Schwarzenbergpark, Public park in Neuwaldegg district, Vienna, Austria.
Schwarzenbergpark is a landscaped park in Vienna's 17th district, Hernals, in the Neuwaldegg area. It was the first English landscape garden in Austria, created from the former Neuwaldegg castle park. A 2.2 km straight avenue, the Schwarzenbergallee, runs from the castle to the city limits, crossed midway by Neuwaldegger Straße with an underpass for pedestrians.
Field Marshal Franz Moritz Count von Lacy bought Neuwaldegg Palace and its hunting grounds in 1765 and turned them into one of Europe's largest landscape gardens, the first English-style garden in Austria. His tomb stands in the park's woods near the Höhenstraße. From 1801 the park belonged to the Schwarzenberg princes, and in 1958 the City of Vienna bought it as a recreation area.
The two obelisks in the park are popularly called Maria-Theresien-Schaukel, after a legend that Maria Theresa had a swing installed here whose cuts are still visible. The southern obelisk bears the name KYSELAK, though Joseph Kyselak painted rather than carved his name, so this inscription is likely a recent forgery.
The park connects easily to Vienna's public transport network via tram line 43 at Neuwaldegg station and offers several entry points throughout its perimeter. These access points link directly to local hiking trails and the nearby Wienerwald forest.
Two obelisks in the park are popularly called Maria-Theresien-Schaukel, after a legend that Maria Theresa had a swing installed here whose cuts are still visible. The southern obelisk bears the name KYSELAK, though Kyselak only ever painted his name and never carved it, so this inscription is likely a recent fake.
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