SCHWARZENBERGISCHER SCHWEMMKANAL
Today: A hiking an cycling trail with a gradient of 0,2%!
Bold idea, ingenious plan: "Wood for Vienna"
Wood out of the Bohemian Forest was carried by a canal to the Große Muehl river, on to the Danube river. From here, it was taken to Vienna, as the capital had grown enormously and had run short of firewood.
Photo: OÖ.Tourismus/Kapfer, Tourismusverband Böhmerwald
Schwemmkanal
