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4 Grinzing
% Heiligenstadt. @ 38A. v 38.
Grinzing is the most famous
Heuriger village (see pp188–9),
but it is also the most touristy,
with many of the inns here
catering to very large groups.
It is nonetheless very pretty.
It is divided into the Oberer
Ort and Unterer Ort (upper and
lower towns), the lower town
being where you will find more The peach- and salmon-coloured façade of the Karl-Marx-Hof
authentic Heurigen along lanes
such as Sandgasse. astonishing Verduner Altar, (see p38), when 63,000 new
Grinzing was repeatedly whose 51 panels were dwellings went up across the
attacked by Turkish troops completed in 1181 city between 1919 and 1934.
during the many sieges (see p25). In the 18th The architect of the Karl-Marx-
of Vienna (see pp28–9), and century it was Hof was Karl Ehn, a pupil of
was later damaged by expanded by Karl VI, Otto Wagner (see pp56–9).
Napoleon’s forces in who inten ded to
1809 (see p32). build a complex on
the same grand scale as 8 Donaupark
the Escorial palace near
5 Kahlenberg Madrid. The work % Kaisermühlen. @ 20B. Open 24
hours. Donauturm: Tel 4000 8042.
was halted after his
@ 38A. Open 10am–11:30pm daily. 7
death in 1740.
Kahlenberg, at 484 m Statue in Grinzing Adjoining UNO-City (see p39),
(1,585 ft), is the highest point the complex of United Nations
in the Vienna Woods (see 7 Karl-Marx-Hof agencies, is the Donaupark.
pp178–9). It has a television Heiligenstädterstrasse 82–92, Döbling. Developed in 1964, the park
mast at the top, as well as a % Heiligenstadt. v D. Closed to the features a variety of beautiful
church, an observation terrace public. gardens, cycle lanes and cafés.
and a restaurant. The views Its landmark is the Donauturm,
over the vineyards below The Karl-Marx-Hof, dating from which rises 252 m (827 ft)
and the city beyond are 1927 to 1930, is an immense above the park and has two
fabulous, with the Danube social housing project, containing revolving restaurants and an
bridges to the left and the 1,382 flats. It is the most observation platform. The park
Vienna Woods to the right. celebrated of the municipal and the surrounding area are
The Kahlenberg played a housing developments built incorporated into Donau City,
crucial part in the city’s history during the period of Red Vienna a vast urban project.
in 1683, when the Polish king,
Jan Sobieski, led his troops
down from this spot to rescue
the Viennese forces who were
fighting for the city.
6 Klosterneuburg
Stift Klosterneuburg. Tel 022434110.
% Heiligenstadt. < Franz-Josefs-
Bahnhof to Klosterneuburg-Kierling.
@ 238, 239. Open 9am–5pm
daily. 8 Daily tours include the
Monastery Museum and Imperial
Apartments. & ∑ stift-
klosterneuburg.at
Above the Danube, 13 km
(8 miles) north of Vienna,
stands the vast monastery
and fortress of Klosterneuburg.
Dating originally from the
12th century, it houses the The Klosterneuburg monastery with its Baroque dome

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