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This map shows "the system at its maximum extent, in 1913". It comes from Appendix 1 of "Geschichte der Wiener Rohrpost" by Dr Hajek, who says it was taken from "Rohrpost Fernanlagen by Dr Ing Schwaighofer pub. 1916". However a careful comparison reveals that it has been amended in several areas, notably the numbering of offices 1 & 2, and the layout around the Zentrale. It also of course omits the offices opened after the book was written. |
The table below shows all the pneumatic offices. Columns give the official 1892-version Pneumatic Office number with the old number added in square brackets where applicable; the Vienna District number; the address & aliases; the "machine house" from which each station was provided with power; dates when the station was in service; and the Klein Catalogue reference.
Under "addresses & aliases" we have put in for each office number (a) the addresses listed in the 1892 PuTVOBlatt, prefixed 'P:'; twin addresses can arise when an office has the front door in one street and the back in another, (b) the addresses listed in the 1932 Dienstanweisung part 2 page 23, prefixed 'D:'. Prefix 'PD:' means both sources give the same address. Addresses are in italics.
One little-known complication in attempting to explain the markings on a pneumatic item is the effect of the expansion of the city of Vienna. In 1890, the boundaries of Vienna were enlarged to include as Bezirke X to XIX many of the previously-independent suburbs. It was then realised that many street names were duplicated, and a large number of changes were made in the following years to avoid confusion. The Fünfhaus office address is given at the bottom of the pneumatic cards of that time as "Schönbrunnerstrasse 42"; this street was renamed Außere Mariahilferstrasse! Many streets in the busy commercial district of Gaudenzdorf were likewise renamed; and some areas were reassigned from one Bezirk to another following the partial canalisation of the Wienerfluß. Addresses given as "Simmering, Hauptstrasse 82" are the pre-enlargement ones.
The columns of the table contain:
"KKPS" = "K. K. Pneumatische Station No" (nos 1-10 as corrected by Fluck & by Harris)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Z or W [1] | I | KKPS 1 Telegrafen-Centrale T.Z.St. PD: Börseplatz 1 | Z | 1875-1956 | 7787 /Y |
2 [2] | I | KKPS 2 T.St. Fleischmarkt Wien 2 W1 P: Fleischmarkt 19 D: Laurenzerberg 2 | Z | 1875-1956 | 7788 /Y |
Fleischmarkt 19 is the building where counter service is provided today; in 1875 it provided parcel, telegraph, telephone and pneumatic services while letter post was at Wien 1 in the adjacent building, Postgasse 10. Laurenzerberg is the street running down the side of the building | |||||
7 [8] | I | KKPS 8 [Effekten]Börse Wien 7 PD: Schottenring 16 | Z | 1875-D | 7789 /Y |
See separate article on where the Effekten- & Produkten-Börse were. | |||||
8 | I | P.A. Franz Josef Quai Wien 8 P: Börseplatz 4, Neuthorgasse 11 | 1911-1921 | ||
10 [14] | I | P.A. Rathaus Wien 10 P: Lichtenfelsgasse 2 | 1883-1922 | 7790 | |
11 | I | Bräunerstrasse | Z | 1902-1932 | |
13 | I | Bräunerstrasse, Wien 13 Polizeidirektion, Schottenring | 1894-1902 1905-1922 | 7791 ---- | |
See separate article on the complex history of offices 11 and 13. | |||||
15 [3] | I | KKPS 3 T.St. Kärntnerring Wien 15 P: Maximilianstrasse 4, Kärnthner-ring 3 D: Krugerstrasse 13 | Z | 1875-1956 | 7792 /Y |
