Donauinsel lighthouse
The lighthouse on the Danube Island is located near the Reichsbrücke on the side of the New Danube close to the city in Sunken City in Vienna . The building, which was built as a lighthouse, was originally a stage set and never operated as a lighthouse.
history
The lighthouse was part of the backdrop of the Bregenz Festival stage in the 1989 and 1990 seasons. It was part of the production design for “ The Flying Dutchman ” by Richard Wagner , directed by David Pountney . During the opera performances, Senta, a character from the opera, threw herself from the lighthouse into Lake Constance.
After another opera was shown on the stage in Bregenz from 1991, the set was dismantled, including the lighthouse. The lighthouse was dismantled and transported to Vienna, where it was rebuilt in 1991 on the occasion of the exhibition "Fantasy and Industry" in front of the Vienna Technical Museum . On the occasion of the renovation, the lighthouse was dismantled again in 1997 and moved to its current location on the Danube Island. Since then, he has taken on various tasks as advertising space, transmission system for network operators or carrier of a weather and city camera.
Web links
- Vorarlberg today, July 23, 1991
- Chronicle of the Bregenz Festival
- "From Lake Constance to Vienna:" Dutch "lighthouse relocated" Die Presse on January 18, 1991, p. 18
- meinviertel.at
- donauinsel.at
- derstandard.at on February 4, 2002
- wien.gv.at
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 46.2 " N , 16 ° 24 ′ 32.8" E