Lookout Rudolfshöhe

Great view from the lookout Rudolfshöhe

The surrounding core zone of the Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve can be easily observed from the Rudolfshöhe lookout. The wonderful panoramic view extends over a large part of the western Wienerwald and western Vienna to some mountains on the edge of the Wienerwald. On clear days you can see from the small Carpathian Mountains in the east over the Schneeberg in the south to the Ötscher in the west.

Wonderful view all around

The Rudolfshöhe is with 472 m the highest elevation of the so-called Yellow Mountain. It is named after the former Crown Prince Rudolf, who often went hunting in Purkersdorf. 
The first bricked lookout on the Rudolfshöhe was opened in 1861 and was a popular destination for the urban population. However, around the turn of the 1900s, it quickly fell into disrepair, so that in the interwar period only a few foundation walls remained. 
The Purkersdorf Sandstein-Wienerwald Nature Park Association took care of the reconstruction of the lookout from 1975 onwards, which was then completed in 1978 with subsidies from the state of Lower Austria and the municipality. 

26 m wooden framework

The new Rudolfswarte is a timber-frame building with a covered platform with a height of 26 meters. Since 2001 it formally belongs to the municipality of Purkersdorf, because it is located on Purkersdorf municipal territory, but the land is owned by the Forestry Administration of the City of Vienna. The Rudolfswarte lies a bit outside the narrower boundaries of the nature park, but is easily accessible via the "Blätterdach" trail junction. 
Due to heavy use by wind and weather, the wooden structure already had to be renovated several times, with the most recent general renovation taking place in the fall of 2019. 
From above, the surrounding part of the core zone of the Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve can be easily observed. The wonderful panoramic view ranges from a large part of the western Wienerwald over western Vienna and some mountains on the edge of the Wienerwald. On clear days you can see from the small Carpathian Mountains in the east to the Schneeberg in the south and the Ötscher in the west.

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