Hochstrahlbrunnen in Schwarzenbergplatz

The Monument and its Gorgeous Lights Perfectly Commemorate Vienna's First Spring Water Pipeline

Until the late 1800s, this area originally contained the walls of the city of Vienna and was faced by the dirt slope, called a glacis, built up to defend them. Emperor Franz Joseph I assigned the building of the specific Schwarzenberg equestrian statue in 1861 to Ernst Hähnel.

Nearby you will find the Heroes' Monument of the Red Army, a Soviet memorial to soldiers killed in World War Two. In addition, the Hochstrahlbrunnen (High-Jet Fountain) stands there to commemorate Vienna's first spring water pipeline in 1873. A special feature is the Hochstrahlbrunnen (in Schwarzenbergplatz) lit by 365 multicolored lights—not to be missed at night!