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Austria, Marchegg - A Border Town
heading (paragraph): Towns
Published: 8.7.2022
Some 30 minutes from Bratislava on the Austrian bank of the Morava River is the town of Marchegg with a population of almost 3,000. In addition to the baroque castle, which was built by the Czech king Přemysl Otakar II., you can see the breathtaking medieval walls with the well-preserved Vienna Gate (Wiener Tor), the Marchauen nature reserve (Naturreservat Marchauen), where conservationists are trying to preserve the original wetlands and meadows or the relatively new attraction in the form of the Vysomarch cycle bridge.
Text and video: Pavol Jemala
Music: Pixabay.com; The Cradle of your soul - 15700
In 1083, the Austrian village of Wolfsthal is mentioned for the first time in the donation deed of Bishop Gottweig of Passau as part of the parish of Hainburg. Later it became an estate, under which the now independent municipalities of Berg and Hundsheim fell. Today we will take a walk through the history of this border village, but also through its extraordinary sights.
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On the Austrian bank of the Morava River, approximately 30 minutes from Bratislava, is the small town of Marchegg. With its almost 3,000 inhabitants, it is one of the medium-sized municipalities in Austria. The baroque castle, the nature reserve or the newly opened cycle bridge Vysomarch attract attention.
While in the past there were up to 12 towns (bridges and fords) on the Austrian-Slovak border, where it was possible to cross the Morava River, during the period of the so-called not a single road bridge survived the Iron Curtain. The only exception was the railway bridge between Devínská Nová Ves and the town of Marchegg, but it also operated only in a limited mode.
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