Ottakringer Strasse
The Ottakringerstraße is a partial on the border of the districts of Vienna Ottakring and Hernals Close by business street in the west of the federal capital. One of the most famous companies in Vienna is located here, the Ottakringer Brewery , today the only large brewery in the city.
In the eastern part of the street between the Gürtel and the Ottakringer Brewery, the street functions as a shopping street; it decreases as it goes out of town. However, the historic town of Ottakring was created along the outer Ottakringer Strasse before the inner, more central part of the street was developed around 1850.
location
Until 1905, the district borders 16 and 17 ran a block east (= within) the belt, then they were moved to this. Since then, Ottakringer Straße has started with houses no. 5 and no. 10, as there was no renumbering. The old numbers 1 to 4, 6 and 8 have been integrated into Alser Straße .
The first block west of the belt is part of the 17th district on both sides of the street. Subsequently, the district border 16/17 runs from houses No. 17 or 24 to 91 or 100 in the middle of Ottakringer Straße (houses with odd numbers in the 16th, with even numbers in the 17th district). This is followed by Johann-Nepomuk-Berger-Platz with its own house numbers; its northern house front is part of the 17th district. To the west of this are both sides of Ottakringer Strasse in the 16th district.
History of origin
In its present form, Ottakringer Strasse was built in the second half of the 19th century. At that time, this was the border between the still independent suburb of Hernals north of the street and a parade ground south of the street (disbanded and built in 1872, see also Yppenviertel ). From 1865 the first horse-drawn tramway in Vienna ran through the street between Schottengasse and Hernals, Wattgasse. The traffic route, previously simply called “Hauptstraße”, was named today in 1894, after the suburb was incorporated into the city of Vienna as the 16th district from 1890 to 1892.
Public transport
Since 2017 the tram line 44, which starts at Schottentor , has been running through almost the entire Ottakringer Straße (from Gürtel to Montleartstraße) .
Before that, line 44 only ran through the inner Ottakringer Strasse from 1907 and then on to Dornbach . The outer part of the street was served by the J line from 1907, leading via the ring road to Erdberg on the edge of the Prater until 1984 , then until 2008 only to the Karlsplatz subway junction , then replaced by line 2, which over a part the Ringstrasse runs to the 20th district.
Decline as a shopping street
In the late 20th century, Ottakringer Strasse fared similarly to other Viennese shopping streets. Around 1970, mass consumption, which had reached its peak, led to a heyday of the shopping streets. The 1973 oil price crisis ultimately led to a decline in consumption. The opening of the Shopping City Süd (1976) marked a change in consumer behavior, which was promoted by politics, for example, through the expansion of high-level infrastructure for individual motorized transport. In the area around Ottakringer Strasse, there was a population decline of around 10% in the same decade. A tenancy law reform (1982), which allowed a “reasonable” increase in office rents, led to increased local vacancies. The Lugner City shopping center, which opened in 1990 on a former factory site, also contributed to the withdrawal of purchasing power from the shopping streets of Vienna's western districts.
Change of meaning
In the mid-1990s, the development of the " turbo-folk " community, which had become more numerous as a result of the Yugoslavia conflicts, began to develop into a walking mile. The art festival “ SoHo in Ottakring ”, first held in 1999, made the area around Ottakringer Strasse, especially Yppenplatz , more interesting for an alternative audience. In 2002 there was a participation process for a redesign made possible by EU funding (URBAN belt). At the beginning of the 21st century, Ottakringer Strasse was still referred to as “the most dangerous street in Vienna”, but the EM2008 saw an image change. “While there was hardly any mood on the official fan mile in the city center, with excessive drink prices and suspicious observation by security staff, the real football party took place here in Ottakring, where Austrian Turks, Serbs, Croats and football tourists celebrated together . “The image change was driven by the establishment of further institutions in the cultural and social area in the area of Ottakringer Straße (e.g. 2007 Brunnenpassage, 2008 publishing house Hernals, 2010 VinziShop).
Redesign
Ottakringer Strasse was redesigned in 2012/2013 following a public participation process that began in 2011. The goals of the project were "more space, more greenery, more quality of life and more safety for pedestrians and cyclists." The surface design should lead to the more attractive public space. The majority of the project was received as a successful design upgrade. A weekly newspaper described the end product as “Vienna's most modern boulevard”. It was also quickly adopted by strolling audiences and traders. One of the main points of criticism from the neighbors was what they considered to be too timid traffic calming measures. Complaints about the sometimes high noise level at night (see entry cruising ) resulted in a media-effective “pajama protest” in 2015. In the following year, material damage to the new street furniture was found and described as a blemish of the redesign.
Addresses
There are numerous historical addresses on Ottakringer Straße. Felix Czeike's Viennese District Culture Guide 16 has 20 entries, including:
- No. 19: Memorial plaque for Franz Paul Fiebrich
- No. 91: Ottakringer Brewery
- No. 118–120: Palais Kuffner . The Kuffner family owned the brewery across the street until 1938.
- No. 161 and No. 176: Art Nouveau houses
- No. 192, No. 222 and No. 234: Altottakringer Hauerhaus
- At No. 213: Alt-Ottakringer Parish Church
- No. 224: "Zur 10er Marie ", historical wine tavern
- No. 235: formerly the First Viennese Children's Milk Institute (except for the Kornhäusel villa )
- No. 242: formerly Ottakringer Freihof, demolished in 1964/1965
- No. 260: Boundary stone of the abbot of the Schottenstift from 1537
gallery
The beginning of the street at the Hernalser Gürtel
At Yppengasse
At Steinergasse
At Johann-Nepomuk-Berger-Platz
At No. 93
At Eisnergasse
At Wattgasse
At Paltaufgasse
At Roseggergasse
The end of the street at Maroltingergasse
literature
- Balkan Mile. Ottakringer Strasse, 24 hours. A travel guide from Vienna: Local identities and global transformation processes . Edited by Antonia Dika, Barbara Jeitler, Elke Krasny, Amila Širbegović. Vienna: Turia / Kant, 2001.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmut Portele: Collection "Wiener Tramwaymuseum" , Vienna ³2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01562-3
- ↑ The most dangerous street in town (FALTER, 1/2010)
- ↑ Balkan Mile Ottakringer Straße: Multi-cultural in the suburbs (ORF Ö1, September 13, 2011)
- ↑ Urban Development Vienna: Ottakringer Straße New
- ↑ Neue Ottakringer Straße: Construction work finished (ORF, September 2, 2013)
- ↑ Just call them OTK! (Falter, 36/2013)
- ↑ Ottakringer Strasse: "Our Balkan Boulevard" (Standard, September 25, 2015)
- ↑ Criticism of the traffic in Ottakringer Straße (ORF, April 4, 2015)
- ↑ Noise: Protest in pajamas (Wiener Bezirkszeitung, May 4, 2015)
- ↑ Ottakringer Straße: From showcase project to botch (Wiener Bezirkszeitung, July 4, 2016)
- ↑ Jugend und Volk, Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-7141-6233-X , pp. 43 to 48
- ↑ Historical postcard on the AKON Postcard online website of the Austrian National Library
- ↑ Historical postcard on the AKON Postcard online website of the Austrian National Library