STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1363, sig. 109-4/1117 Page 132 · 132 of 221
A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1363, sig. 109-4/1117
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- 2 - 125 travel Iglau - Vienna earlier 3 hours, Ig Lau - Berlin l0 hours required, since l98 a traffic was possible only by change, which with Vienna often required l2 hours, with Berlin depending on approaches l5 to 20 hours. The consequences were catastrophic for the Iglau economy. Also the åbgrösselte transit traffic had a major impact on the fact that Iglau as a destination, both for merchants and for rest seekers, was completely forgotten. The commercial re-opening of the Iglau Volksinsel is therefore not only the commandment of reparation of a twenty-year-old injustice, but it is also urgent for political reasons in order to give a boost to the German language there. The one so far initiated in this direction is uneconomic and insufficient. The direct express train between Iglau and Vienna is too weak because of the lack of any connections in Ig Lau.In addition, it cannot exert the propagandistic effect that a direct transit train Berlin - Vienna triggers daily with many hundred people who drive through the scenically beautiful area. Most of these people will learn only in this way that there is a large, closed German settlement area in the Protectorate, which is excellently suited for recreation or for economic entrepreneurship. II.) Transport-technical reasons. a) The D trains 61/62 consist of two halves, which are divided into Weseli. One half goes to Vienna, the other to Linz. As a result, the trains are used for the climbing