After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

write autonomously a theoretical scientific paper in the research field of architectural history. They know about the basics of serious scientific research. In writing a complete, but small, first thesis paper they had to apply the theoretic knowledge.

The Budweis - Linz - Gmunden horse-drawn railway

The construction of what is probably the first continental European horse-drawn railway route started in Budweis in 1825 and was completed for the first phase in 1835 when it reached the station in Eng(e)lhof near Gmunden, which still exists today. It was the most important delivery route for the salt mined in the Salzkammergut and brought by ship across Lake Traun. A wide range of buildings and civil engineering works (large Edlbrucker bridge in Leopoldschlag; large Kronbach bridge in Waldhausen, etc.) from this massive undertaking still exist today, including the Englhof, Lambach and Linz train station buildings. Large buildings from the packing yards and stations such as in Lest and on the Kerschbaumersattel as well as in the Maxlheid near Wels are still preserved. In addition, there are still some trackman's houses (Rainbach im Mühlkreis, watchhouse no. 25; Kleines Gusental, watchhouse no. 26), in which the trackman monitoring the track used to live with their families and also had to look after themselves there. The historical wagon material can be viewed in the Technical Museum in Vienna.

In the course of the elective seminar, not only the overall project should be followed up in the relevant specialist literature, but also the traditional buildings on site. In individually formulated research questions, each seminar participant will have to submit an independent, first, scientifically correct seminar paper as the end product of the semester.

Since the existing literature is only available in German, and research must also be carried out on site by questioning the current users, participation in the seminar is only possible with the best knowledge of German.

First Dates 2023

Monday, March 6, 2023, 1 p.m.: Brief preliminary discussion in seminar room 251-1

Monday, March 13, 2023, 11 a.m.: Introductory lectures on the topic in seminar room 251-1

Monday, March 20, 2023, all-day excursion to Gmunden Eng(e)lhof together with Design; Meeting point: 1:00 p.m. Englhof train station near Gmunden (accessible by public transport from Vienna; trains depart from the main station at around 10:00 a.m.; excursion is not organized by the institute;) Visit to the historic horse-drawn railway station from 1835 inside and out; meet with members of the horse railway club in Gmunden

further meetings every Monday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in seminar room 251-1 

Monday, June 26, 2023, 11 a.m. Final presentation and submission of the finished seminar paper as a pdf

In the course of a field trip or in cooperation with the students of the practical seminary the students get in touch with archive material and sources in literature. In a next step, the teachers instruct the students about the obligatory parts of an academic theoretical work. In combination between archive and literature sources and the in-site documentation and analysis, the students write their first version of the seminary paper. The teachers do correct this paper and return it for further improvement. The final seminary thesis is the result of the implementation of the suggested corrections.

Begleitend zum Seminar empfehlen wir die LVA 251.865 Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten – Bauforschung parallel zu besuchen. Die Lehrveranstaltung wird nach dem Prinzip des "flipped classroom" abgehalten. Zu jedem Themenbereich werden den Studierenden kurze Videos zur Verfügung gestellt, in denen die wichtigsten Schritte des wissenschaftlichen Schreibens zusammengefasst und präsentiert werden. Die Lehrinhalte begleiten die Prozesse eigener Forschung bzw. Verfassung von Seminararbeiten und bieten eine einfache Anwendung der gelernten Inhalte. Mehr Informationen finden Sie auf der TISS-Seite und im TUWEL-Kurs der LVA.

Kontakt:
E-Mail: eva.kodzoman@tuwien.ac.at

 Permanent participation as well as the two handed-in versions of the seminary paper and the seriousness to improve them determine the final performance of the student.