New project

Historic palace park to become climate-ready

Climate change does not stop at Eisenstadt Castle Park. A new project aims to prepare the green lung for the changed conditions

The historic water cycle, which is now to be reactivated after being interrupted in the 20th century, will play an important role in this. However, modern pumps and pump pressure pipes are to be used in future. These will be used to transport water from the lower-lying machine pond to the obelisk pond, so that the water is pumped from the lowest to the highest point in line with the historical model.

Alternatives for plants
"We are also focusing on training garden staff. Among other things, the focus will be on climatic changes and their impact on plants and shrubs, as well as appropriate alternatives to traditional park plants," explains Christian Widder, Managing Director of Schlosspark Eisenstadt Erhaltungs GmbH on behalf of Esterhazy.

Climate change also affects Schönbrunn
A total of 600,000 euros will be made available as part of the Interreg project "ParksFit4Future". The palace park is not the only one: the historic parks in Vienna-Schönbrunn, Stupava and Modra (Slovakia) are also part of the project - but the challenges are the same everywhere.