Stupa am Wagram, Buddhist monument in Grafenwörth, Austria
The Stupa am Wagram is a Buddhist stupa and meditation house built in 2019 on the Wagram terrace in Feuersbrunn, Grafenwörth. Designed by architect Matthias Rainer, it reaches 18.75 metres to the dome and 32.5 metres with the spire. The gardens were laid out by landscape planners Gunter Hauser and Peter Kramer with sculptor Hans Muhr.
Plans for a stupa in Gföhl and Schwarzenbach were abandoned before the groundbreaking for this site took place on 21 March 2016 in the vineyards between Engabrunn and Grafenegg. Opponents demanded a referendum, and the Volksanwaltschaft sought to halt construction; after a hoopoe breeding pair left the area, earthworks began on 3 October 2016 amid protests. The structure was completed in September 2019 except for its spire and inaugurated on 4 June 2023.
The site is called Friedensstupa, Peace Stupa, and serves as a Buddhist meditation house with seminar rooms built into the vineyards. Its opening on 4 June 2023 followed years of local debate, including a citizens' petition request and a Volksanwaltschaft review. Visitors can see the garden design by landscape planners Gunter Hauser and Peter Kramer with sculptor Hans Muhr.
The stupa stands in the vineyards of the Feuersbrunn cadastral area, west of Wagram am Wagram and just east of the L7031 road linking Schloss Grafenegg with Engabrunn. The nearest rail stop is Wagram-Grafenegg on the Absdorf-Hippersdorf to Krems line, a short walk away. The site lies close to the Grafenwörth–Grafenegg municipal boundary, so approach from the Grafenegg side.
The stupa stands on the Wagram ridge in the Feuersbrunn cadastral area, close to the municipal border with Grafenegg and just above the Kaiser Franz Josephs railway line, near Wagram-Grafenegg station. The garden was laid out by landscape planners Gunter Hauser and Peter Kramer together with sculptor Hans Muhr.
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