Village 12 miles (20 km) west-northwest of Vienna, in the Vienna Woods.

Gablitz in Schenker's day was a picturesque village on the post road from Purkersdorf, with its own brewery and the nearby Troppberg.

The train line to Sankt Pölten ran from the Westbahnhof alongside the Wien River through Hadersdorf, Purkersdorf, Pressbaum, Rekarwinkel, and Eichgraben, with popular walks and spectacular countryside to the north and south of the route.

Gablitz and Schenker

In the 1900s, Schenker frequently took the train to Purkersdorf, then walked to Gablitz and other nearby villages.

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