First ride of steam locomotive, Rajhrad, Czech Republic
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This plaque reminds a ride of the first steam locomotive in Austria-Hungary (today in the Czech Republic)
Waymark Code: WMG6HC
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/20/2013
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Rajhrad is a town in Brno-Country District, South Moravian Region.
Rajhrad is currently a smaller administrative and cultural centre with several important super-regional institutions among which there is the Benedictine Abbey, the Museum of Literature, the District Archive of the Brno-venkov District and the Congregation of the Consolatory Sisters of the Jesus’ Divine Heart and the St. Joseph’s.
You can find this plaque on the wall of the station building. The plaque was placed here in 1988. It was 150 years anniversary of the ride first Czech steam locomotive (named Moravia) from Rajhrad to Brno.
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Date of FIRST: 11/11/1838
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