Bermuda Triangle (Vienna)
The Bermuda Triangle is a local and trendy district in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt .
location
The Vienna Bermuda Triangle is located at the northeast entrance to the old town at Schwedenplatz and Morzinplatz (on Franz-Josefs-Kai and Danube Canal ) and at Rotenturmstrasse . The Schwedenplatz underground station is served by the U1 and U4 lines and the 1 and 2 tram lines.
The Bermuda Triangle extends from Rabensteig over Seitenstettengasse to Judengasse and Ruprechtsplatz. The Ruprechtskirche is one of the oldest sacred buildings in Vienna at Ruprechtsplatz . The house at Seitenstettengasse 4 houses the main building of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien as well as the city temple . A sight very familiar to the guests of the Bermuda Triangle is a policeman patrolling Seitenstettengasse, as the Israelite facilities have been guarded since a terrorist attack on August 29, 1981.
history
The area of today's Bermuda Triangle is one of the oldest areas of Vienna, the eastern part of the Roman legion camp Vindobona was once located here . In modern times, mainly Jewish traders resided here, as the name of the Judengasse indicates. In 1826 the Jewish city temple was opened in Seitenstettengasse . In the 1970s, the area around Rabensteig, Seitenstettengasse and Judengasse was primarily known as the Jewish textile district , as numerous Jewish merchants operated textile department stores for wholesalers here after the Second World War .
On May 15, 1980, Sepp Fischer opened the Krah, krah beer pub in a former textile store on Rabensteig , which is now considered to be the birth of the Bermuda Triangle . The name Krah, krah and the three ravens in the emblem were not chosen by chance. At the beginning of the 19th century there was an inn to the three ravens here , after which the alleys Rabenplatz , Drei Rabengasse , Rabengasse and finally from 1862 Rabensteig were named.
On November 13, 1980, the Kaktus-Bar was opened in Seitenstettengasse, followed on May 20, 1981 by Michael Satke with the Red Angel, which is diagonally opposite the Krah, krah , designed by Coop Himmelblau and known for live music . More Neo Beisln followed, including Ma Pitom , Twilight & Dark , been toast and that of Hermann Czech designed Salzamt . Such a concentration of catering establishments in a small area was only made possible by a shortly before liberalization of the trade regulations, in the course of which a needs test as a prerequisite for the trade license was omitted.
The name Bermuda Triangle was already in use for this area in the early 1980s. The naming is allegedly due to the fact that some students were "lost" in this quarter for several nights and could not remember anything afterwards. Originally, the name is said to have been used as early as the 1970s for a cluster of new restaurants around Vienna's Naschmarkt .
Since the Bermuda Triangle has long ceased to be an “insider tip” and it is mentioned in every good city guide, many tourists are among the guests today. In the meantime, another local district, frequented mainly by young people, has established itself northwest of Judengasse up to Rudolfsplatz.
Other cities
There are also nightlife areas called Bermuda Triangle in other cities , for example part of the old town of Linz , a district north of the Zeil in Frankfurt am Main and the Bermuda3eck in Bochum, which has been so named since 1988 . However, it is difficult to understand to what extent the Vienna Bermuda Triangle was influenced or whether a completely independent name was given.
Individual evidence
- ↑ wienschau.at - Krah Krah ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Version from the Internet Archive from September 28, 2007)
- ↑ Satke in the Vienna History Wiki
- ^ Website of the Red Angel , section History
- ^ Vienna Museum : In the tavern . Exhibition catalog, Vienna 2007, p. 101
- ↑ GEO Special: Vienna, October 15, 1986, p. 24
literature
- Käthe Springer: Vienna City Guide . Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 2002.
Web links
- Bermuda Triangle in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- bermudadreieckwien.at - History of the quarter ( Memento from February 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Bermuda Triangle ( Memento from October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 42 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 31" E