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The area around the Krottenbachstrasse was completely rural 150 years ago.
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Now the S45 runs through the valley of the Krot(t)enbach.
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Seileräcker (see old map): ropemaker's fields. The architecture shows that this was open land until the 1960s.
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Three minutes later, a bit of new rural life: the animal sanctuary by the Raimund Zoder Park.
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The water reservoir on the Hackenberg really deserves the name Wasserschloss.
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Oberdöbling can still be surprisingly rural.
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The high track through the vineyards on the Salmannsdorfer Höhe...
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... is already shown on 18th century maps.
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Near Hameau. Continue in this direction and you'll eventually end up somewhere near Mont Blanc.
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Signs of spring: the wild garlic (Bärlauch) is coming up at Hameau.
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The shelter at Hameau stands at the site of an 18th century hunting lodge.
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The old track from the Schwarzenberg summer residence to the hunting lodge.
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On the Hügelwiese.
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Christine traces a route through the wilds of the Schwarzenberg Park.
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The bridges over the tributaries of the Dornbach...
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... are fairly basic.
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The old main street of Salmannsdorf, here shown on the 18th century map...
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... is being repaired.