Schwarzenbergpark
The Schwarzenbergpark even Dornbacher Park is a park in the 17th district of Vienna , Hernals , district part Neuwaldegg . As the former Neuwaldegg castle park , it was the first English landscape garden in Austria.
Field Marshal Franz Moritz Graf von Lascy (also: Lacy, 1725–1801) bought the Neuwaldegg castle and lordship in 1765 and had the area, which stretches from the Dornbach district to today's northwestern city limits and was the castle's hunting ground, redesigned into a nature park; At that time it was one of the largest pleasure and landscape gardens in Europe. Lascys tomb is located near the Höhenstraße in a wooded area of the park. The park is largely surrounded by patches of forest and meadow belonging to the northern Vienna Woods .
Since 1801, the park, like Neuwaldegg Castle, which adjoins its city center end, has belonged to the Schwarzenberg family . In 1958 the municipality of Vienna bought Schwarzenbergpark as a local recreation area.
The 2.2 km long Schwarzenbergallee runs through the park from the castle to the city limits. Since the 1930s, Neuwaldegger Strasse has crossed the park halfway as an extension of Höhenstrasse ; There is an underpass for those walking along the avenue.
In the park there are two obelisks with the name "KYSELAK" engraved on the southern one. Josef Kyselak made numerous long hikes through the Vienna Woods in his spare time in the Biedermeier period . Equipped with a pot of black oil paint, he left his famous letters "KYSELAK" on many ruins, rock slabs and bridge pillars all over Austria. The name "Kyselak" can still be found today on various walls and squares, albeit often in a mutilated form, e.g. B. as "Kisselak". Most of the well-known Kyselak name tags are modern fakes.
Photograph from 1910
Link to the picture
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The inscription on the obelisk in Schwarzenbergpark cannot be seen in a photograph from 1910. However, the photo is not stringent proof that the now clearly legible lettering is a forgery, as it does not show the relevant point in detail, because any lettering that was present at the time of the photo was - after almost a century - with a large Probability has already faded and the engraving could have been covered with patina . It is obvious that the obelisk in question has recently been professionally restored. The fact remains, however, that Kyselak never engraved his name, only painted it. This and the unusually different font size (Kyselak used a stencil) on the obelisk speak for a recent forgery.
The obelisks are popularly known as the Maria Theresa Swing : According to legend, Maria Theresa had a swing installed here, the "incisions of which can still be seen".
The facilities belong to the Hernals –Wienerwald landscape protection area ( LSG 6 , Part A; total 6 km²). In the area there is also the natural monument Schwarzbergenpark Eckbach , a geological outcrop of the limestone cliffs within the sandstone Viennese forest ( NDM 784 , 2003).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The city of Vienna assumes on its official website that the graffito came from Kyselak himself. See the Schwarzenbergpark article on www.wien.gv.at
- ^ Artwork in public space Maria-Theresien-Schaukel in the digital cultural property register of the City of Vienna, accessed on April 5, 2014
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Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 49 ″ N , 16 ° 16 ′ 29 ″ E