Großfeldsiedlung
The Großfeldsiedlung is a municipal suburban settlement in the Leopoldau district in the 21st Viennese district , Floridsdorf . With 5516 apartments, it is one of the largest municipal housing developments in Vienna.
For the area on the Großer or Lange Feld between the Nordbahn in the north (with the Leopoldau S-Bahn station since 1962 ) and the historic Angerdorf Leopoldau in the southwest, Egon-Friedell-Gasse in the west and the Seyringer, which connects Kagran with Gerasdorf near Vienna Road to the east, building plans can already be seen on the city map from 1912. In 1933, the City of Vienna made the area available for a settlement for the unemployed, as there was high unemployment in the city as a result of the global economic crisis . At that time, each settler was given around 2500 m² of land to provide himself with fruit and vegetables and to be able to keep chickens and rabbits. Around 1960 the city map therefore shows a very loose street grid compared to today.
At the beginning of the 1960s, the area was developed with electricity, gas and sewer lines, then new roads were built. From 1966–1973 the City of Vienna built numerous community buildings here, a "residential town" for 21,000 residents with a center of high-rise buildings, a house of encounters, kindergartens, schools, retirement homes and green areas, and since 1984 also the indoor swimming pool called the Großfeldbad ( Oswald-Redlich-Strasse 44). For this purpose, some of the settlers had to be resettled; the large plots of land were greatly reduced in size for the remaining settlers in order to gain new building sites. In 1971 the city administration characterized its planning as follows: old housing estates, single-family houses and one-story row houses alternate with houses up to 17 floors.
The shopping center (corner of Dopschstrasse / Kürschnergasse) with over 10,000 m² was named Großfeldzentrum. The entire complex is artistically designed with outdoor sculptures, and there are also reliefs, mosaics and sgraffiti on many houses that were created on behalf of the City of Vienna. Were at the Aquarius alley later by the Ministry of Education , the Hertha Firnberg schools for business and tourism built that are due to building renovation 2010/2011 in a temporary home. Between 2013 and 2016, the facility was renovated.
The Roman Catholic parish church Don Bosco was built on Herzmanovsky-Orlando-Gasse from 1970 to 1971 according to plans by the architect Clemens Holzmeister . The Holy Cross Church is located in Dominik-Wölfel-Gasse.
Leopoldau, located south of the settlement, was the terminus of the tram line 117 coming from Floridsdorf from 1917-1970 , from 1961: 17A . After its expansion, the Großfeldsiedlung itself was made accessible by the bus lines 28A and 29A from the Vienna Floridsdorf train station, and the rapid transit railway runs on its northern edge. From 1976-2006 tram line 25, coming from the Kagran underground station (U1), led into the settlement. Since 2006 the settlement has been connected to the Vienna underground network with the Großfeldsiedlung underground station and the Leopoldau terminus of the extended U1 (next to the S-Bahn station) .
literature
- Felix Czeike: Vienna XXI. Floridsdorf. Viennese district culture guide . J&V, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7141-6221-6 .
Web links
- Großfeldsiedlung residential complex. Wiener Wohnen , accessed on November 10, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Vienna Großfeldsiedlung , site plan with text section, published by Stadt Wien - Press and Information Service (PID), Vienna 1971
- ^ School website
- ^ Helmut Portele: "Wiener Tramwaymuseum" collection, self-published by the Wiener Tramwaymuseum collection, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01562-3 , p. 957
Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 14 " N , 16 ° 26 ′ 49.4" E