasshof (Silberwald S-Bahn station). Tel.: 43 (0)2287 30 27, Fax: 43 (0)2287 302 74, Email: [email protected].
The Boiler house is the largest railway museum in Austria and is home to 101 locomotives and 180 wagons. Most of the historic locomotives have been restored and are occasionally used to haul nostalgic trains on the Austrian rail network. On the occasion of the renovation of the Technical Museum in Vienna Almost all of its stock of historic rail vehicles was handed over to the boiler house.Open: mid-May-mid-October: Tue-Sun and public holidays 10: 00-17: 00; Winter season: Sat, Sun 10: 00-17: 00; Driving operation: Sun holidays.Price: adults: € 9, children (3-17 years): € 5.40, families (2 2): € 23.40. Surcharge on working and steam days.
- The following attractions are available:
- Driver's cab rides on diesel locomotives
- Museum tours
- Operation of the garden railway
- Operation of the H0 and N gauge model railroad layouts
- Operation of the garden model railway (LGB)
- Buffet and souvenir carts are open
- Visit of restoration work
- Steam operating days: In addition to the above activities, steam locomotives are also put into operation, and cab rides on steam locomotives are possible. Appointments always every second to third Saturday, see also Homepage.
- Museum shop (only on steam days and driving days): caps, books, DVDs, mugs, T-shirts
- Café (only on steam and driving days): drinks, various types of sausage, ice cream, sweets
- Discounts, etc. for seniors, groups, members of different model railway clubs. Free entry (1x per season) with the NÖ-Card.
activities
Culture
- Marchfeld Strasshof Cultural Center (KUMST). Theater, operetta, concerts.
- Strasshof basement theater
Sport and recreation
- Toboggan hill: Artificial hill in the center of the village, in winter you can go tobogganing and skiing there.
- Sports facilities: Beach volleyball court, fun court, roller skating and natural ice rink, numerous playgrounds and sports fields
- BMX bike trail
- Biotope in the family forest, created in 2004 by Naturfreunde Strasshof: relaxation, swimming, events.
shop
- Marchfeld fair. Around 120 exhibitors from Marchfeld present their products and services on the exhibition grounds. Cultural accompanying program.
- Collection of supermarkets and specialty shops in the Hauptstraße / Schönkirchner Straße area (Hofer, Penny, NKD, opticians, electronics)
- Raiffeisen warehouse Marchfeld
- 1 Play and model making, Hauptstrasse 190.
- Perennial nursery Helga Lechner
kitchen
- Geier café and pastry shop
- Gina ice cream parlor
- Country inn Föhrenhof
- Styrian beer island
- Leon's silver forest
- Pizza Uno
- City Garden China Restaurant
nightlife
- Silberwald café-pub
- Martin's Club
accommodation
- Leon's silver forest
- Apartments Caterina
- Casa Domani
security
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.strasshofandernordbahn.at/ - Official website of Strasshof an der Nordbahn
