List of memorial plaques on Leopoldsberg
The list contains the memorial plaques and stones on and next to the Leopoldsberg in Vienna , Austria . It is limited to the recording of objects in public space.
Most of the objects are concentrated in the historically significant “castle area” (mountain plateau).
| Person / event | image | Location | Establishment | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Margrave Leopold (St. Leopold) |
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Castle wall: outside, west side Koord. |
* Text by Vinzenz Oskar Ludwig | |
| Second Turkish siege of Vienna |
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Castle wall: outside, west side Koord. |
1983 | |
| Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary |
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Leopoldsbergkirche: outside, north side Koord. |
1904 | * Erected by the association of teachers in Korneuburg * Inscription: "Weiland Your Majesty the Empress and Queen Elisabeth looked around from this place in May 1896." |
| Anton Wild Goose |
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Castle wall portal passage, left side Koord. |
1958 | * Inscription: “In memoriam Anton Wildgans, herald of Austrian broadcasts, who created a monument to Leopoldsberg in the triptych“ Heiliger Herbst ”." |
| Homecoming memorial |
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Castle wall: inside, south side Koord. |
1983 | * Erected by the Austrian Returning Association * Inscription: “To the more than 200,000 prisoners of war and displaced persons who are resting in foreign soil. In the last major transports in 1953 and 1955, prisoners of war and displaced persons came back to Austria from the east. Those who returned home thankful to fate. " |
| Friedrich Ludwig Jahn |
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Castle wall: outside, southwest side Koord. |
1928 | * Relief memorial plaque by the sculptor Georg Leisek * Inscription: "To the gymnast on his 150th birthday - the fourth Viennese gymnastics district." |
| Leopold Pröll |
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Nose path: second turn Koord. |
1926 | * Erected by the Austrian Tourist Club , Klosterneuburg section * Memorial plaque for the Kahlenbergerdorfer master builder Leopold Pröll at the second bend (Leopold-Pröll-Ruhe). |
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Battle of the Kahlenberg (Holy Mass) |
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Leopoldsbergkirche: outside, west side Koord. |
* Inscription: “With the on this mountain height on IX. Sacred by Father Marco d'Aviano in 1683, St. Sacrifice of the Mass began the relief of Vienna and with it the rescue of Western Christian culture. " | |
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Battle of the Kahlenberg (Ukrainian Cossacks) |
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Leopoldsbergkirche: outside, west side Koord. |
1983 | * Erected by the Ukrainian veterans abroad * Inscription: "In memory of the Ukrainian Cossacks who died in the relief of Vienna in 1683." |
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Battle of the Kahlenberg (Ukrainian Cossacks) |
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Next to the parking lot at Leopoldsberg on the way to Koord Castle . |
2013 | * Inscription: "Dedicated to the Ukrainian Cossacks - the co-liberators of Vienna in 1683"
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| Between Leopoldsberg and Kahlenberg | ||||
| Plane crash |
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Next to the Wiener Höhenstraße on the municipal border Vienna-Klosterneuburg between the Leopoldsberg and Kahlenberg Koord. |
1956 | * Memorial stone for the victims of the plane crash on October 10, 1955 at this point. * Dedicated by the Austrian Tourist Club |
| Construction of the Klosterneuburger Höhenstraße |
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On the valley side before the first "forest bend" Koord. |
1965 | * A memorial stone on the occasion of 25 years of construction of the Klosterneuburger Höhenstraße . Erected by the municipality of Klosterneuburg and the Klosterneuburg Beautification Association. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wiener Zeitung of Feb. 4, 2006: Views of the sea of houses ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Lt. Anton Wildgans website, a memorial plaque of the same name was unveiled " at the church in Döbling " in 1958 . In fact, it should be about the memorial plaque next to the (Döblinger) Leopoldsbergkirche.
- ↑ Airplane disaster on the Leopoldsberg
Web links
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