23 [9] | II | KKPS 9 P.A. Leopoldstadt Wien 23 P: Taborstrasse 27 D: Heinestrasse 8 | Wb | 1875-1932 | 7793 |
24 | XX | P.A. Nordwestbahnhof Wien 24 P: Nordwestbahnstrasse 23 D: Nordwestbahnhof | Wb | 1893-D (-1940?) | 7794 /Y |
25 | I | Kriegsministerium, Stubenring 1 Wien 25 | 1913-1922 | ||
See separate article on W25 as a pneumatic office. | |||||
27 | II | P.A. Praterstrasse Wien 27 P: Praterstrasse 54 D: Weintraubengasse 22 | Wb | 8/7/1894-1956 | 7795 /Y |
28 | II | P.A. Nordbahnhof Wien 28 P: Nordbahnstrasse 1 D: Nordbahnhof | Wh | 1/12/1893-WWII | 7796 /Y |
34 [21] | II | P.A. Stephaniestrasse Wien 34 P: Stephaniestrasse 1, Obere Donaustrasse 83 | 1889-1917 | 7797 | |
36 [11] | I | Fruchtbörse (in Schottenring 19); Frucht- u. Mehlbörse. In 1890 moved to new location: | Z | 1879-1890 | 7798 |
II | Productenbörse; Wien 36 P: Taborstrasse 10, Grosse Mohrengasse 3 D: Taborstrasse 10 | Z | 1890-D | --- /Y | |
See separate article on where the Effekten- & Produkten-Börse were. | |||||
40 [10] | III | KKPS 10 P.A. Landstrasse Wien 40 P: Hauptstrasse 65 D: Razumovskygasse 29 | M | 1875-1956 | 7799 /Y |
41 | III | P.A. Aspangbahnhof Wien 41 P: Am Canal 2 D: Aspangbahnhof | M | 29/12/1894-D | 7800 /Y |
43 | III | P.A. St Marx Wien 43 PD: Zentralviehmarkt | M | 1900-1956 | --- /Y |
45 | III | P.A. Weißgärber Wien 45 P: Löwengasse 22, Hetzgasse 35 D: Hetzgasse 33-35 | M | 9/12/1895-1956 | 7801 /Y |
49 | III | P.A. Marokkanergasse Wien 49 P: Marokkanerg. 17, Strohgasse 21 D: Marokkanergasse 17 | M | 15/9/1895-1956 | 7802 /Y |
50 [4] | IV | KKPS 4 P.A. Wieden Wien Wieden Wien 50 P: Neumanngasse 3 D: Taubstummengasse 7 | G | 1875-1956 | 7803 /Y |
53 | IV | P.A. Wieden III Wien 53 P: Belvederegasse 17 | 1895-1914 also 1921-1923 | 7804 | |
54 | V | P.A. Margarethen Wien 54 PD: Rüdigergasse 2, Hundsthurmerstrasse 26 | G | 1/12/1894-D | 7805 /Y |
55 [19] | V | P.A. Hundsthurm Wien 55 P: Hundsthurmerplatz 7, Untere Bräuhausgasse 69 D: Am Hundsturm 11 | G | 1888-1956 | 7806 /Y |
57 [5] | VI | KKPS 5 Pneu Stat Gumpendorf Wien 57 P: Magdalenenstrasse 67, Ecke Esterházygasse D: Esterházygasse 15a | G | 1875-1956 | 7807 /Y |
59 | VI | P.A. Mittelgasse Wien 59 PD: Mittelgasse 2 | G | 1892-D | 7808 /Y |
60 [12] | VII | KKPS Zieglergasse P.A. Neubau Wien 60 PD: Zieglergasse 8 | G | 1880-1956 |
7809 /Y |
62 [6] | VII | KKPS 6 P.A. Neubau II Wien 62 P: Lindengasse 2, Stiftgasse 13 D: Mondscheingasse 13-15 | G | 1875-1956 | 7810 /Y |
63 | VII | P.A. Bernardgasse Wien 63 P: Bernardgasse 12: Schottenfeldgasse 90 D: Schottenfeldgasse 90 | Z | 1892-D | 7811 /Y |
64 [7] | VIII | KKPS 7 P.A. Josefstadt Wien 64 PD: Mariatreugasse 4-6 | Z | 1875-1956 | 7812 /Y |
66 | IX | P.A. Alsergrund 1 Wien 66 P: Porzellangasse 13, Thurngasse 19-21 D: Porzellangasse 18 | Z | 1892-1956 | 7813 /Y |
68 | IX | P.A. Franz Josef Bahnhof Wien 68 P: Althangasse D: Franz Josef Bahnhof | Wb | 1893-1923 also 1926-1956 | 7814 /Y |
69 | IX | P.A. Alsergrund IV Wien 69 P: Nussdorferstrasse 55 D: Ayrenhoffgasse 4 | Wg | 1900-1956 | 7815 /Y |
71 [16] | IX | KKPS XVI P.A. Lazarettgasse Wien 71 P: Lazarettgasse 6 | Wg | 1886-(1931) | 7816 |
73 | IX | T. St Allg Krankenhaus P: Alserstrasse 4 D: Lazarettgasse 6 | (1931)-1956 | --- /Y | |
The pneumatic service of office W71 was "renamed (Umbenennung) as Office 73" in 1931. It is likely that the Alserstrasse site was redeveloped then, W71 and W73 both operating from Lazarettgasse. See separate article. | |||||
74 | X | P.A. Favoriten Wien 74 P: Laxenburgerstrasse 24, Götzgasse 1 | M | 1895-(1907) | 7817 |
