List of memorial plaques and memorial stones in Vienna / Leopoldstadt

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This list of commemorative plaques and memorial stones in Vienna / Leopoldstadt contains the commemorative plaques in the public space of Vienna's 2nd district, Leopoldstadt . The main basis of this list is "Wien Kulturgut" (the digital cultural city map of the City of Vienna ).

Other monuments and works of art in public space can be found under List of works of art in public space in Vienna / Leopoldstadt .

Memorial stones are given in the list of memorial stones in Vienna-Leopoldstadt . As far as blackboards are concerned, some of them also have inventory numbers in the Viennese cultural property register.

Memorial plaques and memorial stones

photo   inscription Surname Type Location description
Alfred Adler - memorial plaque
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Alfred Adler
lived and worked in this house , born: 7.2.1870, died: 28.5.1937, founder of individual psychology




Alfred Adler - memorial plaque Plaque Czerningasse 7
location
Stone tablet
Max Adler - memorial plaque
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In this house
on November 15, 1873
Max Adler
1873 1937
Univ. Professor
legal philosopher a.
Born sociologist

Max Adler - memorial plaque
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Plaque Waschhausgasse 1a
location
Stone tablet with portrait relief
Peter Altenberg - memorial plaque
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At this point,
the house was
where the poet
Peter Altenberg
on March 9, 1859
was born

Peter Altenberg - memorial plaque
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Plaque Franzensbrückenstraße 3
location
Stone tablet (incorrectly attached to the wrong address)
Dr.  Leo Ascher - memorial plaque
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Dr. Leo Ascher
1880–1942
composer
of “Das Lercherl von
Hernals” from “Highness
tanzt Walzer”, like many
other operettas
and melodies, lived
in this house until 1938.
Dedicated in 1980 by the
culture club

Dr. Leo Ascher - memorial plaque
ID: 94416
Plaque Kurzbauergasse 6
location
Leo Gruber, stone tablet with portrait relief (1980)
Otto Bauer - memorial plaque Upload file

Otto Bauer
1881–1938
The great
theoretician of
Austrian
social democracy

Otto Bauer - Memorial plaque
ID: 94434
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Plaque Leopoldsgasse 6-8
location
Stone tablet with portrait relief
Julius Bermann - memorial plaque
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Julius Bermann
1868 - 1943
champion of employee law
and tenant protection
1918 - 1934 Representative of Leopoldstadt
in the Vienna City Council and State Parliament
Died in Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
In grateful memory,
Union of Private Employees

Julius Bermann - memorial plaque Memorial plaques Zirkusgasse 3-5
location
Stone tablet
“Great Chinese” memorial stone Upload file

The
large Chinese
made up from 1854-1945, the central figure
of by Basilio Calafati built
Ringel game
On the occasion of the 220 anniversary of the
Wurstelprater was by the
City of Vienna this Calafatistatue
erected in 1966

"Great Chinese" - memorial stone
Vulgo:  Calafati - memorial stone
ID: 76829
Memorial stone Eduard-Lang-Weg / Hans-Krauss-Weg
location
free-standing stone, originally in the "Chinese" figure (1966)
Veza Canetti - memorial plaque
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The truth
is buried in it.

The long secretive Jewish poet Veza Canetti,
née Venetiana Taubner (1897–1963), lived and wrote
in this house until 1934. She died in England and
had not returned from exile . Her literary work full of sharpness
and empathy was only published posthumously.

Veza Canetti - Memorial plaque
Vulgo:  Venetiana Taubner - Memorial plaque
ID: 95119
Plaque Ferdinandstrasse 29
location
Two glass panels (2013)
Arnold Deutsch - memorial plaque
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In this house lived
Dr. Arnold Deutsch
During the National Socialist
regime, he was murdered by the SS fascists
in November 1942 at the age of 38
.
He fought for a free,
democratic Austria,
for peace,
and for the happiness of mankind.
May people
understand his sacrifice

Arnold Deutsch - memorial plaque Plaque Schiffamtsstrasse 20
location
Stone tablet
Robert Erber - memorial plaque
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Robert Erber
1895 - 1978
Volksbildner
member of the state parliament
and local council

Robert Erber - memorial plaque Plaque Schüttelstrasse 19
location
Stone tablet
Hermann Fischer - memorial plaque
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Hermann Fischer
1876. 1933
City Council of
the City of Vienna
for the 2nd District
1919. 1932
and member of
the National Council in
1932. 1933

