Himmelhof

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View from the Himmelhofwiese to the northwest of Vienna. In the foreground the Westbahn with the Wien Hütteldorf train station ; on the far left the Hanappi Stadium, which was demolished in 2014/15 .

The Himmelhof is a viewing area on the edge of the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna's 13th district .

location

The Himmelhof is located in the Ober Sankt Veit district south of Hacking on the slope of the Hagenberg and housed a ski jumping hill from 1949 to 1980 . ORS operates a radio station at Himmelhof that broadcasts Austrian TV and radio programs in analog and digital form. From 1897 to 1899, the house of the former Am Himmel restaurant was the home of the artist and cultural reformer Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851–1913). On a clear day, you not only have a view of Vienna from the Himmelhof, you can even see Bratislava and the Hainburger Pforte .

Origin of name

The name probably comes from a dairy and restaurant called Am Himmel in the 19th century. This is not to be confused with the field name Am Himmel am Pfaffenberg in Döbling. The name could be an old sky- corridor name ("arched corridor, hilltop").

Boarding school

In 1962 a boarding school was built at Himmelhof , which was completely renovated in the mid-1990s. Curiously, the lead in the 15th district, located Bundesrealgymnasium Diefenbachgasse teaching of the boarding school. The street and school name goes back to the village councilor Heinrich Diefenbach in Sechshausen and has nothing to do with the artist mentioned above .

literature

  • Josef Holzapfel: Everyday life in Ober St. Veit. Sutton, Erfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-86680-602-3 .
  • Josef Holzapfel: Historical Ober St. Veit. Interest group merchants Ober St. Veit, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01737-5 .
  • Hermann Müller (Ed.): Himmelhof. Original cell of the alternative movement, Vienna 1897-1899. A history of the Humanitas community around Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach in Vienna from 1897-99 in diaries and letters. Umbruch, Recklinghausen 2011, ISBN 978-3-93772608-3 .
  • Hermann Müller (Ed.): Master Diefenbach's Alpine Hike. An artist and cultural rebel in the Karwendel, 1895/1896. Umbruch, Recklinghausen 2009 and 2010. ISBN 978-3-937726-00-7 .
  • Claudia Wagner, Hermann Müller, Noemi Smolik, Marina Schuster; Museum Villa Stuck (ed.): Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851–1913). Better to die than deny my ideals! Edition Minerva, Munich 2009 and 2011, ISBN 978-3-938832-58-5 / ISBN 978-3-938832-76-9 .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 19 ″  N , 16 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E