Seat Selections on ICE Trains Munich to Vienna and back

Can someone explain what is being selected when you choose on the DB site:

Center aisle coach

Compartment

Window %26amp; Aisle are straightforward.

Is there a way to distinguish between front/back facing seats? or front %26amp; back facing seats in the same row?

We are 6 in total traveling on that route.

I really could find no help on this in the DB site.

Thanks

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I don%26#39;t think it is possible to select or work out which way the seat will face. Trains frequently change direction on route at terminals such as Munich Hbf so it would be meaningless a lot of the time.

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Yes, the train station could be just a pass through one along the tracks, or it could be a dead end one, where the train reverses direction when leaving. Such dead end stations are common on any means of rail transportation within Germany. Notice the U-bahns, S-bahns and regular trains and their symmetry, they are usually identical going in either direction with engines at the front and back, so seats that face forward face backwards after that dead end station.

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%26gt;Is there a way to distinguish between front/back facing seats? or front %26amp; back facing seats in the same row?

The front facing seat for one part of your journey will be back facing during another part. So this is meaningless.

%26gt;We are 6 in total traveling on that route.

Then you are entitled to group discounts - about 25% straightforward, and up to 60% if booking ahead (you have to do so by phone as the group booking is not available online)