!!!Gänsehäufel

Gaensehaeufel, wooded sand island in the "Old Danube", a stretch of 
standing water separated from the river by regulation, in the 
22%%sup nd/%  district of Vienna, with summer bathing establishment 
operated by the City of Vienna (opened in 1909 as 1%%sup st/%  family 
bathing establishment). The Viennese F.  Berndl "discovered" the G. 
and was actively engaged in its development. After its destruction in 
World War II, re-erected as the largest and most modern summer bathing 
establishment in Vienna (and as one of the largest on the European 
continent) by M. Fellerer in 1950. Its name ("goose heap") derives 
from the original accumulation of small islands, which were mainly 
used for goose breeding.


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