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A late 19th-century palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten, a wooded area formerly used for hunting by the Habsburg family. The imperial apartments with their furnishings have been preserved, and feature murals by prominent Viennese artists of the day, including Franz Matsch, Hugo Charlemont, Georg und Gustav Klimt. The palace is now also used as a venue for special exhibits.
Hermesvilla is a palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna, a former hunting area for the Habsburg nobility. Emperor Franz Joseph I gave it to his wife Empress Elisabeth, and he called it the "castle of dreams.“ The name of the villa refers to a statue of Hermes made of white marble that is located in the garden of the villa. Today, the Hermesvilla is noted for its art and natural setting, and is used by the Vienna Museum for special exhibitions on cultural history.
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A beautiful nature reserve which was once the Emperor's private hunting wood; on the grounds is the Hermesvilla, the favorite mansion of Empress Elisabeth. It has several 2-10 km hiking trails. Local recreation area, in summer you can see wild pigs, deer, and many Viennese families.
Inspired by the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart and initiated by architect Josef Frank, the Werkbundsiedlung public estate housing project in the Lainz Municipality of Hietzing was built from 1930 to 1932 by numerous national and international architects of the time (amongst those famous names like Adolf Loos and Gerrit Rietvelt) and has fine examples of Bauhaus style architecture. This public estate housing complex consisted of 76 buildings of which 32 still exist.
The painter Gustav Klimt used this villa as a studio from 1911 until his death in 1918. The studio has been carefully reconstructed using old photographs, and other rooms in the villa have displays about Klimt's models and clients.
There is both an indoor and outdoor pool.
Hietzinger Friedhof
Many prominent Viennese from the 18th to the 20th centuries are buried here, including the playwright Franz Grillparzer, painter Gustav Klimt, architect Otto Wagner, and modern composer Alban Berg.
Dating back to the 15th century, the church was destroyed in the Turkish war of 1685 and was rebuilt in the Baroque style.