Don Quijote de Viena
Wien, 22. Bezirk (the art of very historic public gardens not far away from downtown Vienna if you take the underground train), Donaupark in springtime
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Danube Park
Danube Park with Danube Tower
Map of the Danube Park
The Danube Park is a park of 800,000 m² in area in the 22nd District of Vienna Danube city (Donaustadt).
Location
The Danube Park is conveniently located between the Wagramerstraße, the settlement Bruckhaufen, the Arbeitertrandbadstraße and the Hubertusdamm. Immediately adjacent to the originally extending to the Wagramerstraße Danube Park are the UN headquarters with the Vienna International Centre and the Austria Center Vienna, more to the south of which the Danube City and to it the Copa Copana with the Danube island to the New Danube terminating. In the north the Danube Park with the beach resorts along the Alte Donau (the old one) finds its borders.
History
Irislake
Butterfly meadow, in the background the "UNO City"
Between 1871 and 1945 existed here the firing range Kagran for target practices of the military. During the Nazi period it was also used for numerous executions. It occupied a large area of today's Danube Park. In the north, near the Chinese restaurant, there is a plaque to the victims, which on 5 November 1984 was unveiled. Every year around 27 October a memorial service takes place.
By 1960, large parts of the territory of present-day Danube Park were used as landfill. To use the area after refurbishment as a recreational area was an obvious choice, since it is only 4 km air- line distance away from the city center and close to the main traffic artery to the Reichsbrücke. The City of Vienna decided in conjunction with an International Garden Show the establishment of the park. With the overall planning the former city garden director Ing. Alfred Auer was commissioned.
On 16 April 1964 the Danube Park together with the Danube Tower at the occasion of the Vienna International Garden Show (WIG 64) was opened. The Danube Park Hall was built, too. A now defunct chairlift served then to transport visitors to the exhibition. In addition, a floating stage was created and there was a own cinema. The area also was referred to as TIG grounds and later old TIG (in contrast to the WIG 74 in the park Oberlaa). Today, only few remains of the elaborate park furniture of the 1960s among the trees can bee seen.
1983 celebrated Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the Catholic Congress on a close to the Danube Tower located part, later called Papstwiese (Pope meadow), with a size of approximately 20 hectares, of the Danube Park a Holy Mass, which was attended by around 300,000 believers. For this purpose, the so-called Papal cross was erected, which remained as a temporary arrangement and in 2011 was renovated
1993 the by an old stock of silver poplars lined Irislake was renatured. During the construction of the Danube City thereby also the much needed further renovation of the areas of former landfill has been made.
Infrastructure
Train of the Donauparkbahn
The Danube Park is easily accessible by public transport, by bicycle and by car. With the U1 line of the stations Alte Donau or Kaisermuehlen/VIC or with the bus routes 20B, 90A, 91A and 92A. The Danube Park is well connected to the Vienna's cycle paths. Over the Reichsbrücke (bridge) and the Brigittenauer Brücke the park can also be reached by car. Directly at the Danube tower there is a small parking area, there are larger parking spaces along the Arbeiterstrandbadstraße, the largest being at the junction with the Danube Tower Road (Donauturmstraße).
The range of recreational activities in the park is diverse. There are playgrounds, skate parks and public tennis courts. With the Danube Park Railway, a miniature railway with 381 mm track gauge, you can take a 3.3-mile round trip through the park. On the stage Danube Park in the summer months concerts are offered with free admission, organized by the cultural association Danube city.
Sights
View to Danube Tower
Danube Tower
Memorial plaque to the victims of Nazi military justice 1938-1945
Monuments to Salvador Allende, José Martí, José de San Martín, Simón Bolívar, Che Guevara, José Gervasio Artigas and to the composer Üzeyir Hacıbəyov
Several sculptures
Memorial stone for Paracelsus
Papal cross
Danube parking orbit
Leherb Mosaic
Korean Cultural Centre
China Sichuan Restaurant with Chinese Garden
Salvador Allende
José Martí
José de San Martín
Simón Bolívar
Che Guevara
Üzeyir Hacıbəyov
Mosaic "In the Café" by Leherb
The papal cross
An abstract sculpture
Sculptural group "The Golden Calf" by Karl Anton Wolf
Korean Cultural Centre at Irislake
Wien, 22. Bezirk (the art of very historic public gardens not far away from downtown Vienna if you take the underground train), Donaupark in springtime
(further pictures or information you can get by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
Danube Park
Danube Park with Danube Tower
Map of the Danube Park
The Danube Park is a park of 800,000 m² in area in the 22nd District of Vienna Danube city (Donaustadt).
