Zeiselwagen#

Zeiselwagen, simple farmer's rack wagon drawn by one horse (first documented mention 1744) with wooden boards as seats placed between the side walls, sometimes roofed over with reed mats; the first mass means of transportation in Vienna for short and long-distance traffic, especially for pleasure trips into the suburbs and the surroundings of Vienna (Linienzeisel (line zeisel), "LZ"); the carriages were not allowed to operate in the city proper. Separate licences were issued for the "Klein- und Zeiselfuhrwerk" (small and zeisel horse-drawn vehicles). They were replaced by overland coaches and omnibuses in the 19th century.