Haussteinkapelle
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Strudner
N 48° 13.865 E 014° 53.987
33U E 492557 N 5341989
The Hausstein Chapel was built on the occasion of the regulation of the dreaded Danube vortex in the Strudengau.
Waymark Code: WMBVG3
Location: Oberösterreich, Austria
Date Posted: 06/23/2011
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On the moring of the 20th
September 1858 the Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, accompanied by his
Wife Sisi and the court, entered for the first time his new Danube yacht
"Adler".
The water level had somewhat
lifted, the weather was beautiful and the Emperor in a good mood. Franz Josef
took his ship under inspection. The crew explained all the details and the
Emperor showed great interest in the ship's service.
Until Grein the ride was uneventful.
After the passage of the Struden
tract, at the Hausstein the ship was aground and was given a vigorous push. In a
closer examination it was found that the ship took strong water in the back and
so it was decided
to land the ship on the opposite side from St. Nikola, at the still existing
sand bank "Seiler am Sand".
Detailed information at this
Link .
The accident may have been the reason that in the same year the
regulatory work were advanced faster in the vortex and swirl .
The carved inscription in the
stone tablet above the chapel reported following:
Kaiser Franz Josef
befreite die
Schifffahrt von den Gefahren im
Donau-Wirbel
durch
Sprengung der Hausstein Felseninsel
1853
– 1866
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