Himmelhof, Scenic viewpoint in Ober Sankt Veit, Austria.

Himmelhof is a scenic viewpoint on elevated ground in Ober Sankt Veit, in the Hietzing district of Vienna. The site combines an open meadow with a radio and television transmitter tower that broadcasts Austrian programs.

The name probably derives from a 19th-century dairy farm and inn called Am Himmel, though it may also echo an old field name for a rounded hilltop. A ski jumping hill stood on the Himmelhof meadow from 1949 and burned down in 1980. In 1962 a boarding school was built at the site and fully renovated in the mid-1990s; the Bundesrealgymnasium Diefenbachgasse in the 15th district runs its classes.

The name Himmelhof comes from a former inn called Am Himmel, which once gave the area its local identity. Today the site is an open meadow used by people from the neighborhood for walks and leisure.

The viewpoint is on open high ground, so clear days offer the best experience with wide views over Vienna toward Slovakia. There is little shelter from wind or rain, so it helps to come prepared for the weather.

The painter Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach and a group of artists lived and worked in the former inn on this site between 1897 and 1899. Nothing of that building remains today, but the episode is still part of local memory.