Löwygrube, Protected landscape area and park in Favoriten, Austria
Löwygrube is a roughly 164,000 m² park in Oberlaa, Favoriten, bordered by Bitterlichstraße, An der Ostbahn, Donabaumgasse and Löwyweg. It is managed extensively and almost entirely designated as a dog zone, with broad meadows, old trees, a playground, a football pitch, public toilets, benches and a drinking fountain. It belongs to the Laaerberg recreation area along with Kurpark Oberlaa, Volkspark Laaerberg, Böhmischer Prater and Laaerwald.
The name comes from Jacob Löwy, who owned a brick factory in Oberlaa during the 1800s. The site was later developed as a recreational area and given protected landscape status.
The park serves as a gathering place where local residents play sports, exercise, and spend leisure time with family and friends. It functions as an important neighborhood meeting point used daily by people of all ages.
The park lies between Bitterlichstraße, An der Ostbahn, Donabaumgasse and Löwyweg in Oberlaa. It is managed extensively and almost entirely designated as an off-leash dog zone, so dogs run free across most of the meadows. A playground, football pitch, public toilet, benches and a drinking fountain are on site. The former clay pit wall of the Rudolfsziegelöfen, listed as natural monument 704, stands in the grounds.
The park holds Naturdenkmal 704, the former quarry wall of the Rudolfsziegelöfen brickworks, a protected natural monument. From the grounds, clear weather reveals the Wiener Prater, the Marchfeld plain and the Lesser Carpathians in Slovakia. The ponds Pfeifenteich and Butterteich are flooded remains of the clay pits of Jacob Löwy's brick factory.
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