Jubilee waiting room (Anninger)

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General view of the anniversary waiting room
Anniversary waiting blocked

The Jubiläumswarte , also known as the Kaiser-Jubiläums-Warte , is a 16 meter high iron observation tower at 653  m above sea level. A. high summit of the Eschenkogel, a summit of the Anninger , in the municipality of Gaaden in the Vienna Woods . The anniversary waiting room has been closed since May 2019 and is to be demolished.

history

The Friends of Nature Association in Mödling built a wooden viewing platform for the first time on the Eschenkogel, which was officially opened on July 28, 1878. It was given the name Sofienwarte, named after Sophie von Todesco , who supported the association's Anninger Fund. In 1896 the association was a new fund established with goal for the 50th jubilee of three members of Emperor Franz Joseph I to be able to build a new observatory. After the 10,200  crowns had been successfully raised, construction could begin in 1898. After a preliminary ceremony on July 2, 1898, the actual inauguration and opening ceremony took place the next day, including the laying of the keystone of the three-story iron construction and a substructure .

In 1998, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary, the control room was renovated. The wooden panels on the steps and the platform were replaced by grid panels and the metal structure was repainted.

Due to massive damage to the foundation and the steel structure, the control room was closed in 2019. Since renovation would be too time-consuming and expensive, the control room is to be demolished.

architecture

The control room consists of an iron structure weighing 8,700 kilograms with a floor plan of 5.5 × 5.5 meters. Towards the top, the tower tapers to the viewing platform to 2.55 × 2.55 meters. The ascent is via 59 steps to the intermediate platform at a height of 12 meters. From there, a spiral staircase with a further 19 steps leads to the top platform at a height of 15 meters.

outlook

In the north you can see the small Anninger with the hussar temple , the communities Hinterbrühl and Mödling as well as the entire city of Vienna with its local mountains from Leopoldsberg to Exelberg . When the view is clear, the Leiser Berge can also be seen in the Weinviertel . In the east you can only see the radio tower on the Vierjochkogel and the top of the Wilhelmswarte due to the Hochanninger . To the west and south you have a good view of the Hohen Lindkogel , Schneeberg , Schöpfl and the Sparbach community .

literature

  • Andreas Brudnjak: Lookout guide for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. 81 Lookout points and their history and construction . 1st edition. Kral-Verlag, Berndorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-99024-095-3 , pp. 107 ff .
  • Walter Wenzel: Lookout points in the Vienna Woods . Self-published by the Millennium Office of the Vienna Woods Tourist Region, Baden bei Wien 2002, p. 58 ff .

Web links

Commons : Jubiläumswarte (Anninger)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Correspondences. (...) The inauguration of the Kaiser anniversary waiting room on the Eschenkogel (...). In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 56/1898 (18th volume), July 13, 1898, p. 4, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
  2. ↑ The Anninger - Buildings - Jubiläumswarte. In: anninger.heimat.eu. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Jubiläumswarte on Anninger must be demolished in the courier of July 17, 2019 retrieved on July 17, 2019

Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′ 18.7 "  N , 16 ° 14 ′ 29.2"  E