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Auction: 16018 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 739

Österreichische Nordwestbahn, a group of 311 comprising 5% Prioritäts-Anleihe, 200 Gulden, Wien 1. Oktober 1871, (94); 5% Prioritäts-Anleihe, 200 Gulden, Wien 1. März 1871, (120); 5% Prioritäts-Anleihe, 600 Mark, Wien 12. Dezember 1874, (23); 4% Prioritäts-Anleihe, 1000 Gulden, Wien 10. Dezember 1885, (1); 3½% Prioritäts-Anleihe, 10000 Kronen, Lit. A, Wien 1. Mai 1903, (1); 3½% Prioritäts-Anleihe, 200 Kronen, Lit. A, Wien 1. Mai 1903, (13); 200 Kronen, Lit. B, Wien 1. Mai 1903, (54); 3½% Prioritäts-Anleihe, 200 Mark, Wien 1. Mai 1903, (5); generally VF. (311 items)

The concession to build a railway with the name "Oesterreichische Nordwestbahn" was given to Hugo Fürst Thurn und Taxis, to two other investors and the Süd-Norddeutschen Verbindungsbahn in 1868. The railway's main purpose was to create a rail connection from Vienna to Berlin and the harbours at the north and east seas, separate from the Staatseisenbahn-Gesellschaft. It took over the branch of the Nordbahn from Floridsdorf to Stockerau and extended it in 1871 via Hollabrunn and Retz to Znojmo (Moravia). The Nordwestbahn owned and operated many important lines in Bohemia and Moravia. It was nationalized in 1908 and subsequently lost its significance. Vienna Northwest Station was closed down in 1924 and has only been used for freight transports since World War II.

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