Astrid Lindgren Park

The Astrid-Lindgren-Park is a park in the Aspern area of Vienna’s 22nd district, Donaustadt.It is named after the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren and is located close to the Martinskirche on Asperner Heldenplatz.

The major component of the 6240 m2 Astrid-Lindgren-Park has a triangle foundation and is surrounded by the Asperner Heldenplatz traffic area on all three sides.The park also includes the green spaces north of the entry road to the church and parish center.A gated children’s playground and seats along the walkways and at the playground are among the park’s amenities.More park seats have been installed on the sidewalk near to the park’s entry road.According to Vienna Municipal Department 18 (Urban Development and Urban Planning), a planned yet undetermined expansion of tram line 25 to Seestadt Aspern would use a route via the park rather than the access road.

The 1914-1918 War Memorial is located on a lawn in the park’s southwest corner.It is made out of a low, plastered wall with an artificial stone on the right side bearing the words World War 1914-1918.A metal plaque on the front of the wall lists the names of 57 Aspern soldiers who died or went missing during World War I.The monument’s construction date is unknown.

History

The region south and south-west of what is now Aspern’s historical center was once a swamp and meadow environment along the leftmost branch of the uncontrolled Danube.At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were two small ponds in the area of today’s Astrid-Lindgren-Park, which are located between the western end of Aspern, the Martinskirche, and the herb garden.During the nineteenth century, the Asperner Friedhof, which ringed the Martinskirche as a graveyard, was enlarged to cover this region.When room in the cemetery became short at the end of the nineteenth century, a new, larger cemetery was established in 1892 on the opposite side of Langobardenstraße in the area of the herb garden.The area of today’s park was designated as a “planned public square” in the general city plan of 1912.By 1938, at the latest, there were meadows and trees, as well as routes that generally matched those seen today.

Following the Vienna City Council’s decision in June 2013 to give more consideration to women when naming new or previously unidentified parks and traffic areas, various parks, streets, and squares in Aspern, particularly in the Seestadt Aspern urban development region, were named after women.The park next to St. Martin’s Church, which was formerly known as Church Park (as are many other parks near to churches), was renamed Astrid-Lindgren-Park on November 26, 2013, in honor of Swedish writer and children’s book author Astrid Lindgren.

Vienna, Austria