Look around. The Trygve-Lie-Park is a rectangle of green calmness here in the 22nd district. It is named after a Norwegian politician. He was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Once, this area was swampland. It lay beside the Mühlwasser stream. Before 1875, a branch of the Danube reached Wulzendorfstraße here. Later, farmers grew vegetables here. By the mid-1990s, the area transformed. Builders erected homes and a school. Streets got names of Norwegian cities. People started calling it the Norwegerviertel.
A power line ran over a section of land. It connected Donaustadt power plant to Simmering power plant. Building was not possible here. In 1997, landscape architects created this park here. The city council named it Trygve-Lie-Park.
Specifically for teenagers, the Jugendplatz Asperner Wies’n opened east of the park in 2010. In 2016, workers renovated the streetball court. They added a taller metal fence covered with a net. The Trygve-Lie-Park covers about 4000 square meters. It sits between Stavangergasse and Tönsbergweg. Walkways border it on the other sides.
The Trygve-Lie-Park includes a children’s playground. It also has a streetball court. A simple soccer field sits here without a fence. The ground is slightly lower. Walkways cross the Trygve-Lie-Park at angles. Several park benches line the main path and playground.
Notice the power pole in the northwest. Bunt painted concrete walls surround it. Dogs are not allowed here. The nearest dog zone is 100 meters away.
In the eastern part of Trygve-Lie-Park, you can see a memorial to Trygve Lie. Hubert Wilfan created it in 1997. Three metal plates sit on a stone. They read “TRYGVE”, “LIE”, and “NORWEGISCHER POLITIKER 1896–1986 ERSTER GENERALSEKRETÄR DER UNO 1946–1953”. A small plate shows the artist’s signature: “WILFAN 1997”. Seven stones lie in a circle around the memorial stone.
Trygve-Lie-Park boasts 59 trees as of 2017. You can find different types here. Southern hackberry trees line the northern edge. Honey locust trees stand in a grid in the south. Ornamental pear trees mark the central walkway. Hornbeams grow between the power pole and Tönsbergweg. Slender column hornbeams stand between Tönsbergweg and the basketball court. Ash-leaved maple trees line the southern border of Trygve-Lie-Park.
Take a moment to enjoy this green space. Remember Trygve Lie’s contribution to world peace. This park is a small tribute to a great man.