75 | X | P.A. Favoriten II Wien 75 P: Quellengasse 66, Himbergerstrasse 62 D: Buchengasse 77 | (1907)-1956 | --- /Y | |
The pneumatic service of office 74 moved to office 75 in 1907. See separate article | |||||
76 | X | P.A. Südbahnhof Wien 76 P: Bahnhofplatz 6 D: Südbahnhof | M | 10/10/1893-1956 | 7818 /Y |
77 | X | P.A. Staatsbahnhof P.A. Ostbahnhof Wien 77 P: Staatsbahnplatz 1 D: Ostbahnhof | M | 10/10/1893-D (1952?) | 7819 /Y |
79 | XI | P.A. Simmering Wien 79 P: Simmering, Hauptstrasse 82 D: Hauffgasse 4 | M | 1900-1956 | --- /Y |
82 [24] | XII | P.A. Meidling Wien 82 P: Meidlinger Hauptstr. 4, Hufelandgasse 2 D: Arndtstrasse 81 |
G | 1890-1956 | 7820 /Y |
85 [25] | XII | P.A. Gaudenzdorf Wien 85 P: Gaudenzdorf, Schönbrunner Haupstrasse 39-41 | 1890-1923 | 7821 | |
88 | XIII | P.A. Hietzing Wien 88 Hietzing, Altgasse 13, Ecke Maierhofgasse Am Platz (Kaiserstockl) | G | 1912-1956 | |
89 | XIII | P.A. Penzing Penzing, Hauptgasse 61 | --- /Y | ||
The service was originally provided at office 89 in Penzing. At some date between 1918 and 1929 office 88 was closed and office 89 (and the pneumatic pipe) moved across the Wienerfluß and either temporarily into office 88's premises at Altgasse 13, Hietzing, or directly into its final location at Am Platz (Kaiserstockl) in Hietzing. Office 89 was there by 1956; until 1918 the building was the Official Summer Residence of the Foreign Minister! | |||||
100 [13] | XV | KKPS Fünfhaus P.A. Fünfhaus Wien 100 P: Fünfhaus, Schönbrunnerstrasse 42, Österleingasse 1 Service moved to Office 127 in 1893 | 1880-1893 | 7822 | |
101 [20] | XV | P.A. Westbahnhof Wien 101 PD: Westbahnhof | G | 1889-1956 | 7823 /Y |
102 [22] | XVI | P.A. Ottakring Wien 102 P: Ottakring, Hauptstrasse 53, Annagasse 8 D: Hellgasse 8 | Wg | 1889-1956 | 7824 /Y |
104 [23] | XVI | P.A. Neulerchenfeld Wien 104 P: Neulerchenfeld, Thaliastrasse 25, Neumayergasse 40 D: Hofferplatz 1 | Wg | 1889-D | 7825 /Y |
105 [18] | XVII | P.A. Hernals Wien 105 P: Hernals, Bergsteiggasse 48, Karlsgasse 14 D: Bergsteiggasse 26 |
Wg | 1887-1950s | 7826 /Y |
107 | XVII | P.A. Hernals III Hernalser Hauptstrasse 124 | 1938-1956 | ||
See separate article on W105 and W107. | |||||
110 [17] | XVIII | P.A. Währing Wien 110 P: Währing, Schulgasse 23, Kirchengasse 30 D: Schulgasse 43 | Wg | 1887-1956 | 7827 /Y |
111 | XVIII | P.A. Währing II Wien 111 P: Währing, Feldgasse 31 | 1902-1919; 1920-1924 | ||
117 | XIX | P.A. Döbling Wien 117 P: Ober-Döbling, Hauptstr. 65, Ecke Alleegasse 41 D: Dollinergasse 12 | Wg | 1903-1956 | 7828 /Y |
125 | IX | Wien 125 D: Rossauer Lände (Polizeigefangenhaus) | Z | 1905-D | --- /Y |
127 | XV | Rudolfsheim Wien 127 D: Mariahilferstrasse 194 | G | 1893-1950s | 7829 /Y |
128 | III | Wien 128 D: Mohsgasse 20 | M | 10/10/1893-D | 7830 /Y |
129 | XX | Wien 129 D: Webergasse 14 | Wb | 1/12/1893-1956 | 7831 /Y |
- | I | {Private line} from Centrale to the Private Telegraph Company’s station in the Effektenbörse. The pipe was reused in 1896 to supply compressed air from Centrale to the Börse’s internal pneumatic post system. | Z | 1888-1896 | - |
SD | III | Staatsdruckerei {Private line}; by Nov. 1892 the move from Seilerstätte/ Singerstraße to Rennweg 16 had been completed. | 1893-1919 | ||
F | I | Finanzministerium {Private line} | 1893-1919 | ||
R [15] | I | Reichsratgebäude P: Franzensring 1, Stadiongasse 1 | 1883-1922 | 7832 |
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