Vienna ring road

Vienna ring road

In 1857, Emperor Franz Joseph ordered the building of the Vienna ring road, a 5 kilometres long ring road in Vienna. In this regard, Emperor Franz wanted the city walls destroyed.

Why? Vienna had grown strongly and several villages outside Vienna had become a part of Vienna. Thereby the walls around the inner city of Vienna, which were built in the 13th century, had become meaningless. https://www.planet-vienna.com/spots/ringstrasse/ringstrasse.htm http://www.suf.at/wien/ringstr/entstehung.htm https://www.wien.info/en/sightseeing/ringstrasse http://www.wien-konkret.at/sehenswuerdigkeiten/ringstrasse/

Schottenring

https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Ringstra%C3%9Fe

Universitätsring

Stubenring

Dr. Karl Rennerring

Parkring Burgring

Schubertring Opernring Kärntnerring

Unlike the European metropolises of London, Paris, Berlin or Barcelona, an

international public competition was launched for building the Vienna Ring Road. This is probably the first international public tender in the field of architecture and urban planning.

The competition ran from the end of January 1858 to the end of July 1858.

A total of 85 projects entered the Ministry of the Interior and were publicly exhibited in October 1858. In November, 1858 the projects were evaluated. The result of the competition was published in the Wiener Zeitung on December 31, 1858, after the emperor had given his approval. https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Ringstra%C3%9Fe

The Vienna ring road has 9 sections Name of section

Location

Stubenring

From Julius Raab Platz to Dr. Karl Lueger Platz.

Includes the government building and the Radetzkydenkmal.

Parkring

From Dr. Karl Lueger Platz to Johannesgasse. Includes the Stadtpark.

Schubertring

From the Stadtpark to Schwarzenbergplatz.

Kärntnerring

From Schwarzenbergplatz to Kärntnerstraße.

Opernring

From Kärntnerstraße to Eschenbachgasse.

Includes the Burggarten and https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/.

Burgring

From Eschenbachgasse to Bellaria.

Includes the museums https://www.khm.at/ and https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/

Dr. Karl Rennerring From Bellaria to Amerlingplatz.

Includes https://www.parlament.gv.at/ and the Volksgarten.

Universitätsring

From Amerlingplatz to Schottentor.

Includes Rathauspark, https://www.burgtheater.at/ and https://www.univie.ac.at/

Schottenring

From Schottentor to Franz-Josefs-Kai. Includes https://www.wienerborse.at/

The Vienna ring road is considered one of the most beautiful boulevards in the world.

The architecture of the buildings at the Vienna ring road is marked by a pluralism of styles. Several architectural forms of previous epochs were imitated.

https://www.wien.info/en/sightseeing/ringstrasse https://www.wien.info/en/sightseeing/ringstrasse/construction-of-ringstrasse

The Danish architect Theophilus Hansen was a major influence during the construction of the Vienna ring road. He raised money by convincing different investors to team together and pay for the same block.

A block would consist of 4 to 6 distinct houses with different entrances, but would be built as a single mansion, so every sponsor would appear to live in a house much bigger than his own. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/experts-guide-austria-ringstrasse/index.html

At the end of the 1970s, young people demanded the end of the “lawn ban” in public parks with the slogan “freedom for the Burggarten.”

https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Burggarten

In Spring, 1 million flower bulbs are planted in Vienna.

https://youtu.be/6I2Jzg16stc

Every tree in Vienna has a number.

Learn about the trees in Vienna here: https://xover.mud.at/~skunk/baum/

Palais Ephrussi at Universitätsring was initiated by Ignaz Ephrussi, the son of Charles Joachim Ephrussi (1792 - 1864).

Charles Joachim Eprussi was Greek and came from Odessa in Russia. He built a business empire, initially with grain exports from Ukraine, then with investments in infrastructure development. He built bridges, railways and port facilities. He also founded a bank with branches in Paris and Vienna. http://www.viennatouristguide.at/Palais/ringstrasse/ephrussi.htm

Opernring https://www.planet-vienna.com/spots/ringstrasse/ringstrasse.htm

Schottenring

The opera house in Vienna was built with an underground solution that transported fresh air into the opera house from the Burggarten. This solution still works.

https://youtu.be/OagOianfYk4

https://www.parlament.gv.at/ Address: Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring 3, 1017 Vienna.

Size: 13,500 square meters, i.e. one of the largest structures on the Vienna ring road.

https://pixabay.com/photos/vienna-the-parliament-ringstrasse-504692/

The Pallas Athena fountain in front of the Austrian Parliament building in Vienna at the Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring is named after the Greek goddess Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

Below her are two female statues representing the legislative and executive powers of the state. At the base are four allegorical statues of the four most important rivers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: the Danube and the Inn in the front and the Elbe and the Vltava in the back. https://www.aviewoncities.com/vienna/parlament.htm

The Austrian Parliament building at Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring in Vienna is designed by architect Theophil Hansen. Hansen was inspired by Greek architectural style - including large columns.

The Austrian authorities thought at the time that classical Greek architecture was most appropriate for a parliament building because of the Greeks’ legacy of democracy.

https://eu.greekreporter.com/2019/01/28/the-austrian-parliament-and-the-story-behind-its-unique-greek-character/

The central hall in the Parliament Building of Austria at Dr.-Karl-RennerRing covers about half of a football field.

In the hall, there are 24 Corinthian marble columns. Each column weighs about 16 tons. https://www.parlament.gv.at/ENGL/GEBF/ARGE/PARLINNEN/Saeulenhalle/index.shtml

Universitätsring – a part of the Vienna ring road

https://www.planet-vienna.com/spots/ringstrasse/ringstrasse.htm

https://www.burgtheater.at/ Architectural style: Baroque Revival architecture.

Address: Universitätsring 2, 1010 Vienna.

Reason for location: Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa wanted a theatre next to her palace.

https://pixabay.com/photos/vienna-burgtheater-ringroad-2377347/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgtheater

The Parkring of the Vienna ring road with the Vienna city park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Ring_Road

The city park was the first public park in Vienna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I2Jzg16stc

The Burgring with the museum of natural history, https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Ring_Road

The cafĂŠ at the Kunsthistorisches museum at Burgring in Vienna.

The museum was originally built for the imperial art collection.

https://www.khm.at/

The Schubertring of the Vienna ring road is named after composer Franz Schubert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Ring_Road

The Vienna ring road can only be traveled in 1 direction. A road, which runs parallel to the ring road, has been built to help people move in the other direction.

To experience the Vienna ring road, take trams # 1 and # 2.

https://www.planet-vienna.com/spots/ringstrasse/ringstrasse.htm https://www.wien.info/en/sightseeing/ringstrasse