The Maria Josefa Park was built in 1903/04 near the Southern Railroad Station, between the newly constructed Armoury and the old Belvedere Palace.
July 22, 2006 (Press Release) --
Schweizer Garten
The Maria Josefa Park was built in 1903/04 near the Southern Railroad Station, between the newly constructed Armoury and the old Belvedere Palace. It covers 11,4 hectares and has been redesigned on several occasions; today a road runs through it. In days gone by, this was a railway stockyard, today the park appeals to visitors because of its surprising differences in altitude. To this day, remnants can be seen of the wall that was demolished to expand the city's districts and ring-road. In keeping with the fashion of the day, the park is laid out as a landscaped English garden, with streams, ponds, a rose garden, a restaurant and a municipal outdoor pool for children. After the end of the First World War, Maria Josefa Park was renamed Schweizer Garten. In addition to the other works of art distributed throughout the park, an installation by the famous Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay is located near the 20er Haus, the former Museum of Modern Art.
Kurpark Oberlaa
"From wilderness to a new recreation area for southern Vienna" was the motto of the second Vienna International Garden Show in 1974. The garden show gave the Viennese authorities the unique opportunity of creating a large green area adjoining the gardens of Oberlaa health resort. Thermal sulphur springs were discovered in Oberlaa back in the eighteenth century. Visitors can now "take the waters" at the heart of an extensive park.
The 74 Garden Show was designed by a team of international landscape gardeners led by Frankfurt garden planner Erich Hanke and was an enormous collection of show gardens laid out in an extensive park landscape. Exotic, modern, nostalgic and droll concepts were realized, gardens for children and for old people. The central theme was undulating, meandering paths and lines, based in some areas on the circle. Today the area is a major recreation area for residents in the surrounding districts. The famous Oberlaa café and its cake shop are particularly popular attractions.
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The Maria Josefa Park was built in 1903/04 near the Southern Railroad Station, between the newly constructed Armoury and the old Belvedere Palace. It covers 11,4 hectares and has been redesigned on several occasions; today a road runs through it. In days gone by, this was a railway stockyard, today the park appeals to visitors because of its surprising differences in altitude. To this day, remnants can be seen of the wall that was demolished to expand the city's districts and ring-road. In keeping with the fashion of the day, the park is laid out as a landscaped English garden, with streams, ponds, a rose garden, a restaurant and a municipal outdoor pool for children. After the end of the First World War, Maria Josefa Park was renamed Schweizer Garten. In addition to the other works of art distributed throughout the park, an installation by the famous Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay is located near the 20er Haus, the former Museum of Modern Art.
Kurpark Oberlaa
"From wilderness to a new recreation area for southern Vienna" was the motto of the second Vienna International Garden Show in 1974. The garden show gave the Viennese authorities the unique opportunity of creating a large green area adjoining the gardens of Oberlaa health resort. Thermal sulphur springs were discovered in Oberlaa back in the eighteenth century. Visitors can now "take the waters" at the heart of an extensive park.
The 74 Garden Show was designed by a team of international landscape gardeners led by Frankfurt garden planner Erich Hanke and was an enormous collection of show gardens laid out in an extensive park landscape. Exotic, modern, nostalgic and droll concepts were realized, gardens for children and for old people. The central theme was undulating, meandering paths and lines, based in some areas on the circle. Today the area is a major recreation area for residents in the surrounding districts. The famous Oberlaa café and its cake shop are particularly popular attractions.
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