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12 Ice Jamsand their Impact onUrbanCommunities 209 Fig. 6:Vienna, the floodedquarter of Roßau (Schmid- gasse) on2March 1830– thedisem- barkationof the Archduke.Water colour drawingby EduardGurk, 1830. Fig. 7: Leopoldau, the floodedsubur- ban villageon 4March 1830. Watercolour draw- ingbyEduardGurk, 1830. ground show that many houses were obviously equipped with such boats for evacuation, a preventativemeasure introduced after the ice flood of 1784. In Fig.5, a child is being rescued, andthebourgeois rescuersaresupportedbythepeople in thehouse.Again, furniture isdrifting in the water. Protective fences in the street are to prevent ice floes and other drifting objects fromcrashing into thehouses,aprotectivemeasurenotdocumentedotherwiseandpresumably goingback to the experiences of 1784. Fig.6 shows the endof theArchduke’s trip through the flooded streets. Horse and carriage are already awaiting him. Finally, Fig. 7 gives an overview of thesituation in thesuburbs.ThevillageofLeopoldaunearViennaiscompletelycoveredwith ice floes; theywould remain formanyweeks andmakeagriculture and traffic impossible.