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A 90-Minute Walk Around Hietzing was executed in 1867 9.
Nearby is a Neo-Classical
The former village of Hietzing runs along the western edge building housing the
of the extensive grounds of Schönbrunn Palace (see pp174–7). Bezirksmuseum Hietzing 0;
In Maria Theresa’s time this was a fashionable area where the outside it is Vienna’s last
nobility spent their summers; later it became a suburb for the gas lamp.
wealthy middle classes. The quiet streets contain a marvellous Trauttmansdorffgasse and
mix of Biedermeier and Jugendstil villas, while the square around Gloriettegasse
the parish church retains an intimate small-town atmosphere. Turn left into Maxingstrasse,
named after Maximilian, then o Detail from the majolica façade of the Lebkuchenhaus
right into Altgasse. Almost
the railings are long avenues of facing Fasholdgasse is an old road, at No. 27 is a house belonged to Katharina Schratt,
trees at the side of Schönbrunn Heuriger, a Biedermeier building where the composer Alban an actress and confidante of
4. Just across the road is the with ochre walls q. Berg (see p41) once lived e. Emperor Franz Joseph during
Park Hotel, its ochre façade Nos. 48 and 50 are contrasting his later years. It is said that the
echoing that of the palace 5 Façade of the Park Hotel examples of Viennese turn-of- Emperor was in the habit of
buildings 5. Facing it is the the-century architecture r. arriving here for breakfast p.
Kaiserstöckl (1770) or Emperor’s N I S S E L G . GYROWETZG. GYROWETZG. More examples of
Pavilion 6. Today it is a post H I E T Z I N G E R N I S S E L G . Biedermeier style can be Maxing Park and
office, but it used to be the Braunschweig-Braunschweig- H A D I K G A S S E seen at Nos. 54 and Schönbrunn Park
H A D I K G A S S E
gassegasse
H I E T Z I N G E R K A
DO MMAY ERG. K A I I
holiday home of Maria Theresa’s 11 22 56 t. At the end of Walk to the end of Gloriette-
foreign ministers. Continue DO MMAY ERG. E D U ARD- - KLE I N - G . . HietzingHietzing the road, turn right gasse, then turn right up
E D U ARD
KLE I N - G
S C H Ö N B R U N N E R S C H LO S S S T R
to Am Platz with its plague 33 S C H Ö N B R U N N E R S C H LO S S S T R . . into Gloriettegasse. Maxingstrasse and cross the
6 The Kaiserstöckl opposite the Park column dating from 1730 7. 55 44 On the right at Nos. 14 road at Maxing Park. A half-hour
Hotel, now a post office Nearby is the parish church H I E T Z I N G E R H A U P T S T R A S S E 66 and 16 is a villa with detour a little further up the hill
of Maria Geburt 8, originally monumental sculpted figures takes you to Hietzing cemetery,
H I E T Z I N G E R H A U P T S T R A S S E
From the station to Am Platz built in the 13th century qq 99 77 resting in the pediments, built which contains the graves of
Take the Hadikgasse exit from and remodelled in the A LT GASS 00 88 SCHÖNBRUNNSCHÖNBRUNN in 1913–15 by Josef Hoffmann Otto Wagner, Gustav Klimt, Kolo
A LT GASSE E
L A I N Z E R S T R A S S E
Hietzing U-Bahn 1 and cross 17th century. The Baroque FASHOLD- FASHOLD- PAR KPAR K for the financier Robert Moser and Franz Grillparzer,
the tram tracks and road to interior contains altars by ee GASSE GASSE Primavesi y. Cross the road to among others. Alternatively,
T R A U T T M A N N S D O RF F G A S S E
Kennedybrücke. Turn right down the sculptor Matthias Steindl L A I N Z E R S T R A S S E ww pass a terrace of Biedermeier enter Maxing Park a and follow
Hadikgasse and after a minute and ceiling frescoes by WOLTERGASSE M A N N G A S S E houses – Nos. 38 and 40 have the main path upwards to the
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you arrive at Otto-Wagner- Georg Greiner. The church tt lunettes above the windows u. right. At the top, go through the
Hofpavillon Hietzing (see p173) was used by Maria T R A U T T M A N N S D O RF F G A S S E W A T T T M A N N G A S S E f M A X I N G S T R A S S E M A X I N G S T R A S S E No. 21 is the Villa Schopp, gates marked Zum Tiergarten
f
WOLTERGASSE
2, a former station designed for Theresa when she was in designed by Friedrich Ohmann Schönbrunn, passing the forestry
the use of the imperial family residence at Schönbrunn, W A T in 1901–2 i. Turn left down research institute on your left.
when they were at Schönbrunn. and her box can be seen in yy oo Wattmanngasse to see Although you are actually in the
Retrace your steps to the the right-hand wall of the uu No. 29, the extraordinary grounds of Schönbrunn, this
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U-Bahn and cross the road into choir. In front of the church G LO R I E T T E G TIROLERGASSE d Lebkuchenhaus (Gingerbread heavily wooded area feels very
TIROLERGASSE
d
G LO R I E T T E G . .
Hietzinger Hauptstrasse. Notice stands a statue of Franz pp House) o, so-called because of remote from the formal gardens
the attic of No. 6 with cherubs Joseph’s brother Maximilian, its dark brown majolica and you may catch a glimpse of
hugging the columns. The the Emperor of Mexico, who W E I D L I C H G A S S E ss decoration. It was built in 1914 deer. At the crossroads in the
building dates from 1901–2, 0 metres 250 Turn down to designs by a pupil of Otto path turn left, signposted to the
W E I D L I C H G A S S E
but the lower storey has been Key 0 yards 250 aa Fasholdgasse Wagner (see pp56–9). Turn back Botanical Garden. You soon
altered to accommodate Walk route into Trautt- into Gloriettegasse. At its arrive at a little wooden hut,
shops 3. On your left through mansdorffgasse, southern junction with which was Crown Prince
a street full of
Tips for Walkers MAXINGMAXING interesting houses. Wattmann- Rudolf’s playhouse s.
PARKPARK
The path eventually leads to
gasse, at No.
Starting point: Hietzing U-Bahn. No. 40 is a 9, is the the formally planted Botanical
Length: 5 km (3 miles). beautifully restored, house Garden d, which was laid out
Getting there: U-Bahn U4; tram long and low that in 1848 under Emperor Franz I.
10, 58, 60; bus 51A, 56B, 58B, SECKENDORFF-GUDENT WEG SECKENDORFF-GUDENT WEG Biedermeier villa Take the path through the
156B. Note: On Sundays you may w, while across the garden, keeping to the boundary
need to retrace your steps a wall with Hietzing. Exit into
short distance if the Maxing Gate Maxingstrasse (this gate may be
is locked. Stopping-off points: locked on Sundays) and
the Café am Platz in Hietzing is a continue north. At No. 18 is
pleasant place for a coffee. the house where Johann
Bezirksmuseum Hietzing: Strauss II wrote Die Fledermaus
Open 2–6pm Wed, 2–5pm Sat. in 1874 f. Carry on north
Closed Jul–Aug. Schönbrunn
Palace and Park: see pp174–7. along Maxingstrasse and
Villa Primavesi: Closed to public. retrace your steps to Hietzing
8 Elaborate altar by Matthias Steindl in the Maria-Geburt-Kirche y Sculpted figure in a pediment of the Villa Primavesi U-Bahn.
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