!!!Augarten

Augarten, park with palace in 2%%sup nd/%  district of Vienna. 
Ferdinand III had the hunting lodge which had been built on the Danube 
island of Wolfsau under Emperor Matthias in 1614 expanded and 
surrounded by a park in 1649. Leopold I bought the Trautson 
Palais (built after 1654) around 1677 and enlarged the park. In 1683 
the entire complex was destroyed by the Turks. At the end of the 17th 
century the present-day palace was built (called "Alte Favorita" (Old 
Favorita) in contrast to the  Favorita in the Wieden district of 
Vienna); the Great Hall building, which now houses the  
Porzellanmanufaktur ("Augarten Porcelain"), was built under 
Joseph I in 1704. Joseph II added the Kaiser Joseph Pavilion 
(constructed in 1781 by I. Canevale), enlarged the park and made 
it accessible to the public in 1775. In 1873 and 1897 further 
additions were built. The Augarten was a recreation area well into the 
19th century. During World War II 2 50 m flak towers were 
constructed. Since 1948 the palace has housed the boarding school of 
the Vienna Boys' Choir.


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