The construction of the Semmering Railway - a technical masterpiece that revolutionized railroad construction and brought success and prosperity to an entire region.
The 19th century was a time of significant change. Industrialization, the labor movement and groundbreaking new inventions. The construction of the revolutionary Semmering Railway falls into this period. Planned and executed by Carl Ghega, a great visionary whose railroad project brought prosperity to the Semmering area and made it famous throughout Europe. Thus, Semmering became a place of attraction for the rich and beautiful, poets and thinkers.