!!!Kreudenfeuer

Kreud(en)feuer: In the 16%%sup th/%  and 17%%sup th/%  centuries 
people in Lower Austria and Styria piled up stacks of firewood on 
mountains, as ordered by their Prince. These wood piles, which were 
visible from far away and were to be lighted when enemies, especially 
the Turks, were approaching. However, this alarm system did not prove 
successful in case of emergency.

!Literature
G. Otruba, Die Kreudenfeuer-Sicherung der Stadt Wien im 
16./17. Jahrhundert, in: Unsere Heimat 27, 1956.


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