Reinlpark
The Reinl Park is a leafy square and a park in the 14th Vienna district Penzing . It is enclosed by the streets Reinlgasse, Goldschlagstrasse, Märzstrasse and Gurkgasse. The park is approached by tram line 10 (“Märzstraße” station) and is within walking distance of the Hütteldorfer Straße subway station . Despite its good transport connections, the general lack of undeveloped spaces in the surrounding quarter and the architecture of some of the surrounding buildings, which is remarkable for suburban conditions, the Reinlpark offers the image of a design neglected space on the urban periphery characterized by vacant shops.
Green area and children's pool
In the course of the grid parceling as a result of the incorporation of Penzing into Vienna in 1890/92, the area of the later Reinlpark was left out for greening. The park was finally created in 1902, which can possibly be explained by the construction (1896) of a school in the south of the square. In the densely built-up Wilhelminian style districts, “Beserlparks” were often built next to public buildings. Originally the Reinlpark, which, like the adjacent Reinlgasse, is named after a former mayor of Penzing, had pretzel-like, winding paths. At the time of the Red Vienna a children's outdoor pool was built in the park . Today one of the eleven left over, it is only open a few weeks a year.
Structural development
Reinlpark is located in an area between the old town centers of Penzing and Breitensee , which was only urbanized between 1880 and 1930. The 16 buildings around the park were created between 1896 and 1914. The oldest structure in place is the school building in the South (Goldschlagstraße 137), a multi-storey Ehrenhofanlage with tower structures in the Hofecken and übergiebelten projections at the lateral front sides. On the northern edge of the square there is a closed ensemble of three late historical apartment buildings from the years 1903/04. The architectural highlight on the square, however, are four late Secessionist apartment buildings opposite one another (Reinlgasse 24 and 26, Gurkgasse 35 and 37), which were built between 1910 and 1914 according to plans by the talented architectural duo Barak & Czada. In contrast to three de-stuccoed buildings in their immediate vicinity on Reinlgasse, the four apartment buildings are in a good state of preservation, but are not listed. The level of design is based on the civil architecture of the inner districts. The closed development around the Reinlpark from the late 19th century is part of the Penzing protection zone, which stretches up Reinlstrasse and Gurkgasse to Meiselstrasse.
Function within the Grätzl
Although the space around Reinlpark is the only undeveloped area in the otherwise monotonous Wilhelminian block perimeter development between the suburbs, Hütteldorfer-, John- and Linzerstraße (2001: 13,247 inhabitants on around 0.5 km², one of the highest densities in Vienna) and also a hosts a few central functions (school, parish church and mosque in Reinlgasse, green space, tram station), it only partially functions as a Graetzl center . Most of the shops around it are empty. Since a significant part of the park is used by a ball sports cage and the children's outdoor pool, which is only used seasonally, it can only partially fulfill the function of a green recreation area. The area to the east of the park, which offers a clear view of the Gloriette von Schönbrunn , is occupied by parked vehicles. The streets around the square, which could still be used as an extension of the park at the time it was built, have also been used by stationary traffic since Vienna's motorization.
Survey and redesign of the play area in 2004
A survey carried out in 2004, which preceded a redesign of the playground, found that 67% of those visiting the Reinpark come to meet friends, 34% to play football, 28% to supervise children, 20% to play basketball, 18 % to play other things, 17% to chat, 17% to have fun and 15% “just to pass the time”. 38% of those questioned were mainly bothered by the dirt in the park, 34% by the non-functioning fountain, 20% criticized the bad manners of various park visitors, 18% were bothered by the lack of a toilet facility.
The square around Reinlpark as the starting point for a gentrification project
The area around Reinlpark was able to enjoy a certain amount of media attention in 2013, as a gourmet restaurant opened in a corner building in the southeast of the square, bringing guests from “better” Viennese districts to the quarter. The restaurant was run by a property developer who owns the house at Reinlgasse 20 as well as a number of properties in the westernmost part of Penzing. The restaurant, run by a top chef, was intended to enhance the district by offering an infrastructure for more sophisticated lifestyles. The operator understood the Mediterranean cuisine with an oriental touch as a reference to the countries of origin of the majority of the people living near the Reinlpark. The local press was surprised at the choice of location in this “un-area” (Falter), but appreciated the lower prices that this made possible. The restaurant closed at the end of 2013 after just eight months due to differences between the operator and the chef.
literature
- Dehio Vienna, X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District (Vienna, 1996), pp. 308f., 325f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ See http://www.falter.at/falter/2013/06/04/ein-mounty-im-wilden-westen and http://derstandard.at/1363709759938/Francois-im-14---Hueter -of-fire
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 46.5 ″ N , 16 ° 18 ′ 40.7 ″ E