Wetterhäuschen Stadtpark - Vienna, Austria
Posted by: BakaGaijin
N 48° 12.288 E 016° 22.777
33U E 602504 N 5339983
A metheorological column built 1913 in the Stadtpark in the 1st district of Vienna.
Waymark Code: WM7TZK
Location: Wien, Austria
Date Posted: 12/04/2009
Views: 32
Nice nearly 100 years old Wetterhäuschen or Wettersäule nearby the Johann Strauss monument (see WMRA). It has a clock on the top, a thermometer, a barometer for measuring barometric pressure, a hygrometer for measuring humidity and a wind vane for measuring wind directiontin. Directions and distances to several European and Asian cities are engraved on the balustrades.
The metheorological column was restored in 1999 for a total cost of about 30,000 Euro.
This website about old European meteorological columns has several old pictures from Stadtpark.