Hermann Fischer - memorial plaque
ObjectID:  4562
Plaque Ybbsstrasse 15-21
location
Stone tablet
Viktor Frankl - memorial plaque Upload file

The neurologist and psychiatrist
Viktor E. Frankl
lived and worked in this house from
1905 to 1942
from the day he was born
until the day he was deported
to a concentration camp

Viktor Frankl - memorial plaque
ID: 95128
Plaque Czerningasse 6
location
Stone tablet (1988)
Josephine Gallmeyer and Gabor Steiner - memorial plaqueBW
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In this house once lived:
Josephine Gallmeyer
February 27, 1838 - February 3, 1884
actress, dancer
Soubrette, writer
and director of the
Strampfer-Theater
unter den Tuchlauben.
Gabor Steiner
May 28, 1858 - September 9, 1944
Theater u. Variety director
founder of the theater and
entertainment city
Venice in Vienna ” in the Prater.
Initiator of the construction of
the ferris wheel . Donated by the
Zentralsparkassa and
Kommerzialbank Wien in
1978

Josephine Gallmeyer and Gabor Steiner - Memorial plaque
ObjektID:  4547
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Plaque Praterstrasse 56
location
Stone tablet (1978)
Carl Goldmark - memorial plaque Upload file

It was in this house that
the master of sounds,
Dr. Carl Goldmark
born zu Keszthely on May 18, 1830,
died on January 2, 1915

Carl Goldmark - Memorial plaque
ID: 95129
Plaque Böcklinstrasse 28
location
Stone tablet
Ernst Happel - memorial plaque Upload file

The City of Vienna
dedicates this stadium to
the successful
international football player and coach
Ernst Happel
Born on November 29, 1925
Died on November 14, 1992
In venerable memory
The Mayor
Dr. Helmut Zilk
The acting City Councilor
for Environment and Sport
Dr. Michael Häupl

Ernst Happel - Memorial plaque
ObjectID:  4511
Plaque Olympiaplatz
location
Stone tablet (1992)
Joseph Haydn - memorial plaque Upload file

Joseph Haydn,
the great Marian master,
worked in the choir of this church from
1755–1758.
The Church Music Association
1932

Joseph Haydn - memorial plaque
ID: 95130 ObjectID
:  6847
Plaque Taborstrasse 16-18
location
Stone tablet with bronze relief (1932)
Theodor Herzl - memorial plaque (1960)
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This residential complex of the
City of Vienna
was in memory of
Theodor Herzl
1860-1904
the champion of the
founding of the State
of Israel named

Theodor Herzl - memorial plaque (1960)
ID: 95131
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Plaque Leopoldsgasse 13-15
location
Stone tablet (1960)
Theodor Herzl - memorial plaque (1978)
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Dr. Theodor Herzl
Father of the State of Israel
In remembrance of its importance for the history of
the Jewish people, this plaque was donated by
the members of the Conference of the Prime Minister
of Israel for Israel Bonds on the occasion of the 30th
anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
January 24, 1978

Theodor Herzl - memorial plaque (1978)
ID: 95134
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Plaque Leopoldsgasse 13-15
location
Metal plaque, inscription in German and Hebrew (1978)
Leopold Hilsner - memorial plaque Upload file

The last house of Leopold Hilsner SA (1876 - 1928) was located here. As an
innocent victim of the ritual murder lie, he languished in prison for 19 years.
Na tomto místě stál dům kde žil před svou smrtí Leopold Hilsner (1876 - 1928).
Jako nevinná oběť lži o ritualní vraždě živořil 19 let v žaláři.

Leopold Hilsner - Memorial plaque
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Plaque Obere Donaustraße 4
location
Stone tablet, inscription also in Hebrew (2002)
Hubert Hladej - memorial plaque Upload file

Hubert Hladej - Hof
Hubert Hladej
District Chairman of Leopoldstadt
1949 - 1977

Hubert Hladej - memorial plaque Plaque Wehlistraße 131-143
location
Stone tablet
Friedensreich Hundertwasser - memorial plaque
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser
painter, architecture
doctor , ecological activist painter, architecture doctor, environmental activist
(1928–2000)
spent his youth in this house. In 1938 he and his Jewish mother
Elsa Stowasser were forcibly relocated here from Vienna-Fünfhaus. While aunt and
grandmother and 69 other family members
were murdered by the National Socialists , Friedrich Stowasser and his mother survived the war years here. The landscape
on the Danube Canal became Hundertwasser's motif for his first drawings and watercolors.
Elsa Stowasser lived in this house until her death in 1972.

