Thomas's Glassware Tour --- Weichselboden (A)

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ÖSTERREICH	*AUSTRIA*
Bundesland: Steiermark	*Styria*
Bezirk: Bruck an der Mur

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Weichselboden

123 Weichselboden Weichselboden is situated at an altitude of 1,358 m in the valley of the river Salza at the northern slope of the Hochschwab (2,227 m). It is a well-known area for hiking and mountain-climbing. Weichselboden is part of the municipality of Gußwerk.

In the Hochschwab massif there are the springs for the 2nd Wiener Hochquellenleitung, a pipeline bringing fresh water to Vienna over a distance of 200 km. Together with the 1st Wiener Hochquellenleitung (from Rax and Schneeberg in Lower Austria), the pipelines supply 95% of the fresh water for Vienna.

The former parish church Sankt Johannes der Täufer (St. John the Baptist) [centre right] was built in 1773–1777. The parish was dissolved and became part of the parish Gußwerk on 1 January 2001.