Europapark (Klagenfurt am Wörthersee)
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The Europapark is a park with garden art in the municipality of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in Carinthia . The sculptures are under monument protection .
With around 22 hectares, the park is the largest in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and also one of the largest in Austria.
It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Wörthersee in a triangle between the Klagenfurt lido , the Lend Canal and the Minimundus . The name is supposed to symbolize the cosmopolitanism of the city, which is also supported by flags of the various partner cities .
This area was originally - like today's landscape protection area "Lendspitz" south of the Lend Canal - due to the high groundwater level, a wetland area. After the Second World War , the area was drained with the rubble of the bombed city and opened as a park in 1965. On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, a stone sculpture was erected in 1990 and dedicated to the park's founder, former mayor Hans Ausserwinkler .
Stone sculpture for the 25th anniversary of the Europapark
Café Europa in Klagenfurt's Europapark
Sculpture “Change”, created in 1995 by the sculptor Helmut Machhammer from Krastal marble
The Europapark is now a varied local recreation area for the residents of the state capital. Various free leisure facilities such as open-air chess, the largest children's playground in Klagenfurt with play equipment for every age and development phase, beach volleyball court, skate park with halfpipe, mini ramp and many other devices and an outdoor training park with integration of coordination and balance equipment offer everyone Age group something. The city's plans to build on the east bay of Lake Wörthersee with a luxury hotel and indoor swimming pool were rejected.
Works of art
The Europapark is characterized by numerous large stone sculptures from international sculpting symposia in 1968 and 1969. More recent sculptures come from a symposium in 1995. Represented artists are for example Leo Kornbrust , Karl Prantl , Hermann J. Painitz and Wu Shaoxiang , who lives in Carinthia .
"Polygonal body", created by the Saarland sculptor Leo Kornbrust
“Stone column” by the Czech sculptor Miloslav Chlupáč
Events
The large park next to Lake Wörthersee is ideal for major events such as the annual international hot air balloon cup "Rose vom Wörthersee". Even the Ironman Austria has its start here, and his goal.
Web links
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Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′ 14.9 ″ N , 14 ° 15 ′ 32.5 ″ E