Friedrich-Engels-Platz (Vienna)

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Friedrich-Engels-Platz
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Place in Vienna
Friedrich-Engels-Platz
Basic data
place Vienna
District Brigittenau (20th),
Confluent streets Forsthausgasse , Kapaunplatz , Wehlistraße , Floridsdorfer Bridge , Handelskai , Engerthstraße , Vorgartenstraße , Marchfeldstraße , Adalbert-Stifter-Straße
Buildings Friedrich-Engels-Platz residential complex
use
User groups Private transport 226 Public transport 2 31 33 5A 11A 11B N29 N31 N64
B14


Bicycle traffic
pedestrians

Space design Traffic areas , green areas , gastronomy

The Friedrich-Engels-Platz is located in Vienna's district Brigittenau . The square is located near the banks of the Danube , is crossed by streets and tram tracks and is divided into various green and recreational areas. The square was named after Friedrich Engels .

history

The square was originally called Kaiserplatz , from 1920 Engelsplatz , and from 1934 Pater-Abel- Platz . In 1946 it was given its current name Friedrich-Engels-Platz , named after the German politician, entrepreneur, philosopher and historian Friedrich Engels (1820–1895). The place is strongly influenced by those in the interwar period and after World War II , built public housing .

traffic

The following important road connections run across Friedrich-Engels-Platz:

There is a stop complex on the square, which is served by the tram lines 2, 31 and 33, the bus lines 5A, 11A and 11B as well as the night bus lines N29, N31 and N64. Friedrich-Engels-Platz is the terminus for lines 2, 33 and 11B.

There is a taxi stand in front of house number 22 . Bicycles can be borrowed from a city ​​bike rental station.

To connect the two separate halves of the square, there is an underpass under Adalbert-Stifter-Strasse for pedestrians and cyclists .

Pedestrians and cyclists can use the Floridsdorfer Brücke to cross the Handelskai and the Donauuferbahn ( S45 ) and get to the banks of the Danube and further over the Danube to the Danube Island .

  • B226 towards Floridsdorfer Brücke

  • underpass

  • Tram stop

  • Street sign with additional sign

Building numbering and infrastructure

The numbering starts in the north at the Friedrich-Engels-Platz residential complex with the numbers 1 to 11 and runs clockwise. Number 12 is a branch of Lidl . Numbers 13 and 14 are not assigned. The residential buildings in the south-east, some of which are municipal buildings , are numbered 15 to 21. These include a pharmacy , an ice cream parlor , a few craftsmen and service providers . The access to Arwagsteg , a pedestrian bridge that leads over the Handelskai to the right bank of the Danube, is at the residential complex No. 15–16 . In 2016 finished housing no. 22 is a supermarket branch of saving housed on the top floor facade is anagram ERGREIFS FINALLY ( "Friedrich Engels") the artist Gertrude Moser-Wagner painted. With the number 24, the Brigittenau youth hostel is assigned the highest order number of the site.

In the middle of the square there are snack stands , a public toilet facility , shelters for tram passengers and containers with break rooms for Wiener Linien employees . A 330 square meter fenced dog zone has been created within the loop tracks. South of the bridge ramp is the 1,300 square meter pyramid playground with a drinking water fountain .

  • Housing complex Friedrich-Engels-Platz (No. 1–10)

  • Municipal housing house number 21

Web links

Commons : Friedrich-Engels-Platz, Vienna  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 2, 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2