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Old Cog Railway Route to Sophienalpe

Old Cog Railway Route to Sophienalpe

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Old Cog Railway Route to Sophienalpe

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Location: Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria

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Intertronic und Sonja 🎄🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

December 8, 2022

The cable car to the Sophienalpe

Finally, the cable car to the Sophienalpe was designed as a technical test facility by the manufacturer Georg Sigl, who had already supplied the machinery for the cable car to the Kahlenberg. In 1881 the complex was closed again and removed.

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Andreas

July 6, 2024

It was a funicular railway
Between 1874 and 1881, there was a cable car at exactly this spot. Affectionately called the "Knöpferlbahn" by the Viennese, it ran from the Rieglerhütte to the Sophienalpe. The passengers sat in open carriage-like cars that had space for four people. The cars were connected to the traction cable with red iron balls, the "Knöpferln". Over a distance of 700 meters, the cable car overcame a height difference of 108 meters and a maximum gradient of 250 ‰. 200 people could be transported up and down the mountain in an hour. The speed was a breathtaking 5.8 kilometers per hour.

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Marion

August 8, 2022

It goes steeply up over a route from the 19th century. A cog railway used to run here. Did you know that? Here you should be a bit surefooted and take a closer look at the stones. They are still the originals from that time.

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Old Cog Railway Route to Sophienalpe

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