The international geography . on the other. The routes through the AustrianGap to South Germany, and through the Moravian Gap to the plains o:northern Europe, unite here with the Semmering route to Italy, andthe ways through Hungary to the south-east of Europe. Over the low 3IO The International Geography south-eastern edge of the Boian plateau the Elbe Gap of Bohemia canalso be easily reached, and by means of the longitudinal valleys of theAlps the Rhine basin is accessible. Vienna lies at the crossing of greatroutes from London, Berlin and Paris to Constantinople, and from to R
The international geography . on the other. The routes through the AustrianGap to South Germany, and through the Moravian Gap to the plains o:northern Europe, unite here with the Semmering route to Italy, andthe ways through Hungary to the south-east of Europe. Over the low 3IO The International Geography south-eastern edge of the Boian plateau the Elbe Gap of Bohemia canalso be easily reached, and by means of the longitudinal valleys of theAlps the Rhine basin is accessible. Vienna lies at the crossing of greatroutes from London, Berlin and Paris to Constantinople, and from to Rome (Fig. 54). Its general situation has thus no equalin Europe, and the more immediate surroundings of its site are also verydistinguished. The north-eastern branch of the Alps, called the Kahlengebirge, termi-nates with a height of nearly 1,800 feet over the low plain of the Viennabasin with an elevation of 600 feet, and both are cut off by the magnificentriver. The mountains bear a beautiful forest, the Wiener Wald ; their. Fig. 155.—The Site of Vienna. base is covered with vineyards, and the plain is richly cultivated. Thesite of the city is the corner between mountains, plain and river. Onlyone industrial suburb [FJoridsdorf) lies on the left bank of the Danube, andonly the smaller part of the city is on the river plain ; the principalquarters extend on the hills to the right of the river and stretch even intothe valleys of the Kahlengebirge, along the base of which there is a con-tinuous belt of small towns from Klosterncuburg in the north to Modlingin the south, a distance of 20 miles. Vienna is the intellectual and materialcapital of Austria-Hungary. It is the seat of the Imperial Court, of theCommon Ministries and of the Austrian Government. There is an old,much-frequented university, and there are also a polytechnic school, Austria 311 an academy of af^riculture, and rich museums of fine art and naturalhistory. Commerce has at its disposal in the Danube the longest
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