Rothschild Gardens

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The porter's house in the former Rotschild Gardens

The former so-called Rothschild gardens were in the Holy City in the 19th Vienna district Döbling .

history

In the 1860s, the banker Nathaniel Meyer Freiherr von Rothschild acquired a plot of over 80,000 square meters in the area of ​​today's Geweygasse, Stürzergasse and Aussichtsweg on the Hohe Warte . He then had a gardening business with glass houses built in the southern area and redesigned the northern area into an English-style park in order to dedicate himself to orchid cultivation. His children and grandchildren continued to run the complex, Alfons von Rothschild in particular distinguished himself as a philanthropist, patron, collector and lover of beautiful gardens and exotic flowers. It was only under his aegis that the gardens on the Hohe Warte became known worldwide. The ensemble consisted of an extensive park and a stately villa from which one could see almost all of Vienna. In the glass houses, some of which were connected with corridors, there were countless flowers from all over the world. When the orchids were in bloom, the orchid park was open to the public. For example, he sent the proceeds from the visit to the Vienna Voluntary Rescue Society.

The single-storey porter's house in historicist design is the only remaining building in the Rothschild Gardens and is a listed building. The English gardeners working on the site founded the first Austrian football club, the First Vienna Football Club , on August 22, 1894 , which still plays its games in the nearby Hohe Warte stadium.

In 1938 the area was Aryanized and in 1942 the City of Vienna bought it from the German Reich. The buildings were badly damaged in World War II. In 1949 the hereditary widow waived her right to restitute the Rothschild Gardens, but in 1962 they were reclaimed. On July 30, 1963, the collection point A waived all rights and claims in relation to the garden in exchange for compensation of 18 million schillings. In 1977 the Heiligenstädter Park was expanded with the northern part of the former Rothschild Gardens and the Döblinger Bad was built in the southern part . Some of the remains of the orchid collection can still be seen in the Hirschstetten flower gardens .

Literature and source

Web links

Commons : Concierge's Hut  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The footsteps of the Rothschild family on wienerzeitung.at from August 12, 2011

Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′ 7.1 ″  N , 16 ° 21 ′ 31.7 ″  E