Very Rare AUSTRIA 1837 Medal Opening of the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway
Ferdinand I of Austria, Austrian Empire
Medal 1837, Opening of the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway
Obverse: The Rakete (" Rocket ") steam-powered locomotive right. Legend: VIM OVIS TENEAT Exergue: IVNGIT INITIO FINEM
Reverse: Front view of the new railway station building. Legend: A.P. KAISER FERDINAND NORDBAHN Exergue: ERÖFFNET 1837
Bronze 33.9 g, 41.5 mm, Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed!
Catalog: Hauser 68, Montenuovo 2572, Horsky I. 3631, Julius 3216 (in Ae), Mayaux 275, Döry-Kub:106, Hauser:68, Wurzb:6859. Hubs 275; Mountain. 2572, Root:6859
1837, Austrian, Ferdinand I. Nordbahn Railway Silver Medal. Opening of the 1st Steam-Powered Railway in Austria.
Mint Year: 1837 Mint Place: Vienna Mint
Denomination: Railway Medal
Kaiser-Ferdinand-Nordbahn inauguration medal.
AUSTRIA, medal, 1837. Opening of the railway from Vienna to Galicia. D/ A locomotive on d. R/ A P KAISER FERDINAND NORDBAHN View of the train station in Vienna.
The North railway (in German Nordbahn ) is a two-track, railway line that runs from Vienna, Austria to Břeclav, Czech Republic. It was built by the Emperor Ferdinand North Railway company as a part of the Vienna–Warsaw line.
The Nordbahn , or Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn , was Austria's first steam railway company and financed by Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774-1855). The first track was built between Floridsdorf and Deutsch Wagram in 1837. The extension to Vienna was built in 1838, and the track through Břeclav (Lundenburg) to Brno in 1839. In 1841 it reached Přerov and Olomouc and in 1842 Lipník nad Bečvou. Extension to Ostrava and Bohumín was finished in 1847. Nordbahn never directly reached Kraków or Bochnia. The first way to Kraków on rails via Bogumin (Oderberg), Kozle (Kosel), and Mysłowice (Myslowitz) was served by the Prussian lines of William's Railway (Wilhelmsbahn) and Upper Silesian Railway (Oberschlesische Bahn). The line from Mysłowice to Kraków was built by the Krákow and Upper Silesia Railway (Kolej Krakowsko-Górnośląska / Krakau-Oberschlesische Bahn). An intern Austrian rail route from Vienna to Kraków did not exist, before in 1856 the Austrian Eastern National Railway (k.k. Östliche Staatsbahn), descender of the Krákow and Upper Silesian, opened a branch form Trzebinia via Oświęcim to Dziedzice, where it met the Northern Railway.The Northern Railway company was nationalized in 1907. It also owned a lot of coal mines and other industry enterprises in Ostrava region. After the nationalization of its railway network, it continued its coal and industry businesses.Vienna North railway station was destroyed in World War II and rebuilt in 1962 along with the bridge across the Danube. Today, the express trains going from Vienna to Brno leave from Vienna Südbahnhof. North Station is only used for suburban and regional train lines.