!!!Wald- und Wiesengürtel

Wald- und Wiesenguertel, green belt on the outskirts of Vienna, 
basically defined in 1905 by the Vienna municipal council. The 
"Schutzgebiet Wald- und Wiesenguertel" protection 
zone is 10,700 hectares large (1988) and today mainly comprises parts 
of the  Vienna Woods in the west and north-west of Vienna, smaller 
green areas on the Wienerberg and Laaer Berg hills to the south, the 
north and south sections of the  Donauinsel, the Lobau wetlands in the 
south-east, a green area in the north-east (21%%sup st/%  district) 
and the Bisamberg hill in the north. The preservation of woods and 
green spaces has been taken into account in the course of planning 
structural measures for Vienna since 1892; at that time the western 
and northern parts of the "Wald- und Wiesenguertel" was 
still located outside the city boundaries. Only recreational 
facilities are permitted in the "Wald- 
und Wiesenguertel" and no other buildings may be erected.

!Literature
Magistrat der Stadt Wien (ed.), 70 Jahre Wald- und 
Wiesenguertel, 1975; idem (ed.), Planungsatlas fuer Wien, 3%%sup rd/% 
 instalment, 1990.


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