Top 20 Natural Monuments around Lanzendorf

A great recreation area just outside Vienna

The Danube-Auen National Park is one of the last large, intact floodplain landscapes in Central Europe. It stretches along the Danube between Vienna and Bratislava and covers an area of around 9,600 hectares. The national park protects this unique river landscape, which is characterized by a dynamic interplay of floods, gravel banks, old watercourses and floodplain forests. The national park was created after the successful protests against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Hainburg in the 1980s. The protection of the floodplains became a milestone in the Austrian environmental movement. The Danube flows largely unregulated in this section, which means that natural flooding and changes in the course of the river remain possible. This dynamic creates diverse habitats.

High Jet Fountain of 1873, Vienna The High Jet Fountain is a fountain in Vienna. It is located on Schwarzenbergplatz and was inaugurated on October 24, 1873, in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I, to mark the completion of the First Vienna High Spring Water Pipeline after a construction period of four months. Anton Gabrielli, the contractor for the water pipeline, donated 200,000 crowns for the construction of the fountain, which was commissioned by the City of Vienna and built by the contractor Gustav Bruck. In 1886/87, extensive considerations were made regarding the regulation of Schwarzenbergplatz and, consequently, the redesign of the High Jet Fountain. The designs of the important sculptors Viktor Tilgner (1844–1896)[4] and Rudolf Weyr (1847–1914) were presented to the public at the Vienna Künstlerhaus from the end of January 1887, but no decision was made in their favor. Later, the fountain, designed in the style of a fountain lumineuse by the architect Oskar Marmorek (1863–1909), was transformed into an illuminated fountain at a cost of 285,000 crowns and opened on June 23, 1906. At night, it glows in red, pink, yellow, violet, blue, and green. Text / Source: Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochstrahlbrunnen

Liberation Monument (Soldiers of the Red Army) Memorial in memory of the approximately 18,000 Red Army soldiers who fell in battle during the liberation of Vienna. The Liberation Monument (also known as the Monument in Honor of the Soldiers of the Soviet Army), popularly known as the Russian Monument on 3rd Schwarzenbergplatz, stands on the part of the square that was called Stalinplatz from April 1946 to July 1956. The Heroes' Monument to the Unknown Russian Soldier, erected on the Red Army's orders to commemorate the liberation of Vienna, on whose 20-meter-high base stands the twelve-meter-high statue of a Red Guard with a flag in his hand, stands against the backdrop of an eight-meter-high balustrade, at each end of which a group of two fighters was attached. The monument was erected exactly on the main axis of the square, so that it can be easily seen from the Ringstrasse. The design was by Major C. G. Jakowlew, the sculptures were created by Lieutenant M. A. Intisarjan, the overall management was carried out by Major Engineer M. S. Schönfeld; assembly was carried out by Ernst Hawlik (Vienna 3). The monument bears the following inscription (in Russian): Eternal glory to the heroes of the Red Army who fell in battle against the German fascist robbers of the freedom and independence of the peoples of Europe. In front of the central column with the statue, a tilted metal cube was erected in the late 1970s (according to POREM 1986), on which one can read in German and Russian: Monument in honor of the soldiers of the Soviet Army who fell for the liberation of Austria from fascism. April 1945. Creator of the monument: sculptor M. A. Intesarjan, architect S. G. Jakowlew. The monument was inaugurated on August 19, 1945." The monument was prepared by the Red Army before the capture of Vienna and was ceremoniously unveiled on August 19, 1945, when the Soviet forces still occupied Vienna alone (see also Allied Occupation). The 3rd district came under the administration of the British Army on September 1, 1945. The monument was therefore not in the Soviet sector; however, the 4th district, which was occupied by the Soviets until 1955, is immediately adjacent to the monument. Text / Source: City of Vienna https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Befreiungsdenkmal

Relaxed path on the edge of the Liesingbach.

Bombastic memorial for the liberation from Nazi rule. Reminiscent of monuments in the East. The fountain is particularly beautiful in the morning, when the sunlight creates a rainbow 🌈 in the water.

Great cycle paths and beautiful nature

Great place for a short rest.