From Floodplain to Danube Island

The Danube Island had a precursor as a recreational area in the form of the so-called inundation or floodplain zone. It was originally created during the first major regulation of the Danube in Vienna between 1870 and 1875. This area, which was to remain free of any construction between the main Danube channel and the Hubertusdam, gradually developed into a popular local recreation area. Between 1972 and 1988, it had to give way to a new form of flood protection and green space: the New Danube and the Danube Island. Today, these are just as much defining features of Vienna as the once vast, straight floodplain.