Schlagwort: 1210wien

Attentive walkers along the Danube in Vienna know the boats with fishing nets mounted on cranes from spring/summer, the so-called Daubeln. This is a fishing method that dates back to a decree of Maria Theresia in the 18th century, in which approx. 5x5m nets are lowered to the bottom of the water with cranks or cranes.

After a few minutes, the net is pulled up, hoping to catch a fish that is swimming above the net. This allows for gentle fishing, where fish that are too small or species that are in closed season can be released back into the water unharmed.

Daubel huts are usually passed down from generation to generation, and places are scarce. Walleye, catfish, carp, pike, tolstolob and amur are fished. In addition to the Danube, this type of fishing is also common in Austria on the Thaya and March rivers.

Completed in 1933, Karl-Seitz-Hof in the Jedlesee district of Floridsdorf is considered one of the most architecturally significant municipal buildings in the city of Vienna. Hubert Gessner built the complex in typical superblock construction with a striking central front, a multitude of inner courtyards and staggered towers.

Originally designed as the „Garden City Jedlesee“ with more than 2,500 apartments (today around 1,700), the complex was also the scene of the civil war in February 1934 and was named in 1951 after Vienna’s mayor and first Austrian head of state Karl Seitz, to whom the central monument in the cour d’honneur is also dedicated.

The water tower in Vienna-Floridsdorf is part of the tractor factory built in 1905 by industrialists Nathaniel Clayton and Josef Shuttleworth. Agricultural machinery was produced at the factory site until 1944 but the plant was then severely damaged by 2 bomb hits in 1944/45 and taken over by Elin-Union in 1968.

Besides the landmark water tower, only the former machine magazine from 1913 (now used as a coworking space „creativ cluster Floridsdorf“) reminds of the industrial plant today.