Paulinenwarte

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The Paulinenwarte

The Paulinenwarte is a lookout point in the Türkenschanzpark in Vienna's 18th district of Währing .

history

On September 30, 1888, Emperor Franz Joseph I opened the Türkenschanzpark in the municipality of Währing , which was a suburb of Vienna until 1891. The ceremony took place in front of the observation tower built on a hill in the center of the park. The creation of the park was based on an initiative by the architect Heinrich von Ferstel , who founded the cottage district in the immediate vicinity in 1872/1873 . Anton Krones senior was the architect and builder of the control room. (1848-1912).

The lookout tower is a brick building in the style of the villas that were built by the Viennese Cottage Association . From the tower's observation deck one had a wide view of Vienna, which 100 years later was severely restricted by the trees that had been planted.

The tower originally had a double function: it was not only a lookout point with a magnificent view, but also a water reservoir. In the lower part of the tower there is still a sheet metal tank that was fed from a nearby well. The water was distributed from the tower via a no longer known pipe system in the park.

The Türkenschanzpark is designed as an English landscape park, with meadows, hedges, ponds and rock gardens. Many exotic plants were originally planted; Princess Pauline Metternich had donated a large part . As a token of thanks, the lookout tower was given the name "Paulinenturm" in 1909.

The tower had been closed to visitors since the mid-1970s and the wooden balustrade began to deteriorate. In autumn 2009 the city administration started the renovation. The Paulinenwarte should have been accessible again from May 2010, but the renovation continued until the summer. Since August 7, 2010, the control room has been open to the public again. Currently (2018) it is occasionally open on weekends in the summer months. 60 cents are required for the ascent; Naturfreunde Währing and the Vienna City Garden Office (Magistratsabteilung 42) took care of it . The renovation cost 673,000 euros, which were raised by the city administration and the district budget.

Plaque

There is a hard-to-read plaque on the tower with the following text:

“When this park was opened on September 30, 1888, His Majesty Emperor Franz Joseph I spoke the memorable words:

"I sincerely wish that with the flowering and prospering of this young garden, the pleasant upswing of the suburbs, which as soon as this will be possible, no physical border separating the old mother city, will always increase."

This imperial promise was fulfilled on December 19, 1890 through the sanctioning of the law on the union of the suburbs with Vienna "

- Inscription on plaque on the tower

(The association came into force on January 1, 1892.)

literature

  • Christine Klusacek, Kurt Stimmer: Währing. From the Ganserlberg to the Schafberg

Web links

Commons : Paulinenwarte  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Culture report 2006. bm: ukk , p. 155 , accessed on December 11, 2017 (building survey of the Paulinenwarte by the Federal Monuments Office).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Schuster: Water in the Türkenschanzpark. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on December 11, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b City of Vienna: Paulinenwarte observation tower in Türkenschanzpark ; accessed on April 8, 2018
  3. ↑ Pauline has a new dress. meinviertel.at, August 4, 2010.
  4. ↑ Paulinenwarte open again after 25 years. Österreichischer Rundfunk , August 7, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '5.8 "  N , 16 ° 20' 6.7"  E