spent his youth in this house. In 1938 he and his Jewish mother, Elsa Stowasser
were forced to relocate here from Vienna-Fünfhaus. While his aunt and grandmother
in addition to 69 other family members were murdered in the concentration camps,
Friedrich Stowasser and his mother survived the war years here. The landscape of the Danube
canal became a motif in Hundertwasser's first drawings and watercolors. Elsa Stowasser lived
in this house until her death in 1972.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser - memorial plaque
ID: 95135
Plaque Obere Donaustraße 12
location
Metal plate (2013)
Anton Janscha - memorial plaque
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Dedicated to the memory of
Anton Janscha
the first Austrian
apiculture teacher and bee researcher
on the occasion of his 200th birthday
by the Austrian beekeeping in
1934
1734 1973 1773
on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his death in Vienna
State Association for Beekeeping in Vienna
Zveza Čebelarskih Drustev za Slovenijo

Anton Janscha - memorial plaque ObjectID
:  128765
Plaque Augarten
location
Stone tablet with metal relief
Walter Jurmann - memorial plaque
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The
composer
Walter Jurmann
(October 12, 1903 - June 17, 1971) was
born in this house .
“I can never forget a song from my home country”
Walter Jurmann
Vienna - Berlin - Paris - Hollywood
Erected by the Association of Friends of the Jewish Museum Vienna

Walter Jurmann - memorial plaque
ID: 95138
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Plaque Große Stadtgutgasse 7
location
Bardaglio marble tablet (2006)
Wilhelm Kienzl - memorial plaque Upload file

The
Austrian clay poet
Dr. Wilhelm Kienzl
and created many of his
immortal works here.
His honorary member on the
centenary of the
Vienna Men's Singing Association
January 17, 1957

Wilhelm Kienzl - memorial plaque Plaque Schreygasse 6
location
Stone tablet (1957)
Alfred Klahr - memorial plaque
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In this house lived
Dr. Alfred Klahr
During the National Socialist
rule he was murdered by the SS fascists
in July 1944 at the age of 39
.
He fought for a free,
democratic Austria,
for peace,
and for the happiness of mankind.
May people
understand his sacrifice.

Alfred Klahr - memorial plaque
ID: 95139
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Plaque Novaragasse 17-19
location
Stone tablet (1953)
Karl Köfinger - memorial plaque
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The Austrian
cultural film producer ,
engineer
Karl Köfinger,
lived from 1879 to 1938.
He lived and worked
in this house.

Karl Köfinger - memorial plaque
ID: 95140
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Plaque Springergasse 27
location
Josef Navratil, brass plaque in the style of a 35 mm silent film cadre (1990)
Theodor Kramer - memorial plaque Upload file

Leaf and beer are beautiful and there is much
to say about
childhood about the wind;
but I'm not here
and which speaks of me
is for those who are voiceless
THEODOR KRAMER
1897 in Niederhollabrunn born
from 1939 to 1957 in exile in England
in 1958 died in Vienna
at this 1908 experience started
the poet Theodor Kramer in Vienna

Theodor Kramer - memorial plaque Plaque At the Tabor 20-22
location
Metal plate with portrait relief
Fritz Kreisler - memorial plaque
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The violin virtuoso
and composer
Fritz Kreisler
was born on February 2, 1875
in this house.
Austrian Society
for Music and Federal Ministry
for Education and Art

Fritz Kreisler - memorial plaque
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Plaque Große Schiffgasse 21
location
Stone tablet
Eduard Kremser - memorial plaque Upload file

Eduard Kremser
lived in this house and died there on November 27, 1914. To his honorary choirmaster of the Vienna Men's Singing Association in 1924





Eduard Kremser - memorial plaque
ID: 95141
Plaque Kleine Stadtgutgasse 10
location
Stone tablet (1924)
Franz Mair - memorial plaque
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Franz Mair
clay poet
founder of the Wiener
Schubertbund
1821 - 1893

Franz Mair - memorial plaque
ObjectID:  4541
Plaque Laufbergergasse
location
Stone tablet
Lise Meitner - memorial plaque
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In this house
was
the nuclear physicist
Dr. Lise Meitner
born on November 7th, 1878
(died October 27th, 1968 Cambridge)

Lise Meitner - memorial plaque
ID: 95142
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Plaque Heinestrasse 27
location
Stone tablet (1988)
Ivan Meštrović - memorial plaque Upload file

