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A Two-Hour Walk to Grinzing the Pastoral Symphony e.
Continue up Grinzinger Strasse,
This walk through part of Vienna’s 19th district begins at the passing a number of attractive
site of one of the most important monuments of 20th-century Biedermeier houses, until you
Vienna, the public housing development of the Karl-Marx- arrive at Grinzinger Allee. Turn
Hof. It then takes you through a pretty 19th-century park to right past a series of wine
gardens and immediately right
the old wine village of Grinzing. Although the village suffered again to get a quick glimpse of
destruction at the hands of the Turks in 1529 and 1683 and the upper part of Sandgasse,
from Napoleon’s army in 1809, and is now facing changes as a where there are a number of
result of modern tourism, its main street preserves its charm. t Façade of the 16th-century Reinprecht less touristy Heurigen r.
Heuriger
Grinzing
Karl-Marx-Hof to where there is a cluster of No. 10 Wollergasse 0 is the Turning back on yourself,
Heiligenstädter Park houses built by the Secessionist Moll House II of 1906–7, with towards the centre of
Facing you as you step out of designer Josef Hoffmann. The charming timber detail. Grinzing, climb Cobenzlgasse, Grinzing’s main street
Heiligenstadt station is the long first one you come to is the
ochre, terracotta and mauve Villa Moser-Moll at Nos. 6–8, Steinfeldgasse to 0 metres 500
G R I N Z I N G E R S T R A S S E
façade of the Karl-Marx-Hof designed for Carl Moll and Kolo Grinzinger Strasse HINTERGÄRTENG. B O S C H S T R A S S E 0 yards 500
(see p163), a huge housing Moser 6. Next to it is the Villa At the point where Steinfeld-
project designed by the Spitzer 7, then the more gasse and Wollergasse G R I N Z I N G E R S T R A S S E
HINTERGÄRTENG.
PROBUSGASSE
E I S E N B A H N S T R A S S E
E I S E N B A H N S T R A S S E
B O S C H S T R A S S E
city architect Karl Ehn classical Villa Ast, built in 1909– meet, there is a SPRINGSIEDELGASSE A R M B R U S T E R G A S S E A R M B R U S T E R G A S S E PROBUSGASSE Himmelstrasse o. Continue
and built from 1927 to 11 8. Where Steinfeldgasse path leading 55 J J down Himmelstrasse to
1930 during the Red meets Wollergasse is the Villa 11 No. 35, another Heuriger,
SPRINGSIEDELGASSE
STEINFELDGASSE
Vienna period 1. It Henneberg of 1901 9, and at 44 H E I L I G E N S T Ä D T E R S T R A S S E 22 HeiligenstadtHeiligenstadt Das Alte Haus, which has
sprawls for 1.2 km qq 77 66 33 a charming plaque of
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(3/4 mile) and G R I N Z I N G E R S T E I G r L A N G A C K E R G R A S S E H O H E STEINFELDGASSE the Virgin Mary above
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contains 1,272 flats. ww WOLLERG. 00 B O S C H S T R A S S E its door p. There is
GEWEYGASSE
Cross the road and ee GEWEYGASSE another such painting
WOLLERG.
pass through one of G R I N Z I N G E R S T E I G r NEUGEBAUERWEG H O H E at No. 31, which
H E I L I G E N S T Ä D T E R S T R A S S E
B O S C H S T R A S S E
the four arches into 12 L A N G A C K E R G R A S S E shows a holy man
S A N D G A S S E
Februar Platz to see the S A N D G A S S E carrying various items
G R I N Z I N G E R S T R A S S E
main façade from the W A R T E a. No. 29 s is another
NEUGEBAUERWEG
other side. On the G R I N Z I N G E R S T R A S S E Heuriger, with a tablet to Sepp
W A R T E
keystone of each C O B E N Z L G A S S E yy tt Fellner, a Schrammel musician
C O B E N Z L G A S S E
arch stands a (see p41) described as “The
KRONESGASSE
HIMMELS T
large figure ii uu s dd ff HIMMELS TR. R. Schubert of Grinzing”. Ironically,
s
1 Figure on the sculpted by pp aa KRONESGASSE Key at No. 25, a grand building with
S T R A S S E R G A S S E
Karl-Marx-Hof Joseph Riedl oo S T R A S S E R G A S S E Walk route shields above the doorway,
(1928) 2. A S S E A S S E Railway line there is a memorial to the real
Continue through the G R I N Z I N G E R A L L E E Schubert, described as “The
H I M M E L S T
square, past a statue (1928) H I M M E L S T R R Prince of Song, who loved to
by Otto Hofner of a man Cobenzlgasse, the upper fork tarry in Grinzing” d. Grinzing
sowing seeds 3, and you of Grinzing’s main street. The also has an attractive late Gothic
G R I N Z I N G E R A L L E E
come to Heiligenstädter Strasse. Reinprecht Heuriger at No. 22 church with a copper cupola
Turn right, cross the road at the u Courtyard at the Passauer Hof, formerly Cobenzlgasse is a 16th-century and much-restored interior f.
second pedestrian crossing down through some woods. home to a wine press house, the façade of which has Continue down the road to the
and walk through the square Follow this and descend the a tablet commemorating the tram terminus, from where the
opening in the building facing steps to the Church of St composer Robert Stolz t. No. 30 No. 38 tram goes back to town.
you. Go up the steps and take Michael, Heiligenstadt q, Tips for Walkers Cobenzlgasse is the Baroque
the path on the left into which has striking modern Starting point: Heiligenstadt Trummelhof, standing on the site
Heiligenstädter Park. When you stained-glass windows. Walk station. Length: 3.5 km (2 miles). of an 1835 brewery y. Further
come to a fork, take the left past the church, cross Hohe Getting there: Heiligenstadt up on the left, at No. 9, is the
path that winds up a hill, going Warte and go up Grinzinger station is served by U-Bahn line Passauer Hof, which contains frag-
through woods. Turn right at Strasse. You quickly arrive at U4, trains S40 and S45 and buses ments of a far older, Romanesque
the top into the formal part of No. 70, a house visited by Albert 10A, 11A, 38A and 39A. Tram D building u. It used to house a
the park 4. From here, you get Einstein several times w. stops on Heiligenstädter Strasse. wine press. On the corner of
a good view of the vine-clad On the same side of the road is Stopping-off points: There are Cobenzlgasse and Feilergasse is
slopes of the Kahlenberg 5. No. 64, the late 18th-century numerous Heurigen (usually open the Altes Presshaus, whose cellar
house where Beethoven and from 4pm), coffee shops and contains an old wine press i.
Steinfeldgasse the Viennese playwright Franz restaurants in Grinzing. Avoid the Turn left into Feilergasse,
larger Heurigen – the smaller ones
Take the second small path on Grillparzer lodged during the sell their own wine. Those at the and you soon come face to
the right, which descends 4 Views of Kahlenberg can be enjoyed summer of 1808 while top of Sandgasse are good. face with the impressive white a Plaque of a holy man on the façade of
gradually into Steinfeldgasse, from the top of Heiligenstädter Park Beethoven was composing Jugendstil façade of Nos. 41–3 No. 31 Himmelstrasse
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