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Prater Amusement Park

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Location: Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria

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1. Prater Main Avenue – Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel loop from Praterstern

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2. Prater Main Avenue – Path parallel to the Hauptallee loop from Vorgartenstraße

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3. Heroes' Square – Hofburg, Vienna and the Sisi Museum loop from Herrengasse

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Paul

October 26, 2021

The history of the Viennese Prater from 1766
The Prater was once an imperial hunting ground and only accessible to the nobility until the Austrian Emperor Josef II gave the area to the Viennese as a recreation area in 1766. And because the Emperor also approved the establishment of catering stands, it didn't take long for the forerunner of today's Wurstelprater to appear on the edge of the former hunting ground. The first inns were set up, innkeepers, coffee makers and Lebzelter settled, swings, merry-go-rounds and bowling alleys followed.
1873 World Exhibition in the Prater
In 1873 the first and so far only world exhibition in Vienna took place in the Prater area. At that time, 53,000 exhibitors presented their services on an area of around 2.3 million m2, with an emphasis on cultural themes. The 84 meter high rotunda with a dome diameter of 109 meters built as the center of the exhibition fell victim to a fire in 1937. In its place today stands the main building of the Vienna Trade Fair.
Hutschenschleuder and washer girls
In 1895 the amusement area "Venice in Vienna" was built, in 1897 the Ferris wheel, one of the city's landmarks, was in the middle. The Prater increasingly became a place of culture and entertainment. The "better" society drove out here with the Fiacre, cadets and washerwomen had their rendezvous, "Hutschenschleuderer" and cabinets of curiosities competed for the favor of the audience, barrel organs, Heurigen singers and ladies' bands performed their melodies as well as the waltz king Johann Strauss or the operetta Composers Joseph Lanner and Carl Michael Ziehrer. For the entertainment of the children, several puppet theaters were set up in simple wooden booths, of which the funny buffoon played a leading role. The Wurstelprater was also named after him.
Reconstruction after 1945
In 1938 the Prater became the property of the Municipality of Vienna. During the Second World War, large parts of the Prater area were destroyed by numerous bomb hits and the construction of trenches and trenches. A large part of the Wurstelprater fell victim to a fire in April 1945. After 1945, the Wurstelprater was rebuilt by private initiatives, and the devastated Prater landscape was reforested by the municipal garden office.
Robert Stolz, Graham Greene & Helmut Qualtinger
Many writers and composers, including Adalbert Stifter, Felix Salten, Peter Altenberg, Robert Stolz and last but not least Graham Greene and Helmut Qualtinger, have recorded their own atmosphere in the Prater in literature and music for posterity. Not least on the basis of these records, all facets of this important urban space can be traced in their development over the decades and centuries.
Text / source: Prater Wien GmbH
praterwien.com/prater/spass-in-wien/geschichte

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Robert

August 8, 2023

Simply great, the Prater at night!

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DakenH

July 17, 2023

By day and by night. The Prater is a definite MUST when visiting Vienna. This is all the more true at night, when the Prater is particularly attractive, with its countless lights and many rides. A ride on the Ferris wheel is also a great experience, from here you have a great view of the lights of Vienna at night. Hustle and bustle, beer garden, local recreation area and tourist magnet. The Vienna Prater combines all of this in one area and is rightly one of the most popular attractions in the city. A fascinating tour through the night in the brightly lit Prater.

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Prater Amusement Park

1. Prater Main Avenue – Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel loop from Praterstern

2. Prater Main Avenue – Path parallel to the Hauptallee loop from Vorgartenstraße

3. Heroes' Square – Hofburg, Vienna and the Sisi Museum loop from Herrengasse

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