Discover the Irrgarten mit Vogellehrpfad: A Unique Hedge Maze and Bird Education Trail in Hirschstetten Botanical Gardens

Explore the unique hedge maze at the Hirschstetten Botanical Gardens, featuring a bird education trail. This attraction offers a challenging path through dense hornbeam hedges, with an observation platform at its center and informative panels about various bird species along the way.

The Hirschstetten Botanical Gardens presents an expansive Irrgarten, or maze, covering 2,600 square meters with nearly a kilometer of paths. Unlike a simple labyrinth, this maze is designed with branching paths, dead ends, and loops to provide a genuine sense of disorientation. Originally planted with privet, the hedges were replaced in 2021 with native field maple (Feldahorn), a versatile plant used for trees, shrubs, and trimmed hedges. The dense, newly-grown green walls are meticulously shaped through annual pruning to become even more impenetrable. At the heart of the maze lies a small viewing platform, offering a vantage point over the intricate layout. Integrated into the maze's design is a bird education trail; information panels detailing various bird species are placed along the paths, transforming the experience of navigating the maze into an educational journey about local avifauna.

Information regarding admission or ticketing is not detailed on this page. Visitors are directed to the general contact information for the Stadt Wien - Wiener Stadtgärten for inquiries.