The Deckergasse is a narrow lane (German: -gasse), in the Meidling district of Vienna, Austria, stretching from the Assmayergasse in the west to the Längenfeldgasse in the east.
It was named in 1909, when the area around it was being developed, in honour of the Viennese portrait artist Georg Decker (1818–1894). The official record published by Karl Lueger, Mayor of Vienna, described him as "the outstanding Viennese painter (hervorragenden Wiener Maler)" and noted that the Deckergasse began near the end of Canalettogasse, named after Canaletto.Die Gemeinde-Verwaltung der k.k. Reichshaupt- und Residenzstadt Wien (Vienna Bürgermeister, 1910), p. 119
As a pedestrian way (Fußweg), the Deckergasse crosses the Wilhelmsdorfer Park,Eva Berger, Historische Gärten Österreichs: Wien (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 2004), p. 255 popularly known as the Decker Park, which it divides,Maria Auböck, Gisa Ruland, Grün in Wien: ein Führer zu den Gärten, Parks und Landschaften der Stadt : mit ausführlicher Beschreibung 42 ausgewählter Anlagen (Falter, 1994), pp. 187–188: "Die zwischen den beiden Parkteilen liegende Deckergasse, ein Fußweg, sollte aufgelassen und mit in den Park integriert werden." and the only significant building on it is a school, now called the Volksschule Deckergasse, or Parkschule VS Deckergasse, at number 1.Unsere Schule at deckergasse.schule.wien.at, accessed 21 February 2018 When the park was redesigned in 1990, the Deckergasse was left open and was integrated into it.
The Deckergasse is in the suburb and former parish of Meidling,Deckergasse at wien.gv.at, accessed 3 October 2023 near the Längenfeldgasse station of the Vienna U-Bahn.
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External links Deckergasse at wien.gv.at