High wall meadow

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High wall meadow
Skiing on the Hohe-Wand-Wiese (2009)

Skiing on the Hohe-Wand-Wiese (2009)

place AustriaAustria Vienna
mountain High wall
Coordinates 48 ° 13 '50 "  N , 16 ° 12' 10"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '50 "  N , 16 ° 12' 10"  E
High wall
begin 370 m
target 260 m
Height difference 102 m
Route length 400 m
Maximum gradient 25%

The Hohe-Wand-Wiese is, next to the Dollwiese in Hietzing , one of the two ski slopes in Vienna . It is located in the municipality of Penzing , cadastral community Hadersdorf , property no. 225, locality Vorderhainbach , and has a drag lift , a baby drag lift (conveyor belt), a snowmaking system and floodlighting . With its maximum gradient of 25%, it can be classified as a blue slope .

The first parallel slalom in the history of skiing was held on the Hohe-Wand-Wiese in 1967 . In 1986 the Alpine Ski World Cup made a guest appearance here for a race .

history

Even before skiing became a popular sport, the highest point on the Hohe Wand (today: beyond the Mostalm shelter to the Franz-Karl-Fernsicht at 488 m) was a popular destination for excursions because of its wonderful foresight. A hike there is described in a hiking guide from the Biedermeier period , the work “ Vienna's Environs for Twenty Hours Around ” by Adolf Schmidl from 1835:

This path [via Hainbach] leads to the high wall. [...]
You step out of the forest onto the edge of the beautiful, so-called baker's meadow, which descends into a lush green valley. Dark forest mountains all around, from which individual fresh mats peek out - there is no trace of Vienna to be seen - beyond the present height you can see the great Danube bridge, the Marchfeld plain , and in the distance the Hainburger Berg , the Thebner Kogel and the beginnings of the little Carpathians . But if you turn to the right, what a picture! The forest mountains form a deep saddle here and over this you can see the Austro-Styrian Alps , as if in a natural frame !

The Hohe-Wand-Wiese as a ski meadow was opened on March 1, 1966 under Mayor Bruno Marek .

The parallel slalom of February 21, 1967 was followed by three more such competitions, on January 30, 1968, January 27, 1969 and January 6, 1986. The latter was held as part of the FIS Ski World Cup and was also the first floodlit slalom. In the final, the Italian Ivano Edalini prevailed against the German Markus Wasmeier in front of 10,000 spectators .

The snow required for the slope preparation came from a snow cannon on site, additional quantities were produced in a climatic chamber of the Vienna Arsenal ( Austrian Research and Testing Center Arsenal , now: Arsenal Research ) and transported by truck.

Since 2006 there has been  a summer toboggan run on the Hohe-Wand-Wiese at Mauerbachstraße 174-184 .

The T-bar lift has been closed in winter since the 2016/17 season. Instead, a 40 meter long conveyor belt is in use. In the lower area there are Dryslope slide mats that allow skiing even without snow. If the weather permits, this area can also be covered with snow. According to the new lessee, winter use of the entire slope is no longer economically viable due to global warming .

reachability

literature

  • Fr (z) C (arl) Weidmann : Vienna's surroundings. Historically and pictorially portrayed by -. Tenth trip . ( First section: Walk on the Halterbach. The high wall, and indication of the way over the Scheiblingstein to Mauerbach. Haimbach. Steinbach. Mauerbach ). Carl Armbruster, Vienna 1827. - Full text online .
  • Andrea Katschthaler: A ski lift attendant in the middle of Vienna: Michael Schmidt . ( The Viennese of the week ). In: wienerzeitung.at , January 4, 2008, accessed on February 11, 2018.
  • Hohe Wand Wiese opens today. Vienna's only ski slope. Daily from 9 to 21 . In: Austria . Austria's new daily newspaper, independent, non-partisan . Edition of December 18, 2010, p. 14, OBV .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c World Cup Parallel Slalom in Vienna in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  2. ↑ Johann Wruss (Text): Red marker Green Hunters - Franz-Karl-Fernsicht 2.5 km . In: oetk-klosterneuburg.at , accessed on February 11, 2018.
  3. ^ Adolf Schmidl: Vienna's surroundings for twenty hours in a circle. Described by Adolf Schmidl after his own hikes. First volume. Carl Gerold, Vienna 1835, p. 281 f. - Full text online .
  4. ↑ Vienna's snow cannons in position . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 2, 1966, p. 6 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  5. ↑ Bachleda and Schillinger in front . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1967, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. ↑ Knockout Slalom: Russel defeated . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 31, 1968, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  7. ↑ The highlight was Huber against Matt . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 28, 1969, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  8. ^ Alfred Nimmerrichter : High voltage in Mauerbach . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna 7th January 1986, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  9. ↑ Hohe-Wand-Wiese summer toboggan run . In: wien.gv.at , accessed on February 11, 2018.
  10. ↑ Magistrate of the City of Vienna (Red.): First snowfall: Winter operation Hohe Wand Wiese Vienna season 2016/17. Vienna's famous sports facility Hohe Wand Wiese will start winter operations on December 23rd! In: wien.gv.at , accessed on February 11, 2018;
    Slide on plastic slope. Hohe Wand Wiese starts without a ski lift in the season . In: heute.at , January 22, 2017, accessed on April 12, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Hohe-Wand-Wiese  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files