Trabrennbahn Krieau

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Trabrennbahn Krieau, direction grandstand
The judges tower with the administration building and stables behind it
The stables
Trabrennbahn Krieau in 2011

The harness racing track Krieau is a 1878 opened plant for the trotting races in the 2nd Viennese district Leopoldstadt .

investment

Judges Tower (2014)

The trotting track is located in the eponymous Krieau ( Krie-Au ), part of the Vienna Prater . It has a length of 1000 meters and a width of eight horses per starting row. Their surface is sand.

The grandstands built in the 1910s are functionally designed, three-storey reinforced concrete structures . Colorful majolica reliefs in the style of the Wiener Werkstätte are attached to the grandstand. Opposite is an administration building with half-timbered elements, which was built at the end of the 19th century. The judges' tower is a five-storey steel frame structure crowned by a three-storey, lantern-shaped structure.

history

Later trotting area on the site plan of the Rotunda / Industrial Palace, 1873
Trabrennbahn Krieau, drawing from 1888

The square and track have their indirect origin in the International Horse Show held from September 18 to 27, 1873 , during which an international trot race took place on September 22, 1873 . The venue was the Prater-Hauptalle , which was closed for the occasion . Those responsible for the organization of the race day were essentially those personalities who were to bring the trotting club into being a year later .

In April 1874, under the protectorate of Oberststallmeister Karl Ludwig von Grünne (1808–1884), the trotting association to promote horse breeding in Austria-Hungary was founded (President: Kálmán Hunyady de Kéthely , 1828–1901). The purpose of the association was aimed not only at the organization of trotting races, but also at exhibitions, awards for breeding material and the support of existing trotting arenas. The seat of the association was Vienna.

On Friday, May 29, 1874, the club's first races took place in the kk Prater between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. In contrast to previous similar events, the entire length of the main avenue was used for the competition . In the presence of Archduke Wilhelm (1827-1894) there were passages for single and two-horse , two- and four-wheeled carriage and a trot betting driving for two-horse nummerirte cab . The races were started next to the Lusthaus , the distances were 4422 and 8844 meters respectively. Telegraphy was used to measure time . The closure of the adjacent Prater area and the fact that it was only able to follow the linear racing action in sections was disadvantageous for the public. Over the years, the association has incurred considerable costs due to the event-related construction of grandstands.

On November 15, 1875, the demolition of the central building began rotunda adjoining side of the pavilion built for the 1873 World Exhibition Industrial Palace . The space that had become free and stretched from the east portal of the rotunda was subsequently left to the trotting club to create the racing arena. The Krieau trotting track was opened as a stable track on September 29, 1878. Like the Moscow Hippodrome  , it is one of the oldest European horse racing tracks. In the autumn of 1879 the Trotting Club initiated the renovation of the unplaned interior of the track in a state that would allow the Society for the Awards of Good Campagne Riders to hold riding demonstrations.

The first grandstand was built in 1882. The reform ideas of the sports and military journalist Viktor Silberer (1846-1924) contributed to the popularization of trotting. The first trotting derby in the Krieau took place in 1884, initiated and regulated in 1882 by the board of directors of the trotting club. Between 1885 and 1887 extensive adjustments were made according to the plans of Anton and Josef Drexler .

From 1911 to 1913 the grandstands were rebuilt according to plans by the architects Emil Hoppe , Marcel Kammerer and Otto Schönthal . In the period after the First World War , the large landowner and politician Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg was President of the Trabrenn-Verein. In 1919 the judges tower was built. Racing was temporarily suspended at the end of the Second World War . The bomb damage to the facility could be repaired quickly and in November 1945 another race took place in the Krieau.

From 1949 until his death in 1981, the entrepreneur Manfred Mautner Markhof senior was president of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein. During his term of office, the renovation of 1960/1961, during which, among other things, the main grandstand was glazed.

The trotting track today

At the turn of the millennium, the harness racing track was renovated. From 2004 the politician Anton Gaál was president of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein. In 2017 he was succeeded by Peter Truzla in this role.

In the years 2007–2010, a new office and residential district was built in the Krieau with Viertel Zwei . In the coming years, the second quarter is to be expanded, with more office space and living space for 1,800 people being created largely on the area of ​​the trotting track. The trotting track is listed and will be preserved. In the east, the stables up to Meiereistraße are to be renovated and adapted for commercial use. The currently desolate grandstands are being renovated. The function of grandstand 1 is retained, grandstands 2 and 3 are to be adapted for commercial use. The architectural competitions were concluded in May 2014 and construction work began in 2015. The completion of the 36,700 m² area along the Trabrennstraße was planned for 2017.

In 2007 the area around the trotting track was sold by the City of Vienna to a private company, the track itself only came into private ownership in 2018. The track was leased to the trotting club for 25 years.

