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Sign: Vienna - Hochstrahlbrunnen high jet fountain


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Schwarzenbergpl. H, 1030 Wien, Austria
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On the sign:
DER HOCHSTRAHLBRUNNEN
AN DIESER STELLE WURDE AM 24. OKTOBER 1873 DER HOCHSTRAHLBRUNNEN DURCH KAISER FRANZ JOSEF I. IN BETRIEB GENOMMEN UND SOMIT DIE I. WIENER HOCHQUELLENWASSERLEITUNG ERÖFFNET .

DIE I WIENER HOCHQUELLENWASSERLEITUNG BRINGT TRINKWASSER AUS DEM GEBIET SCHNEEBERG , RAX UND SCHNEEALPE ÜBER EINE 100 KM LANGE LEITUNG NACH WIEN . BIS ZUM HEUTIGEN TAG WIRD WIEN FAST AUSSCHLIESSLICH MIT HOCHQUELLWASSER VERSORGT. DER WIENER HOCHSTRAHLBRUNNEN IST EIN SICHTBARES ZEICHEN FÜR DAS QUELLWASSER AUS DEN BUNDESLÄNDERN NIEDERÖSTERREICH UND STEIERMARK.

HOCHSTRAHLBRUNNEN FOUNTAIN
THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THE HOCHSTRAHLBRUNNEN FOUNTAIN WAS PUT INTO OPERATION BY EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH I ON OCTOBER 24 , 1873 IN AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY TO OPEN THE FIRST VIENNA SPRING WATER MAIN .

LE JET D’EAU HOCHSTRAHLBRUNNEN
ICI FUT INAUGURÉ LE JET D’EAU LE 24 OCTOBRE 1873 PAR PEMPEREUR FRANÇOIS - JOSEPH JER MARQUANT AINSI LA MISE EN SERVICE DU 1ER CONDUIT D’EAU DE SOURCE DE HAUTE MONTAGNE DE VIENNE .
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The fountain was inaugurated in 1873 by Emperor Franz Joseph I, on the occasion of the completion of the laying of the first fresh water line in Vienna.

The fountain was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Around the fountain are 365 small fountains, one for each day of the year

The name of the fountain appears on its base
HOCHSTRAHLBRUNNEN
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Two plates are placed on the sides of the sign on which the name of the fountain appears:
ERRICHTET AUS ANLASS DER VOLLENDUNG DER I KASIER FRANZ JOSEF - HACHQUELLEN WASSERLEITUNG IM JAHRE 1873
Inaugurated on the occasion of the completion of the water line by Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1873
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UMGEBAUT UND ZU EINEM LEUCHTBRUNNEN AUSGESTALTET UNTER BURGERMEISTER KARL LUEGER IM JAHRE 1906 .
It was converted into a fountain with lighting during the term of the mayor Karl Luger in 1904
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Translation of the text on the sign:

THE HIGH-JET FOUNTAIN
AT THIS PLACE THE HIGH JET FOUNTAIN WAS PUT INTO OPERATION ON OCTOBER 24, 1873 BY EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF I AND THEREFORE OPENED THE I. VIENNA HIGH SPRING WATER LINE.

THE I VIENNA HIGH SPRING WATER LINE BRINGS DRINKING WATER FROM THE SCHNEEBERG , RAX AND SCHNEEALPE AREA TO VIENNA OVER A 100 KM LONG LINE . TO THE PRESENT DAY VIENNA IS SUPPLIED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WITH HIGH SPRING WATER. THE VIENNA HIGH-JET FOUNTAIN IS A VISIBLE SIGN OF THE SPRING WATER FROM THE FEDERAL STATES OF LOWER AUSTRIA AND STYRIA.

[The French text is the same as the English text that appears below the German text]



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