A ''Reichsstraße'' (literally "imperial road") was the official designation from 1804 to 1918 of trunk roads in Old Austria maintained by the (from 1867

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n) State ( k.k. Ministry) – in contrast to the state roads (''

Landesstraße ''Landesstraßen'' (singular: ''Landesstraße'' ) are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are road ...

'') maintained by the individual

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and the municipal roads (''

Gemeindestraße A ''Gemeindestraße'' (, ) is a local road in Germany that is the responsibility of the municipality or parish (''Gemeinde (Germany), Gemeinde'') or of the town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') to build and/or maintain. In the official ranking of roads by i ...

n'') maintained by the parishes or municipalities (''Gemeinden'').

Lower Austria and Vienna

The following ''Reichsstraßen'', amongst others, emanated from the capital,

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

Felix Czeike Felix Czeike (21 August 1926 – 23 April 2006) was an Austrian historian and popular educator. He was an author and partly also editor of numerous publications on the history of Vienna and was the director of the . His main work is the six-volume ...

(editor): ''Historisches Lexikon Wien'', Vol. 4, Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, , * Reichsstraße to

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

(within Vienna known as the ''

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er Hauptstraße'' since 1894, outside the city known as the ''Bundesstraße 10'' today, then the ''50'' to the Hungarian border near Nickelsdorf,

Burgenland Burgenland (; ; ; Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland''; Slovene language, Slovene: ''Gradiščanska''; ) is the easternmost and least populous Bundesland (Austria), state of Austria. It consists of two statutory city (Austria), statut ...

/ Hegyeshalom) * Brünner Reichsstraße (known as the ''Brünner Straße'' today and the ''Bundesstraße 7'' to

Nikolsburg Mikulov (; ) is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,600 inhabitants. From the 16th to the 19th century, it was the cultural centre of the Jewish community of Moravia. The historic centr ...

Moravia Moravia ( ; ) is a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic, roughly encompassing its territory within the Danube River's drainage basin. It is one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early ...

) * Kagraner Reichsstraße or ''Wiener Reichsstraße'' (alternative route to Brünn, known today in Vienna as the '' Wagramer Straße'', outside the city known as the ''Bundesstraße 8'', then ''49'' to Lundenburg in Moravia); to get from the city centre to the Kagraner Reichsstraße, the Kronprinz Rudolf Bridge or ''Reichsstraßen'' Bridge over the Danube has to be crossed. Its short name,

Reichsbrücke The Reichsbrücke (German for ''Imperial Bridge'') is a major bridge in Vienna, linking Mexikoplatz in Leopoldstadt with the Donauinsel in Donaustadt across the Danube. The bridge is used by 50,000 vehicles per day and carries six lanes of tra ...

, (''Reich Bridge'') is still used today. *

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

er Reichsstraße (known today as the ''Prager Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 3'', then the ''4'' and ''2'' as far as the Czech border near Gmünd (Lower Austria)) * Preßburger Reichsstraße (known today as the ''Pressburger Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 9'' to Hainburg) *

Triest Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the regional decentralization entity of Trieste. Trieste is located at the head ...

er Reichsstraße (known today as the ''Triester Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 17'' to Semmering)

Upper Austria

Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...

there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': * Braunauer Reichsstraße (known today as the '' Innviertler Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 137'') * Krumauer Reichsstraße (known today as the '' Rohrbacher Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 127'') *

er Reichsstraße (known today as the '' Prager Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 125'') *

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

er Reichsstraße (known today as the ''Wiener Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 1'') *

Schärding Schärding ( , Bavarian name: Scharing) is a town in the northern Austrian state of Upper Austria, the capital of the district of the same name, and a major port on the Inn River. Historically, it was owned by the Wittelsbach family, which is r ...

er Reichsstraße (known today as the '' Innviertler Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 137'') * Spitaler Reichsstraße (known today as the '' Pyhrnpass Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 138'') *

Wien Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

er Reichsstraße (known today as the ''Wiener Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 1'')

Salzburg

there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': * Kärntner Reichsstraße (known today as the '' Katschberg Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 99'')

Styria

In the

Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...

there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': *

er Reichsstraße * Ungarstraße (known today as the '' Gleisdorfer Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 65'')

Tyrol

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

(then including

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

and

Trentino Trentino (), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento (; ; ), is an Autonomous province#Italy, autonomous province of Italy in the Northern Italy, country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the Regions of Italy, region of Tren ...

