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... the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, Vienna.
The name Schönbrunn (meaning “beautiful spring”) has its roots in an artesian well from which water was consumed by the court.
The 1,441-room Rococo palace is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historic monuments in the country.
The history of the palace and its vast gardens spans over 300 years, reflecting the changing tastes, interests, and aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs.
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Tiergarten Schönbrunn
"Tiergarten Schönbrunn – Schönbrunn Zoo – was established by the Habsburgs in the park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna’s 13th district of Hietzing in 1752 and is today the world’s oldest zoo that is still in operation." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiergarten_Sch%C3%B6nbrunn
Mhorr gazelles (Nanger dama mhorr) in the Schönbrunn Zoo
This subsecies of the dama gazelle (Nanger dama) is extinct in the wild, but has survived in captivitiy thanks to breeding programs in several zoos.
The Imperial Pavilion in the Schönbrunn Zoo
"Tiergarten Schönbrunn – Schönbrunn Zoo – was established by the Habsburgs in the park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna’s 13th district of Hietzing in 1752 and is today the world’s oldest zoo that is still in operation." The Imperial Pavilion is its historic centre.
Buschwindröschen
Anemone nemorosa
I took this photo in the wooded part of Schönbrunn Zoo, where I looked in vain for the Arctic Wolf. Instead, I found lots of these little flowers.
Picture taken from the bridge Kennedybrücke
You can see the River Wien here, whose source is in the Vienna Woods. This is a type of river that, as harmless as it looks in normal circumstances, can cause flood disasters in urban areas during heavy rainfall. So the fortification in which it was embedded about 120 years ago had its good reasons. At the same time, a section of Wiener Stadtbahn was built here, which is now used by underground line 4. The whole thing was planned by the Art Nouveau architect Otto Wagner.
You can also see a U4 train going towards Hütteldorf, from where you can take pleasant walks in the Vienna Woods. The building with the tower is the administrative building for the 13th and 14th districts. The river Wien is the border between the 13th district Hietzing on the left and the 14th district Penzing on the right.
Pelecanus crispus
Well coiffed and with orange throat pouch and breeding plumage | Gut frisiert und mit orangefarbenem Kehlsack und Prachtkleid
I took this picture during this afternoon's after work stroll. My working place isn't far from here.
Neptune Fountain, with Gloriette in the background
The garden axis points towards a 60-metre-high (200 ft) hill, which since 1775 has been crowned by the Gloriette structure.
Maria Theresa decided the Gloriette should be designed to glorify Habsburg power and the Just War (a war that would be carried out of "necessity" and lead to peace), and thereby ordered the builders to recycle "otherwise useless stone" which was left from the near demolition of Schloss Neugebäude.
Schloss Schönbrunn was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, the 13th district of Vienna. The name Schönbrunn (meaning "beautiful spring") has its roots in an artesian well from which the court consumed water.
The 1,441-room Baroque palace is one of the country's most important architectural, cultural, and historic monuments. The history of the palace and its vast gardens spans over 300 years, reflecting the changing tastes, interests, and aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs. It has been a major tourist attraction since the mid-1950s.[
"Little Sparkling Wine House"
Cosy bar in the Altgasse in Hietzing, the 13th district of Vienna, currently closed because of the coronavirus lockdown
The production period of this famous car was from 1934 to 1957. It was conceived by the constructor André Lefèbvre and the designer Flaminio Bertoni, who also created the successor model, the no less famous Citroën DS (production period 1955 - 1975).
Picture taken from the bridge Kennedybrücke
You can see the river Wien here, whose source is in the Vienna Woods. This is a type of river that, as harmless as it looks in normal circumstances, can cause flood disasters in urban areas during heavy rainfall. So the fortification in which it was embedded about 120 years ago had its good reasons. At the same time, a section of Wiener Stadtbahn was built here, which is now used by underground line 4. The whole thing was planned by the Art Nouveau architect Otto Wagner.
You can also see a U4 train going towards Hütteldorf, from where you can take pleasant walks in the Vienna Woods. The building with the tower is the administrative building for the 13th and 14th districts. The river Wien is the border between the 13th district Hietzing on the left and the 14th district Penzing on the right.
Heute Nachmittag von der Kennedybrücke aus fotografiert
Rechts im Bild seht Ihr die Wien, die zumeist Wienfluss genannt wird. Sie entspringt im Wienerwald, hat alpinen Charakter und gilt als Wildwasser. Da der Sandsteinboden in ihrem Einzugsgebiet "Niederschläge und Schmelzwasser nicht oder nur unzureichend aufnehmen" kann, und "das Gefälle des Wienflusses zu Beginn recht hoch" ist, "kann bei starken Regenfällen die Wassermenge des Wienflusses innerhalb kurzer Zeit stark anschwellen. [...] Bei Hochwasser führt der Wienfluss bis zu 450.000 Liter Wasser pro Sekunde, normalerweise jedoch nur 200, ein Verhältnis von über 2000:1."* Deshalb gab es bis zur Fertigstellung der Flussregulierung im Jahr 1899 im städtischen Bereich, also z.B. auch in dem hier im Bild, ca. alle vier Jahre verheerende Überschwemmungen.**
Im Zuge der Flussregulierung wurde im Stadtgebiet ein tiefes Betonbett für den Wienfluss geschaffen. "Dies geschah gleichzeitig mit dem Bau der Wientallinie der Wiener Stadtbahn"*, deren architektonischer Gestalter Otto Wagner war. Diese Linie wird nun von der U4 genutzt, wie auch hier im Bild zu sehen ist.
