Landmark
Saggen
Grid of tree-lined Gründerzeit streets and villas laid over a meadow that briefly hosted a cycling track.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Saggen, the garden district on the edge of Innsbruck's old town, follows Munich bicycle dealer Anton Schlumpeter and the pleasure ground he built here in the eighteen nineties: an international cycling track, a boxing ring, and tennis courts, backed by a state railway engineer and the Tyrolean Cyclists' Association. You'll hear about the crowds an eighteen ninety-six exhibition drew to watch riders race. Look around at today's quiet, leafy streets while you listen.
This audio guide was created using AI.