Weghuberpark

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Weghuberpark in Vienna 7

The Weghuberpark is a park in the 7th district of Vienna construction .

history

The Viennese coffee maker Albert Weghuber built a coffee house in 1840 on what is now the park. When the company under his son Albert Weghuber jun. It went bankrupt in 1865, the city of Vienna bought parts of the complex and converted it into a park. In 1887 parts of the park gave way to the construction of the Volkstheater . When the facility was expanded by Albert Weghuber Jr., who expanded the coffee house into an event facility with green spaces, he also had a children's playground built, which is considered a particularly early example of one.

After the Second World War , temporary buildings to accommodate the UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) were erected on the Weghuberpark area, supplemented by the space that had become available due to the demolition of parts of the building of the adjacent Palais Trautson UNIDO were used in the newly created UNO-City 1979/80. In 1981 the Weghuberpark was able to reopen. In the course of the construction work on the underground lines U2 and U3 , several adaptations were made. The park underwent another redesign in 2004, and it was handed over to its destination in 2005. Most recently, the playground was made barrier-free and adapted for children with special needs in 2018.

investment

The Weghuberpark is around 8,900 square meters, consisting of a 238 square meter dog zone and 73 square meters of standing water. Three drinking fountains and an ornamental fountain adorn the park.

The park has a play tower , a swing , a basket swing and a small slope swing for children. There is also a ball playground with soccer goals , basketball hoops and the opportunity to play volleyball and bocce .

A large wheelchair-accessible carousel and a wheelchair-accessible sand play table enable children with special needs to experience different senses. The sandpit (a sand play table ) can be driven under with the wheelchair. There is a turntable and a sounding disc along the barrier-free path.

Monuments

The monument to Ferdinand Raimund . The stone monument was erected by the artist Franz Vogl .

Ferdinand Raimund Monument

The monument to Ferdinand Raimund is at the intersection of Neustiftgasse, corner Museumstraße, on the side facade of the Volkstheater . The original location was in front of the Volkstheater, in 1938 it was moved to Weghuberpark and repaired in 1947 after war damage. The monument was donated by the Ferdinand Raimund Monument Committee and taken over into the care of the City of Vienna by Mayor Karl Lueger . The stone monument was erected by the artist Franz Vogl . The memorial depicts the poet sitting on a bench, with pillars with bowls on either side.

The monument to Anton Wildgans. The monument was erected in 1982 by the artist Ferdinand Welz as a metal portrait bust on a base.

Anton Wild Goose Monument

The monument to Anton Wildgans is at the intersection of Museumsstrasse and Lerchenfelder Strasse. The monument itself is at the entrance to Lerchenfelder Strasse.

The monument was erected in 1982 by the artist Ferdinand Welz as a metal portrait bust on a base. The construction was commissioned by the Anton Wild Goose Society on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death.

György Bessenyei monument

The bronze bust by the artist Tamás Fekete shows the guard officer and writer György Bessenyei and has been in Weghuber Park since 1997.

Memorial stone for Viennese help for Hungary 1956

The monument was unveiled in 2007 by the then mayors of Budapest, Gabor Demszky , and Vienna, Michael Häupl , to commemorate the “selfless help of the Viennese population after the revolution and Hungary's struggle for freedom in 1956 ”.

Web links

Commons : Weghuberpark  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Peter Autengruber: Parks and Gardens in Vienna . Promedia, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85371-281-8 , p. 86-87 .
  2. ↑ Wojciech Băluş: Krakow between traditions and paths to modernity. On the history of architecture and public green spaces in the 19th century . Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08344-8 , pp. 114 .
  3. ↑ Trautsonpalais (7) - Vienna History Wiki. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b ktv_creitmayr: Weghuberpark in new building - location and description. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
  5. ^ Vienna cultural property. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
  6. ^ Vienna cultural property. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Vienna City Administration: György Bessenyei - monument, work of art in public space. In: wien.gv.at. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
  8. ^ RK: Memorial stone commemorates Vienna's aid to Hungary in 1956. In: wien.gv.at. November 15, 2007, accessed November 30, 2019 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 22.5 ″  N , 16 ° 21 ′ 20.7 ″  E