The Himmelhof is a scenic meadow on the edge of the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna's 13th district.
Location: The Himmelhof is located in the Ober Sankt Veit district south of Hacking on the slope of the Hagenberg and housed a ski jump from 1949 to 1980. ORS operates a radio station at the Himmelhof, which broadcasts Austrian TV and radio programs in analogue and digital form. On a clear day, you can see not only the whole of Vienna from the Himmelhof, but also Bratislava and the Hainburg Gate.
Origin of the name: The name probably comes from a dairy and inn called Am Himmel in the 19th century.
Boarding school: A boarding school was built at Himmelhof in 1962, which was completely renovated in the mid-1990s. Curiously, the Bundesrealgymnasium Diefenbachgasse, located in the 15th district, conducts the classes at the boarding school. While Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach gathered a community of artists at the Himmelhof around 1900, the name goes back to the Sechshauser municipal councilor Heinrich Diefenbach and has nothing to do with the artist.
Source: Text: Wikipedia, Images: Thomas Ledl under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.