Herderpark

Herderpark is a park in Vienna’s 11th district of Simmering that extends from Herderplatz to Zehetbauergasse and Am Kanal.It is the largest park in Simmering, with 42,600 m2.

The front garden of the primary school on Herderplatz, which was erected between 1910 and 1911, was originally part of today’s Herderpark.During the First World War and into the 1920s, the property was home to allotment gardens.Several classified municipal buildings were constructed in the area between 1923 and 1926, including the Josef-Scheu-Hof and the Dr.-Franz-Klein-Hof.Finally, according to the ideas of landscape architect Friedrich Kratochwjle, the area was renovated into a park with an integrated children’s outdoor pool, which opened on May 4, 1930. Following the conclusion of WWII, the park was enlarged, an air raid shelter was replaced with a ball court, and the promenade along the former Wiener Neustadt canal (now a rapid-transit train line) was also expanded in favor of the park.

The park was completely rejuvenated by landscape architect Ferenc Bodi in 2006, and it reopened in September 2006.The park’s more than four-hectare area now includes a summer and family pool, playgrounds and sports fields, a basketball and streetball facility, a section specifically designed for young people with table tennis tables and a Salettl, as well as a section primarily designed for the park’s seniors, chess and mill tables, and an arbor with plenty of seating.There were also garden architectural improvements, such as B. Lilac, ornamental cherry, and ornamental apple walks, which should provide a bright touch to the park, especially in spring.

The fountain in the heart of the park, bordered by rose beds, was built in 1931 with the stone sculpture “Mermaid” sculpted by Franz Sautner.The Herderpark youth sports complex, which is over 6,000 m2 in size, is located in the park’s western section, as is an approximately 400 m2 fenced-in dog zone.The 1929 family pool is located in the northern portion of the property and features a pool with a water surface size of approximately 520 m2.A fire in January 2009 seriously destroyed the historic bath building, which had been entirely rebuilt in the 1990s.Following the demolition of the fire ruins, the wooden structure was repaired in collaboration with the Federal Monuments Office, and the baths reopened in July 2009.

The park was named after the adjacent Herderplatz, which was established in 1911 for the philosopher and poet Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803).