The Deckergasse is a narrow lane (

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: -gasse), in the

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district of

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, stretching from the Assmayergasse in the west to the Längenfeldgasse in the east. Deckergasse

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

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, described him as "the outstanding Viennese painter (''hervorragenden Wiener Maler'')" and noted that the Deckergasse began near the end of Canalettogasse, named after

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. As a pedestrian way (''Fußweg''), the Deckergasse crosses the Wilhelmsdorfer Park, 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. 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

,Deckergasse
at wien.gv.at, accessed 3 October 2023 near the Längenfeldgasse station of the

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