In an exhibition at Stift Geras (Geras Abbey), I saw this steam-powered fire pump dating back to 1911. The fire brigade of the Austrian city of Horn used it many years ago.
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Sundial at Geras Abbey
Geras Abbey (Stift Geras) is a Premonstratensian monastery in Lower Austria. At one of its side wings, you find this sundial. I wonder which building the sundial depicts. Perhaps one of its predecessor monasteries? Geras Abbey was founded in 1153 as a daughter house of Seelau Abbey.
Kunst und Kultur Hotel in Geras
The hotel is split in two buildings. One building used to be the granary, the other one the dairy farm of Geras Abbey. Actually I had an excellent view of Geras abbey from my room at the former granary. The hotel is also linked with Geras Abbey by offering a lot of workshops in the rooms of the abbey.
Volkswagen Type 181 in Geras
In Geras Abbey (Stift Geras), I visited an exhibition about the history of fire brigades. There, I saw this Volkswagen Type 181. It was built in 1974 and was used as a service car for the fire brigades in Lower Austria. Reading the history of this car makes me smile: Was this car really called “The Thing” in the US?
View of Geras Abbey
This view from my hotel room in Geras shows Geras Abbey (Stift Geras). I stayed on the first floor of a former ‘Schüttkasten‘. A Schüttkasten is a building for the storage of corn in earlier times. Inside the abbey, I took a lesson in producing hand-made paper.