Hochstrahlbrunnen
The Hochstrahlbrunnen on the Schwarzenbergplatz in Vienna is a large fountain, which "was built to celebrate the construction of the first water pipeline from the Styrian alps to Vienna in 1873. In the decades before, the water supplies from various springs in the Vienna Woods and through the Wien River had proved to be insufficient for the ever-increasing population of Vienna.
[...] The pipeline was a major breakthrough for the modernisation of Vienna that took place in the second half of the 19th century [...]. Ever since 1873, the Viennese are very proud of their Alpine spring-water from the tap." Vienna's tap water is indeed highly palatable and possibly the best tap water in the world.
"When the project was finished, the engineer Anton Gabrielli - who ran the building company in charge with the construction of the pipeline - donated the considerable sum of 200,000 Kronen to construct the Hochstrahlbrunnen. Some 20 years later, an even higher sum was donated to illuminate the fountain artificially - in 1906, a remarkable attraction for the Viennese. Today, the Hochstrahlbrunnen is still lit up at night, shining in blue, red and green." www.tourmycountry.com/austria/hochstrahlbrunnen-fountain.htm
Deutschsprachige Informationen zum Hochstrahlbrunnen in Wien findet Ihr hier: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochstrahlbrunnen
Hochstrahlbrunnen
The Hochstrahlbrunnen on the Schwarzenbergplatz in Vienna is a large fountain, which "was built to celebrate the construction of the first water pipeline from the Styrian alps to Vienna in 1873. In the decades before, the water supplies from various springs in the Vienna Woods and through the Wien River had proved to be insufficient for the ever-increasing population of Vienna.
[...] The pipeline was a major breakthrough for the modernisation of Vienna that took place in the second half of the 19th century [...]. Ever since 1873, the Viennese are very proud of their Alpine spring-water from the tap." Vienna's tap water is indeed highly palatable and possibly the best tap water in the world.
"When the project was finished, the engineer Anton Gabrielli - who ran the building company in charge with the construction of the pipeline - donated the considerable sum of 200,000 Kronen to construct the Hochstrahlbrunnen. Some 20 years later, an even higher sum was donated to illuminate the fountain artificially - in 1906, a remarkable attraction for the Viennese. Today, the Hochstrahlbrunnen is still lit up at night, shining in blue, red and green." www.tourmycountry.com/austria/hochstrahlbrunnen-fountain.htm
Deutschsprachige Informationen zum Hochstrahlbrunnen in Wien findet Ihr hier: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochstrahlbrunnen