Schlagwort: 1020wien

Ich wünsche euch allen frohe Weihnachten und eine friedliche Zeit!
Wish you all Merry Christmas and a peacefull time!
Je vous souhaite à tous un joyeux Noël et une période de paix!
Auguro a tutti voi un buon Natale e un periodo di pace!
Les deseo a todos una Feliz Navidad y mucha paz.
Życzę Wam wszystkim Wesołych Świąt i spokojnego czasu!
Desejo-vos a todos um Feliz Natal e um tempo de paz!
Prajem vám všetkým veselé Vianoce a pokojný čas!
Я желаю всем вам счастливого Рождества и мирного времени!
Бажаю всім щасливого Різдва та мирного відпочинку!
Saya mengucapkan Selamat Natal dan waktu yang damai bagi Anda semua!
Ik wens jullie allemaal fijne kerstdagen en een vredige tijd!
मैं आप सभी को मेरी क्रिसमस और एक शांतिपूर्ण समय की कामना करता हूं!
メリークリスマスと平和な時間をお祈りします！
أتمنى لكم جميعًا عيد ميلاد سعيدًا ووقتًا هادئًا!

The Roman Catholic pilgrimage church Maria Grün in the Prater near the Lusthaus from 1924 was built as a continuation of a forest devotion for school children of a nearby elementary school located there. Maria Grün refers to the image of Mary with the Child sitting in the Prater meadows above the main altar.

Lively pilgrimages were abruptly interrupted by WWII and the church was also severely damaged. After reconstruction and renovation in 2009 the simple church building with portal house and sacristy annex together with a small chapel and a popular Stations of the Cross with representation of the Holy Sepulchre (= a structural imitation of the rotunda in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem) can be seen.

Since 2000, the site has also been the seat of the AIDS chaplaincy of the Archdiocese of Vienna, with a memorial for deceased HIV-infected persons.

On the site of the historic Lusthaus in Leopoldstadt, on the axis of the Prater Hauptallee next to the Freudenau, there was already a hunting lodge in the mid-16th century, which was rebuilt by Isidore Canevale in 1766 when the Vienna Prater was opened to the public. In the 19th century, the 8-cornered central building became a popular meeting place for Prater visitors. After a bomb hit during WW II, it was rebuilt in a somewhat simplified form in 1949.

The round hall on the ground floor is today used as a cafe-restaurant and shows representations of gods and heroes of Greek mythology. On the first floor there is a richly decorated hunting hall with a Diana cycle.

Isidore Canevale, an Austrian architect of French origin, was also responsible for the (recently reopened) Josephinum, the so-called Narrenturm and the striking entrance gate of the Augarten.

The 140m high Marina Tower by Zechner & Zechner in the 2nd district near the Prater Bridge is an example of the residential buildings that have been built in recent years at the juncture between the Inner City and the Danube. The 41 floors with aprox. 500 apartments have leisure facilities, stores, a kindergarten and a subway connection.

Directly opposite, accessible via the publicly accessible marina deck, is the marina yacht harbor, built in 2000, consisting of 2 harbor basins with around 200 boat berths for boats up to around 14m in length and a motorboat driving school, workshops and a restaurant with a view at the Danube.

The 8.5 km long street in between, the Handelskai, along the right bank of the Danube, is one of the longest streets in Vienna. Almost the entire length runs parallel to the Danube embankment railroad, which was built following the regulation of the Danube in 1875 and connects the Franz-Josefs-Bahn with the Ostbahn and the port of Freudenau.

The Augarten Porcelain Manufactory was re-established in 1923 as a continuation of the Imperial and Royal Porcelain Manufactory closed in 1864. Porzellanmanufaktur closed in 1864 and was reestablished in 1923. Today the building houses a store and a museum where the history of porcelain production in Vienna, beginning with a patent granted by Emperor Charles VI in 1718, is shown.

Furthermore, the method of production, the partly historical decorations and outstanding objects of the product range of different style epochs are presented.

The Allied Courtyard, built in 1897 for the textile industrialist Julius Leon von Wernburg, replaced the building „Zu den drei Allierten“ („To the Three Allies“) that had been there before. The name refers to the ceremonial entry of the 3 emperors Franz I, Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and the Russian Tsar Alexander I on the occasion of the opening of the Congress of Vienna on September 25, 1814 in Vienna. As a reminder, on the 1st floor you can still see the clearly visible relief of the allied rulers.

The building – erected by Ludwig Tischler, a busy architect in Vienna – impresses with its strikingly structured facade in the form of bay windows and balconies. An originally existing dome – today indicated by a metal construction – and the prominent location make the Alliiertenhof a real eye-catcher in Leopoldstadt.