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150 years - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1997 - 7.50 Shilling


Theme: Architecture
CountryAustria / II. Republic of Austria
Issue Date1997
Face Value 7.50 
Colormulti-colored brown orange
Printing Typecombination printing
Stamp TypeCommemorative
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1567
Chronological ChapterOOS-OE2
SID207757
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The railway line from Wiener Neustadt to Ödenburg (Sopron), which was ceremoniously opened on 20 August 1847, was the second railway line built on Hungarian territory and at the same time the first connection to the Austrian railway network. In 1838 planning and routing were started; In the spring of 1844 construction began. At a decision of the chief engineer Matthias Schönerer goes back the construction of the high valley translation before Mattersburg. This imposing viaduct with a length of 250 meters spans the Wulka valley and is a monument of technological history of supraregional importance. The track has a length of 31.9 km, of which the largest part is in 1921 newly created state of Burgenland. The state border is directly at the connection to the station Loipersdorf; only more Agendorf (Àgfalva) and the terminus Ödenburg (Sopron) lie on Hungarian territory. The brand image shows the locomotive Licaon.

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The railway line from Wiener Neustadt to Ödenburg (Sopron), which was ceremoniously opened on 20 August 1847, was the second railway line built on Hungarian territory and at the same time the first connection to the Austrian railway network. In 1838 planning and routing were started; In the spring of 1844 construction began. At a decision of the chief engineer Matthias Schönerer goes back the construction of the high valley translation before Mattersburg. This imposing viaduct with a length of 250 meters spans the Wulka valley and is a monument of technological history of supraregional importance. The track has a length of 31.9 km, of which the largest part is in 1921 newly created state of Burgenland. The state border is directly at the connection to the station Loipersdorf; only more Agendorf (Àgfalva) and the terminus Ödenburg (Sopron) lie on Hungarian territory. The brand image shows the locomotive Licaon..