See also

literature

  • L (ouis) Schopper (compilation): Officials about trotter breeding in Austria-Hungary along with the best records on the Viennese trotting track . Volume 1. Publishing house of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein, Vienna 1890, OBV .
  • Statutes of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein . Karst, Vienna 1896, OBV .
  • Annual report of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein for the year 1892— . Cover title: Annual report of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein pro… reporting year 1892–1905. 1907-1912. 1916. 1945-1949. Self-published by Dr des “Sport”, Vienna 1892–, OBV .
  • Racing laws of the Vienna Trotting Association . Sport, Vienna 1895, OBV .
  • 25 years of the Vienna Trotting Association. A reminder sheet . von Karst, Vienna 1898, OBV .
  • Victor Silberer: Memories from the reform and organization time of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein 1879–1885. A small contribution to the history of the development of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein . Publishing house of the “Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung”, Vienna 1913, OBV .
  • Emanuel Tschoepe: Forty years of the Vienna Trotting Association. A souvenir sheet dedicated to the members of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the association . Self-published, Vienna 1913, OBV .
  • Emanuel Tschoepe: Festschrift of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein to celebrate its 50th anniversary . Self-published, Vienna 1923, OBV .
  • Franz Heinlein (text and design): 100 years of the Vienna Trotting Association . Wiener Trabrenn-Verein, Vienna 1974, OBV .
  • Gerhard Reichebner: 125 years of the Vienna Trotting Association. 1874-1999 . Turf Sport-Verlag, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-9500769-1-3 .
  • Archive of the Vienna Trotting Association . (304 documents). Albertina Vienna Architecture Collection, Wiener Trabrenn-Verein, undated, OBV .

Web links

Commons : Trabrennbahn Krieau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the trotting track ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2010 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. on the website of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein, accessed on September 25, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.krieau.at
  2. ^ Dehio-Handbuch Wien. II. To IX. and XX. District . Edited by Federal Monuments Office. Anton Schroll, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-7031-0680-8 , pp. 42–43.
  3. ↑ From the World Exhibition Grounds. The opening of the international horse show. In:  Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Democratic Organ , No. 258/1873 (Volume VII), September 19, 1873, p. 3, column 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwg.
  4. ↑ International trotting races. In:  Deutsche Zeitung , Morgenblatt, No. 622/1873, September 23, 1873, p. 6, column 2 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dzg.
  5. ↑ World Exhibition 1873. International trotting competition. September 1873. Invitation. In:  Sportblatt. Centralblatt for the interests of horse breeding and sport. Official organ of the Austrian Jockey Club , No. 2/1873 (4th year), January 8, 1873, p. 11, column 1. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / sip;
    World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873. International trotting race. In:  Wiener Weltausstellung-Zeitung , No. 13/1873 (3rd year), February 19, 1873, p. 5 (unpaginated), column 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wwz.
  6. ↑ Little Chronicle. (…) Sports. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 3461/1874, April 15, 1874, p. 6, column 2. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  7. ↑ Daily news. (…) Sports. In:  Deutsche Zeitung , Morgenblatt, No. 821/1874, April 16, 1874, p. 4, column 3. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dzg.
  8. ↑ R-m:  trotting betting driving in the Prater. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 3505/1874, May 30, 1874, p. 5, column 2 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  9. ^ The new track of the Wiener Trabrenn-Verein. In:  Illustrirte Sport-Zeitung , No. 40/1878 (Volume I), October 13, 1878, p. 306. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / isz.
  10. ↑ What's new? (...) The end of the world exhibition buildings. In:  Illustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt , Morgenblatt, No. 305/1875 (4th year), November 4, 1875, p. 9 (unpaginated), column 1. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / iwe.
  11. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) Autumn trotting. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 5062/1874, September 30, 1878, p. 2, column 2. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  12. ↑ Vienna Direct Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  13. ↑ Sports. In:  Militär-Zeitung , No. 86/1879 (XXXII. Year), October 25, 1879, p. 680 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / mil.
  14. ↑ Vienna Trotting Association. (...) We come now (...) to the seventh motion, concerning the trotting derby. In:  Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung. Weekly for all branches of sport , year 1882, No. 8/1882 (III. Year), p. 132, column 1 ff. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / asz.
  15. ↑ Changing of the guard in the Krieau: Truzla succeeds Gaal as president of the harness racing club . Article from January 20, 2017, accessed on July 3, 2018.
  16. ↑ a b orf.at: Trabrennbahn Krieau sold . Article dated July 3, 2018, accessed July 3, 2018.
  17. ^ Wiener Trabrennverein: History . Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  18. ↑ Result of the architectural competition to /www.meinbezirk.at, accessed on February 15, 2015
  19. ↑ Viertel Zwei Plus on www.gat.st, accessed on February 15, 2015

Remarks

  1. ↑ Until well into the 20th century, the year 1873 was assumed for anniversary publications. - See: literature .
  2. ↑ On May 26, 1874, in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I , the first prize- riding of the Society for the Awards of Well-Trained Campagne Horses and the Society for the Awards for Good Campagne Riders (President: Nicolaus Török von Szendrő , 1812-1884) took place from which the court bought the second ranked maneuver horse in favor of Crown Prince Rudolf . - See: Price Riding in the Krieau. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 3502/1874, May 27, 1874, p. 5, column 3. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 38.9 ″  N , 16 ° 24 ′ 50.6 ″  E