Lighting in the Volksgarten: City and Castle Center in a dispute!

Lighting in the Volksgarten: City and Castle Center in a dispute!

Hofburg Wien, 1010 Wien, Österreich - in Vienna there is currently a problem around the lighting in the Volksgarten. The area belongs to the Republic of Austria and is managed by the Burgstmannschaft. But the magistrate department 33 is responsible for the lighting, which is currently leading to a conflict. A report by Diepresse.com made it clear that the planned project to exchange the defective lighting for a new one has stalled due to financial ambiguities. The replacement of the old, no longer functioning lighting was initially possible as a temporary solution with the MA 33 and the Burgauptmannschaft, but the appealing results were quickly eclip.

Financing dispute burdens the project

The castle main team made it clear in a letter that the restoration of historically suitable lighting in the Volksgarten is its central concerns. Although there has been a draft for a 50:50 financing since February 2024, feedback from the city of Vienna has been missing. Twitter sees the Burglauptmannschaft in this event, since it is responsible for commissioning a new system as a landowner. The MA 33 itself has no direct influence on the situation.

While the city of Vienna emphasizes that the current provisional provision works technically and does not hold any security risks, the castle main team states that it is willing to implement the new lighting as quickly as possible as soon as all legal and technical questions have been clarified. Another step towards clarifying these matters is already being started, and both the city and the castle main team are faced with an agreement.

Nearby, in the newly furnished Hofburg Vienna Info-Center, visitors can find out more about the site of the Hofburg and its cultural importance. Here the building and usage history of the area is vividly shown in three timelines, which show important historical events that are related to the Hofburg. This source of information, which is located on Heldenplatz between the World Museum Vienna and the Austrian National Library, not only offers guests an insight into history, but also a barrier -free equipment for a comfortable visit, as described on Burghauptmannschaft.at