Gumpoldskirchen, Wetterschießhütte. Around 1900 twelve weather shooting huts were set up in the Gumpoldskirchner mountains. Inside they had a firecracker-like device that could be used to detonate gunpowder. The resulting explosion pressure escaped through a powerful horn. It was thought that this caused the premature discharge of thunderstorms and hail clouds. in Wienerwald / Vienna Woods, Niederösterreich / Lower Austria, Austria

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