Vienna - Danubius Fountain

By the "ground floor" of what remains of the Vienna Albrechtsrampe stands the Danubius Fountain (also called the "Albrecht Fountain"). It, too, has survived only in a fragmentary state. The fountain was a gift to the city of Vienna from Franz Joseph I, and when it was unveiled in 1869, the allegorical figures of Danubius and Vindobona in the middle were surrounded by 10 more figures in alcoves. All of white Carrara marble, they personified the Rivers Theiss, Raab, Enns, Traun, Inn, Save, March, Salzach, Mur and Drau. Most of these figures by Johann Meixner have been returned to their alcoves.