Hietzing: the old village by Schönbrunn

Stops along the way

Things to notice.

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   Hietzing (U4)

   Start at the U4 station, the genteel end of the line and the edge of the 13th district. The whole walk sits within a few hundred metres of here, which is what makes it a village rather than a hike. Coffee first if you want it; the cafés cluster by the station.

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   Hietzing (U4)

   Start at the U4 station, the genteel end of the line and the edge of the 13th district. The whole walk sits within a few hundred metres of here, which is what makes it a village rather than a hike. Coffee first if you want it; the cafés cluster by the station.

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   Hofpavillon Hietzing

   Right beside the station: Otto Wagner's 1899 imperial pavilion, the private Stadtbahn station built for the Emperor's use and barely used. A tiny domed jewel of a building, more decoration than function. Step in if it's open; it's the single best small thing on the walk.

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   Hofpavillon Hietzing

   Right beside the station: Otto Wagner's 1899 imperial pavilion, the private Stadtbahn station built for the Emperor's use and barely used. A tiny domed jewel of a building, more decoration than function. Step in if it's open; it's the single best small thing on the walk.

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   Am Platz and the Hietzing church

   Into the old village square, Am Platz, with the parish church of Maria Hietzing at its head. This was a separate village swallowed by the city; the square still feels like one. The pilgrimage church's interior is calm and worth the few minutes.

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   Am Platz and the Hietzing church

   Into the old village square, Am Platz, with the parish church of Maria Hietzing at its head. This was a separate village swallowed by the city; the square still feels like one. The pilgrimage church's interior is calm and worth the few minutes.

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   Lainzer Straße villas

   West along Lainzer Straße and its side streets, the genteel residential heart of Hietzing — 19th-century villas, a few Wagner-era and Secession touches if you look up at the facades. Wander rather than march; the doorways and gardens are the show.

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   Lainzer Straße villas

   West along Lainzer Straße and its side streets, the genteel residential heart of Hietzing — 19th-century villas, a few Wagner-era and Secession touches if you look up at the facades. Wander rather than march; the doorways and gardens are the show.

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   Klimt Villa

   South-west to the Klimt Villa, the reconstructed studio where Gustav Klimt worked in his last years. Small, easily missed, and a quiet pleasure if it's open — the garden alone is worth the short detour off the village core.

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   Klimt Villa

   South-west to the Klimt Villa, the reconstructed studio where Gustav Klimt worked in his last years. Small, easily missed, and a quiet pleasure if it's open — the garden alone is worth the short detour off the village core.

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   Schönbrunn — the Hietzinger Tor

   Back east to the park's quiet west gate, the Hietzinger Tor. Slip into the *Park* here and most of the coach-tour crowd is on the far side; the Tirolerhof and the western paths are calm. Then back to the U4 at Hietzing the way you came.

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   Schönbrunn — the Hietzinger Tor

   Back east to the park's quiet west gate, the Hietzinger Tor. Slip into the *Park* here and most of the coach-tour crowd is on the far side; the Tirolerhof and the western paths are calm. Then back to the U4 at Hietzing the way you came.

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