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

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

Upper Austria

In Upper Austria there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Salzburg

In Salzburg there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Styria

In the Styria there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Tyrol

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

Vorarlberg

In Vorarlberg there are inter alia the following Reichsstraßen:

Bohemia

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

Moravia

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

Austrian-Silesia

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

Galicia

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

Carniola

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

References

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