Der Wienfluss ist hier die Grenze zwischen dem 14. Wiener Bezirk Penzing (rechts) und dem 13. Bezirk Hietzing (links). Links hinten seht Ihr das Amtshaus für beide Bezirke.
* de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wien_(Fluss)
European seabass
Europäischer Wolfsbarsch
Dicentrarchus labrax
Predatory sea fish, which themselves are very tasty. They should not look so grumpy, because where they are, namely in an aquarium at the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, they have a life expectancy of up to thirty years, while their life expectancy in the fishing grounds of the world's oceans is minimal.
Tiergarten Schönbrunn
"Tiergarten Schönbrunn – Schönbrunn Zoo – was established by the Habsburgs in the park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna’s 13th district of Hietzing in 1752 and is today the world’s oldest zoo that is still in operation." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiergarten_Sch%c3%b6nbrunn
The source of the river Wien is in the Vienna woods. This is a type of river that, as harmless as it looks in normal circumstances, can cause flood disasters in urban areas during heavy rainfall.
"The Wien is subject to huge variations in flow. In its headwaters in the Vienna Woods, the soil is underlain by sandstone. Because of this, during heavy rain the soil quickly saturates, resulting in substantial runoff. Thus, the flow of the Wien can quickly increase from a creek-like 200 litres per second (7.1 cu ft/s) to 450,000 litres per second (16,000 cu ft/s) in the heaviest rains or during the spring snowmelt in the Vienna Woods, a ratio of over 1:2000."*
So the fortification in which it was embedded about 120 years ago had its good reasons. At the same time, a section of Wiener Stadtbahn was built here, which is now used by underground line 4. The whole thing was planned by the Art Nouveau architect Otto Wagner.
The building with the tower is the administrative building for the 13th and 14th districts. The river Wien is the border between the 13th district Hietzing on the left and the 14th district Penzing on the right.
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wien_(river)
Hirschziegenantilopen, Schwarzböcke
Antilope cervicapra
Tiergarten Schönbrunn (Vienna Zoo)
The blackbuck is an antelope native to India and Nepal. Male adults are dark brown to black on the back and the outside of the legs, while the rest is white, hence the name of the species. Females and juveniles, on the other hand, are tan and white. The helically coiled horns are only worn by males.
You can see males and females in this herd, but obviously not a single male adult.
Palefin Unicornfish
Langnasen-Doktorfisch
Naso brevirostris
Tiergarten Schönbrunn | Schönbrunn Zoo
Palefin unicornfishes belong to the family of surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae), which "have scalpel-like modified scales, one or more on either side of the peduncle of the tail. The spines are dangerously sharp and may seriously injure anyone who carelessly handles such a fish." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthuridae
For this reason, it's also better not to make fun of their long noses;-)
Triel
Burhinus oedicnemus
Tiergarten Schönbrunn (Vienna Zoo)
"The large eyes of Eurasian thick-knees reveal that these birds are active during twilight and at night. During the day they typically lie flat on the ground or stand motionless - well camouflaged by their cryptic plumage coloration. When threatened they tend to duck down and retreat slowly or escape at full speed." (Information board in the zoo)
"The Eurasian stone curlew occurs throughout Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia. It is a summer migrant in the more temperate European and Asian parts of its range, wintering in Africa. [...] Food consists of insects and other small invertebrates, and occasionally small reptiles, frogs and rodents." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_stone-curlew
When the sun came out, this cold Easter Monday was even more pleasant than by just warming up with mulled wine...
Parish Church Breitensee (Side Altar)
The Roman Catholic parish church of Breitensee is consecrated to Saint Laurentius. Breitensee is a subdistrict of Hietzing, Vienna's 14th district.
The Breitensee parish church was built in the neo-Gothic style from 1896 to 1898 according to plans by the Breitensee master builder Ludwig Zatzka and consecrated on 8 October 1898 in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
Johnstraße in Rudolfsheim in the 15th district of Vienna, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. We're looking down to the Wien river valley, and on the other side of the valley we see Schönbrunn Palace and Gloriette, located in Hietzing, the 13th district. The lowest part of Johnstraße belongs to Penzing, the 14th district.
There my working place is located. I took this picture during today's after work photo stroll at 5.40 pm.
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
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Hooded crow
Nebelkrähe
Corvus cornix