Zwentendorf nuclear power plant – View of the Old Traisen loop from Besucherparkplatz
Zwentendorf nuclear power plant – View of the Old Traisen loop from Besucherparkplatz
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Zwentendorf nuclear power plant – View of the Old Traisen loop from Besucherparkplatz
02:07
8.34km
20m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: May 13, 2026
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116 m
Zwentendorf nuclear power plant
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On April 4, 1972, the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction project "nuclear power plant Zwentendorf", which had been decided a year earlier by the general assembly of the joint nuclear power plant Tullnerfeld. On February 15, 1972, excavation began at the construction site. The cost of construction was around 8,466 million Schilling (1979) The type of nuclear power plant corresponded to a boiling water reactor. The bottleneck capacity was designed for 730 megawatts.
In the summer of 1977, protest demonstrations also took place in Austria, strongly influenced by the opponents of nuclear power plants in West Germany. In the session of the National Council on July 7, 1978, a resolution was passed on a draft law which in any case bound the further use of nuclear energy to the approval of the National Council and provided for a referendum.
The referendum of November 5, 1978 ended with a participation of around two-thirds of those eligible to vote with 50.5% against and 49.5% for the commissioning. In Zwentendorf, the majority of the population voted in favor of commissioning.
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View of the Old Traisen
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Mouth of the Traisen River at the Danube
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Mouth of the Traisen River
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Parking
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7.67 km
422 m
177 m
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6.03 km
1.67 km
411 m
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