Vienna and Presporok

The cities of **Vienna** (= German: Wien = at the river Wien) and **Presporok** (Slovak: Prešporok, Bratislava, German: Preßburg = Braslav's castle) are old and prosperous, and both located on the river Danube. It was clear that these two cities would continue to play important roles in the future ...

Today, however, you can still see that Vienna and Presporok engage in lively commerce, but otherwise consider themselves as rivals.

"Vienna and Presporok" is a large map with two cities, seven city districts, and three villages.

**Note:** If the player moves their residence from one city to the other, they'll loose all their held offices in the previous city!

## Geography

The map is cut into two pieces by the river Danube. The city of Vienna in the north and two villages are located on the west side of the river. The small river Wien looks more like a moat, and cuts the city into halves.

Only the village of Enzersdorf is completely on the east. The city of Presporok in the south is distributed on both banks of the river Danube.

Both cities are nicely walled off, partly overlooking the river Danube. Only the Suburb of Presporok is left unprotected. Both cities have their own city hall with their own government, but a common sovereign. In addition, they have their own school, port, arsenal, and execution site as well.

## City Districts of Vienna

**Vienna** is located in the northern part of the map completely on the west bank of the river Danube.

### Castle Town

The Castle Town (blue) is the military center of Vienna. It is dominated by "Vienna Castle" on the hill, which has a second wall of its own. Inside the castle walls, there's the execution site, the arsenal, and a market place. The well is located at the foot of the ramp, leading up to the castle. The whole district is nicely walled in.

### City Centre

The City Centre of Vienna (orange) has not much of a centre, but a lot of empty plots. The market place and the church "Good Hope" are the only public buildings.

The district is at the foot of the Castle Town and forms a protective ring around it. It has its own wall.

### Market District

The Market District of Vienna (magenta) has much more of a center than the City Centre itself. There's a market place, the church "St. George", the city hall, the school, and most important the port. Even Vienna's only cemetery is hidden here in a corner.

The whole district is nicely walled in, except for a small gap left open for the port.

### Cathedral District

The Cathedral District of Vienna (yellow) has the impressive cathedral "St. Stephen" and a huge market place in front of it. A surdy wall seperates it from the surroundings.

## City Districts of Presporok

**Presporok** is located in the southern part of the map on both banks of the river Danube.

### South District

The South District of Presporok (light blue) looks more like a walled in village. It has a market place, the church "Twelve Apostles", and a well nested in one corner, that's it.

Two bridges cross the river Danube, and connect the district to the east bank of the river.

### Merchant Quarter

The Merchant Quarter of Presporok (orange) is the main distict of the city, and located on the east bank of the river Danube.

The center of the district is formed by the church "St. Mary Magdalen", the execution site, and a cemetery, with the school just across the street.

From there to the south, the city hall, a well, and most important the port can be found. A little bit to the east, the market place awaits its customers. The arsenal is hidden all on its own in the north corner of the district.

### Suburb

The Suburb of Presporok (magenta) is the only city district, which is **not** walled in. It is located just north of the Merchant Quarter.

Besides the "Church of Compassion" with its nearby well, and the market place, it has a nice little grove, nearly invisible between all those trees.

## Villages

### Enzersdorf

The village of Enzersdorf (= the village of Entzo = Lawrence) (green) is located east of Vienna and the river Danube.

As usual, it has the church "St. Martin", a well, and the market place in its center. North of the center, towards the bridge, there's a cemetery, a brushwood, and a grove. A nice little fishing spot, west of the centre, on the bank of the river Danube, completes the district.

### Altmannsdorf

The village of Altmannsdorf (= old man's village) (cyan) is located south of Vienna. It has a second "Church of Compassion" and a market place in its center, with a cemetery a bit to the north.

The well is at the crossroad south of the market place, and further south, there's a lumberyard. A grove is hidden in the woods east of the crossroads.

In addition, the village has a lot of uninhabited roads, to errect new buildings. Press the `space` key, to check the colors of the roads.

The nice little fishing spot on a pond, west of the cemetery, technically belongs to the Surrounding Region.

### Etlastal

The last village Etlastal (= valley of the alder, uncertain) (pink), belongs to the city of Presporok. As usual, the church "St. Lawrence", a well, and the market place form its center, with a cemetery close by.

A grove hidden in the woods to the south, and a lumberyard to the east make the district complete.

## Other Places

### Danube

There are two rivers on the map:

First the river Danube, which is one of the main streams of central Europe. It made a lot of the cities on its banks rich, by allowing long-distance-trade on the water, two of them being Vienna and Presporok.

Second, the small tributary Wien, which gave its name to the city (Vienna = Wien in German). In former papers, you often couldn't decide, if they meant the river or the settlement, when writing down "Wien". In the map, both banks of the river are flanked by a city wall, so it looks more like a moat, than like a river.

The river Danube offers access to the long distance trade route to Budapest (south), via either the port of Vienna or the one of Presporok.

### Surrounding Region

Scattered around the Surrounding Region (grey), many small locations can be found: a grove, three brushwoods, two lumberyards, three fishing spots, two quarries, and three mines.

It also offers access to the long distance trade routes to Prague (north-west) and Brno (north-east).

## Trade Routes

The map offers three long distance trade routes to be opened:

* North-west: to Prague (= Praha = práh = river ford) via road
* North-east: to Brno (= Brünn = brnie = muddy, uncertain) via road
* South: to Budapest (= unification of Buda and Pest, meaning disputed) via the river Danube

## Additional information

* Find out more about Vienna and Presporok on Wikipedia.

Vienna and Presporok was last edited for version 1.0.4.

Vienna and Presporok was last edited for version 1.0.4.