Hubertuswarte
The Hubertuswarte is located on the 508 m high Kaltbründlberg in the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna and is named after St. Hubertus , Bishop of Liège and patron saint of hunting.
history
During the First World War , a military observation tower was built on the Kaltbründlberg, the highest mountain in Hietzing . After the tower fell into disrepair, visitors to the Lainzer Tiergarten, which was opened to the public after the war, requested a new observation tower. In 1937 , after a long period of hesitation, today's Hubertuswarte was built by the war victims fund , which had received the zoo from the Republic of Austria.
Building
The height from the control room to the platform is 20.1 m, the total height 22.4 m. The control room is a defensive tower-like tower made of rubble masonry with a square cross-section and slightly conical. A cantilevered concrete platform forms the end. There you have a panoramic view of Vienna and the surrounding mountains.
The ascent is via an internal semicircular concrete staircase with 122 steps. The stairwell is exposed through four south-facing windows.
Also on the south side and at ground level is a blue glazed clay relief memorial plaque with an inscription and St. Hubertus. The plaque was allegedly damaged after 1945 and then left in this condition "in memory of this difficult time".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lt. Notice of MA 49 ( Forestry Office and Agricultural Company of the City of Vienna ) at the control room
- ↑ According to the board next to the entrance to the control room
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 8.1 ″ N , 16 ° 13 ′ 9.5 ″ E