Weather Shuttle - Work of Art
Windhaag bei Freistadt, Oberösterreich, Österreich




- All weather
- Suitable for groups
- Suitable for pushchairs
The weather shuttle is a large object located on the Central European watershed between the Danube (Austria) and the Vltava (Czech Republic).
There is a certain irony in the fact that this giant machine interferes with the natural irrigation of the continent, driven solely by the power of water. Rainwater, intended by nature for the Danube, is poured into the Vltava and vice versa.Function and technology:
The machine is a 5.4 m long iron wagon (4.5 tonnes moving mass), with four steel-tyred granite wheels (grey-blue fine-grained granite from Windhaag b. Fr.) with a diameter of 127 cm, reminiscent of the cult wagons of the Celts. On the frame of this running gear, an iron balance beam holds two granite bowls with a diameter of 120 cm and a capacity of 170 litres. When a bowl is filled with rainwater, its weight sets the wagon in motion via a cable drive on the axles. After travelling 8 m on a 15 m long standard-gauge (1435 mm) track, crossing the line of the watershed, an emptying mechanism tilts the filled bowl and raises the other bowl. The track is supported by a box bridge-like construction (2.30 m high).
The art object ‘Wettershuttle’ is located in Pieberschlag directly next to the Paßberger Straße and is freely accessible.
- always open (24/7)
- open to the public
- Can only be viewed from outside
Accessibility / arrival
The weather shuttle is located between the villages of Oberpaßberg and Pieberschlag directly on the European watershed.
- Free entry
- All weather
- Suitable for groups
- Suitable for pushchairs
- Suitable for teenagers
- Suitable for seniors
- Suitable for single travelers
- Suitable for friends
- Suitable for couples
Season
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
Please get in touch for more information.
Contact
4263 Windhaag bei Freistadt
Phone +43 7943 415
mobile +43 7943 6111
Fax machine +43 7943 61114
E-Mail gerhard.eilmsteiner@aon.at
Web www.windhaag-freistadt.ooe.gv.at/Da…
https://www.windhaag-freistadt.ooe.gv.at/Das_Wettershuttle_3
Contact person
Mr Gerhard Eilmsteiner
Pieberschlag 12
4263 Windhaag bei Freistadt
Phone +43 7943 415
mobile +43 7943 6111
Fax machine +43 7943 61114
E-Mail gerhard.eilmsteiner@aon.at
Web www.windhaag-freistadt.ooe.gv.at/Das_Wettershuttle_3
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