) there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': * Italiener Reichsstraße * Judikarien Reichsstraße *

Valsugana The Valsugana (, ) or Sugana Valley is one of the most important valleys in the autonomous province of Trentino in Northern Italy. Leading into the Alps' foothills, an important main north-south Roman road, the Via Claudia Augusta, one of Europ ...

Reichsstraße

Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest popu ...

there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': *

Arlberg The Arlberg (, also: ''Arlberg Pass'') is a mountain pass between states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. Ski resorts at the Arlberg include Lech, Zürs, Stuben, St. Christoph, St. Anton, Oberlech, Stubenbach, Zug, and Warth. It is the m ...

straße (known today as the '' Vorarlberger Straße'' and ''Bundesstraße 197'') * Liechtensteiner Straße (known today as the ''Bundesstraße 191'')

Bohemia

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...

(today

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

) there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': *

Beraun Beroun (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. It lies at the confluence of the Berounka and Litavka rivers. Beroun creates a conurbation with Králův Dvůr, former part of Beroun. Th ...

-Haselbacher Reichsstraße from Prague via Pilsen as far as the Bavarian border (replaced by the D 5, today designated as the II/605) *

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Reichsstraße from Prague to Budweis (replaced by the D 3, today designated as the II/603) *

Chrudim Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#M ...

er Reichsstraße * Dobrisch-

Winterberg Winterberg (; Westphalian: ''Winnenmerg'') is a town in the Hochsauerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia, central Germany and a major winter sport resort of the Wintersport Arena Sauerland. Geography Winterberg is located in the middle ...

er Reichsstraße from Prague via Winterberg as far as the Bavarian border (I/4) * Joachimsthaler Reichsstraße from Karlsbad via Joachimsthal as far as Saxon border (known today as the I/25) * Jungbunzlau-

Trautenau Trutnov (; ) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone ...

er Reichsstraße (known today as the I/16) * Karlsbader Reichsstraße from Prague bis Karlsbad (known today as the I/6) * Komotauer Reichsstraße * Reichenberger Reichsstraße

Moravia

(today

) there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': * Trübauer Reichsstraße * Olmützer Reichsstraße

Austrian-Silesia

In Austrian-Silesia (today parts of

and

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

) there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': * Ostrau- Teschener Reichsstraße (known today as the I/11) * Teschen- Jablunkauer Reichsstraße (known today as the I/11) *

Troppau Opava (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia and was a historical capital of Czech Silesia. Administr ...

- Freudenthaler Reichsstraße (known today as the I/11) *

- Olbersdorfer Reichsstraße (known today as the I/57) * Zuckmantel- Rothenberger Reichsstraße (known today as the I/44)

Galicia

In Galicia (today parts of

and

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

) there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': * Tatraer Reichsstraße from

Brünn Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

Lemberg Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

(via

Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — , , ''Sanok'', , ''Sianok'' or ''Sianik'', , , ''Sūnik'' or ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of southeastern Poland with 38,397 inhabitants, as of June 2016. Located on the San ...

and

Sambir Sambir (, ; ; ) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the Capital city, administrative center of Sambir Raion (Raion, district) and is located close to the border with Poland. Sambir hosts the administration of Sambir urba ...

) today Droga krajowa 28 in Poland and M 11 in Ukraine *

Krakau Krakau is a municipality in the district of Murau (district), Murau in Styria, Austria. It was created on 1 January 2015 when the municipalities of Krakaudorf, Krakauhintermühlen and Krakauschatten were merged.http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/L ...

er Reichsstraße (known today as the Droga krajowa 4 in Poland and M 10 in Ukraine) * Podolier Reichsstraße (known today as the N 02 in Ukraine)

Carniola

Carniola Carniola ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Although as a whole it does not exist anymore, Slovenes living within the former borders of the region still tend to identify with its traditional parts Upp ...

(known today as

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

) there are ''inter alia'' the following ''Reichsstraßen'': * Agramer Reichsstraße from

Laibach Laibach () is a Slovenian and Yugoslav avant-garde music group associated with the industrial, martial, and neoclassical genres. Formed in 1980 in the mining town of Trbovlje, Slovenia, at the time a constituent republic within Socialist Fede ...

to Agram / Zagreb * Karlstädter Reichsstraße from Rudolfswerth to Karlstadt / Karlovac * Loibler Reichsstraße from Krainburg to Loibl Pass * Wiener Reichsstraße from Ljubljana / Laibach to Wien * Wurzner Reichsstraße from Krainburg to Wurzen Pass / Korensko sedlo

References

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