Hochstrahlbrunnen — Attraction in Vienna

One of many fountains in Vienna, and really the coolest. Many will encounter when travelling to the Belvedere or pondering the Soviet War Memorial. If visiting the city, I don't recommend travelling out of your way to see the fountain, but it's worth a close examination if you're passing my. Important: The fountain only operates in the warmer half of the year, from March to October; the rest of the time it's a pool. The fountain was built in the 1870s to celebrate (and demonstrate) the laying of a new civic water pipe. The fountain produces impressively high jets of water; to be fair it's one of the most powerful displays of water I've ever seen in a polite city fountain. Hochstrahlbrunnen is illuminated at night with fancy with bold colours: red, pink, yellow, purple, blue and green (sometimes other colours to commemorate victims of terrorist attacks, etc). Come at night for best results. 365 small jets pour from the edge of the circular pool, each representing a day of the year. The six fountains between the edge of the pool and the inner island and the inner island itself correspond to the seven days of the week. Twelve high jets symbolize the months, 24 low jets the hours of the day and the 30 jets in the middle island the days of the month. Cool, but light in...

The Schwarzenbergplatz is one of the most important squares in central Vienna. One prominent feature of the square is the Hochstrahlbrunnen, a large fountain that looks like a geyser with pseudo-natural rocks in a circular pool. Sandwiched between the Palais Schwarzenberg and the Hochstrahlbrunnen, you find the Soviet memorial "Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee" - its shape and array corresponds with both, Palais and fountain. However, the Hochstrahlbrunnen is much older. It was built to celebrate the construction of the first water pipeline from the Styrian alps to Vienna in 1873. In the decades before, the water supplies from various springs in the Vienna Woods and through the Wien River had proved to be insufficient for the ever-increasing...

It is located on Schwarzenbergplatz and was put into operation on 24 October 1873 in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I on the occasion of the completion of the First Vienna High Spring Water Pipeline after a construction period of four months. Prince Johann Adolf II zu Schwarzenberg had agreed to the construction of the fountain in September 1872 and requested that the "discharge of the water quantum" should serve "to irrigate the existing facilities dedicated to public pleasure".

The place is well planned in terms of planning, a large amount of greenery and small infrastructure. You can feel the gentle breeze from...