Location
The Danube Park is conveniently located between the Wagramerstraße, the settlement Bruckhaufen, the Arbeitertrandbadstraße and the Hubertusdamm. Immediately adjacent to the originally extending to the Wagramerstraße Danube Park are the UN headquarters with the Vienna International Centre and the Austria Center Vienna, more to the south of which the Danube City and to it the Copa Copana with the Danube island to the New Danube terminating. In the north the Danube Park with the beach resorts along the Alte Donau (the old one) finds its borders.
History
Irislake
Butterfly meadow, in the background the "UNO City"
Between 1871 and 1945 existed here the firing range Kagran for target practices of the military. During the Nazi period it was also used for numerous executions. It occupied a large area of today's Danube Park. In the north, near the Chinese restaurant, there is a plaque to the victims, which on 5 November 1984 was unveiled. Every year around 27 October a memorial service takes place.
By 1960, large parts of the territory of present-day Danube Park were used as landfill. To use the area after refurbishment as a recreational area was an obvious choice, since it is only 4 km air- line distance away from the city center and close to the main traffic artery to the Reichsbrücke. The City of Vienna decided in conjunction with an International Garden Show the establishment of the park. With the overall planning the former city garden director Ing. Alfred Auer was commissioned.
On 16 April 1964 the Danube Park together with the Danube Tower at the occasion of the Vienna International Garden Show (WIG 64) was opened. The Danube Park Hall was built, too. A now defunct chairlift served then to transport visitors to the exhibition. In addition, a floating stage was created and there was a own cinema. The area also was referred to as TIG grounds and later old TIG (in contrast to the WIG 74 in the park Oberlaa). Today, only few remains of the elaborate park furniture of the 1960s among the trees can bee seen.
1983 celebrated Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the Catholic Congress on a close to the Danube Tower located part, later called Papstwiese (Pope meadow), with a size of approximately 20 hectares, of the Danube Park a Holy Mass, which was attended by around 300,000 believers. For this purpose, the so-called Papal cross was erected, which remained as a temporary arrangement and in 2011 was renovated
1993 the by an old stock of silver poplars lined Irislake was renatured. During the construction of the Danube City thereby also the much needed further renovation of the areas of former landfill has been made.
Infrastructure
Train of the Donauparkbahn
The Danube Park is easily accessible by public transport, by bicycle and by car. With the U1 line of the stations Alte Donau or Kaisermuehlen/VIC or with the bus routes 20B, 90A, 91A and 92A. The Danube Park is well connected to the Vienna's cycle paths. Over the Reichsbrücke (bridge) and the Brigittenauer Brücke the park can also be reached by car. Directly at the Danube tower there is a small parking area, there are larger parking spaces along the Arbeiterstrandbadstraße, the largest being at the junction with the Danube Tower Road (Donauturmstraße).
The range of recreational activities in the park is diverse. There are playgrounds, skate parks and public tennis courts. With the Danube Park Railway, a miniature railway with 381 mm track gauge, you can take a 3.3-mile round trip through the park. On the stage Danube Park in the summer months concerts are offered with free admission, organized by the cultural association Danube city.
Sights
View to Danube Tower
Danube Tower
Memorial plaque to the victims of Nazi military justice 1938-1945
Monuments to Salvador Allende, José Martí, José de San Martín, Simón Bolívar, Che Guevara, José Gervasio Artigas and to the composer Üzeyir Hacıbəyov
Several sculptures
Memorial stone for Paracelsus
Papal cross
Danube parking orbit
Leherb Mosaic
Korean Cultural Centre
China Sichuan Restaurant with Chinese Garden
Salvador Allende
José Martí
José de San Martín
Simón Bolívar
Che Guevara
Üzeyir Hacıbəyov
Mosaic "In the Café" by Leherb
The papal cross
An abstract sculpture
Sculptural group "The Golden Calf" by Karl Anton Wolf
Korean Cultural Centre at Irislake