Breitenstein
Breitenstein is a small town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is one of the towns found on the Semmering Railway line which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Translated from German the name means "Broad Stone" due to its large rock faces.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 319 residents
- Description: municipality in Neunkirchen District, Lower Austria, Austria
- Also known as: “31805”, “Breitenstein, Lower Austria”, and “Breitenstein, Lower Autria”
- Neighbors: Semmering
Places of Interest
Highlights include Semmering railway and Breitenstein railway station.
Semmering railway
Photo: Haeferl, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
The Semmering railway in Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag, was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gauge track.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Semmering and Schottwien.
Semmering
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Semmering is an alpine pass connecting Lower Austria and Styria. The Semmering railway is a UNESCO world heritage site as it is the first high alpine mountain railway.
Schottwien
Village
Schottwien is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Schottwien is situated 5 km east of Breitenstein.
Maria Schutz
Hamlet
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maria Schutz is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km east of Breitenstein.
Breitenstein
- Categories: rural municipality of Austria and municipality of Austria
- Location: Neunkirchen District, Lower Austria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Breitenstein” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Breitenstein”
- Catalan: “Breitenstein”
- Cebuano: “Breitenstein”
- Chechen: “Брайтенштайн (Лаха Австри)”
- Chechen: “Брайтенштайн”
- Chinese: “布赖滕施泰因”
- Chinese: “布雷滕斯泰因”
- Czech: “Breitenstein”
- Dutch: “Breitenstein”
- Esperanto: “Breitenstein”
- Estonian: “Breitenstein (Alam-Austria)”
- Estonian: “Breitenstein”
- French: “Breitenstein”
- German: “Breitenstein”
- Greek: “Μπράιτενσταϊν”
- Hungarian: “Breitenstein”
- Irish: “Breitenstein”
- Italian: “Breitenstein”
- Kazakh: “Брайтенштайн”
- Ladin: “Breitenstein”
- Lombard: “Breitenstein”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Breitenstein”
- Persian: “برایتنشتاین، اتریش”
- Polish: “Breitenstein”
- Portuguese: “Breitenstein”
- Russian: “Брайтенштайн”
- Serbian: “Брајтенштајн”
- Slovak: “Breitenstein”
- Spanish: “Breitenstein (Austria)”
- Spanish: “Breitenstein”
- Swedish: “Breitenstein, Niederösterreich”
- Swedish: “Breitenstein”
- Tatar: “Брайтенштайн (Түбән Австрия)”
- Tatar: “Брайтенштайн”
- Turkish: “Breitenstein”
- Uzbek: “Breitenstein”
- Venetian: “Breitenstein”
- Vietnamese: “Breitenstein, Hạ Áo”
- Vietnamese: “Breitenstein, Lower Austria”
- Volapük: “Breitenstein”
- Waray (Philippines): “Breitenstein, Uruubos nga Austria”
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