U ovoj kući
je živio i
radio 1907
veliki
hrvatski
kipar
The great Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović
lived and
worked in this house in 1907, 1883–1962 On the 100th anniversary of the birthday , the Croats in Austria donate this memorial plaque. Vienna 1983







Ivan Meštrović - memorial plaque
ID: 95118
Plaque Böcklinstrasse 52
location
Thomas Resetarits , marble tablet (1983)
Peter Mitterhofer - memorial plaque
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Peter Mitterhofer
Austrian inventor of
the typewriter
1822-1893
in Partschins,
Tyrol

Peter Mitterhofer - memorial plaque
ID: 95143 ObjectID
:  112328
Plaque Obere Donaustraße 97
location
Bronze plaque with portrait relief
Alfred Ochshorn - memorial plaque
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In memory of
Alfred Ochshorn
born 6.4.1915 in Vienna
murdered 20.10.1943 in Mauthausen concentration camp
student, active fighter
against fascism
in Austria, Spain and France
he lived and died for freedom
like thousands in this district
"Friends of Leopoldstadt"

Alfred Ochshorn - memorial plaque
ID: 95144
Plaque Haidgasse 2
location
Denes Dembitz, stone tablet with relief portrait in artificial stone (1987)
Emanuel Pendl - Memorial plaque Upload file

This house was built in 1895 by the sculptor
Emanuel Pendl
* 1845 † 1927,
the creator of numerous large-scale sculptures
on Ringstrasse buildings and the castle
as a residence and studio.
His son, the painter
Erwin Pendl
* 1875 † 1945
, also worked here from 1896 - 1901

Emanuel Pendl - Memorial plaque Plaque Wehlistraße 226
location
Metal plaque
Karl Pick - memorial plaque
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Karl Pick
1867–1938
the champion of
white-collar law
and
employee protection
The union of private employees

Karl Pick - memorial plaque Plaque Hollandstrasse 1a
location
Stone tablet with portrait relief
Karl Polanyi - memorial plaque
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The economic historian and social anthropologist Karl Polanyi lived in this house
from 1924 to 1933 with his wife, the historian Ilona Duczinska and their daughter Kari






Karl Polanyi - memorial plaque
ID: 97690
Plaque Vorgartenstrasse 203
location
Metal plate (2014)
Karl Renner - memorial plaque
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In this house
that used to stand in this place
lived
Dr. Karl Renner
from 1918 - 1934
State Chancellor
President of the National Council
Federal President

Karl Renner - memorial plaque
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Plaque Praterstrasse 8
location
Stone tablet
Arthur Schnitzler - memorial plaque
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In this house
was
Arthur
Schnitzler
on May 15, 1862
born
Austrian Society
for Literature

Arthur Schnitzler - Memorial plaque
ID: 95147
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Plaque Praterstrasse 16
location
Stone tablet made of gray styenite (1984)
Arnold Schönberg - memorial plaque
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In this house
was
Arnold Schoenberg
on September 13, 1874
born
Austrian Society
for Music, and the Federal Ministry
for Education and Art

Arnold Schönberg - memorial plaque
ID: 95148
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Plaque Obere Donaustraße 5
location
Wilhelm Schmeiser, marble tablet (1976)
Memorial plaque for Franz Sebek, Leopoldine Padaurek and Ferdinand Platzer Upload file

In memory of
Franz Sebek
01.07.1943
crane operator Siemens
Leopoldine Padaurek
21. 11. 1944
metal worker Siemens
Ferdinand Platzer
18. 12. 1944
electrician Siemens
as Siemens employees in their operation, which has stood here at the time,
against the Siemens AG apprentices dedicate this commemorative plaque to the inhumanity of the Nazi terror regime who resisted
and were therefore executed
.
Never forget!
Vienna, in 2012

Memorial plaque for Franz Sebek , Leopoldine Padaurek and Ferdinand Platzer Plaque Vorgartenstrasse 148
location
(2012)
Jura Soyfer - memorial plaque
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This earth is full of life and full of death
Jura Soyfer
1912 - 1939
And its future is
glorious and great

Jura Soyfer - memorial plaque Plaque Heinestrasse 4
location
Magdalena Steiner and Helmut Kurz-Goldenstein, stone tablet surrounded by ceramic reliefs (1990)
Max Steiner - memorial plaque Upload file


Max Steiner was
born in this house on May 10, 1888 . His career began in
Venice in Vienna ”, the theater and
entertainment city in the Prater. In 1914
he became conductor on Broadway.
1929 leading film composer
- " Gone with the wind ", " Casablanca " -
in Hollywood. Where he died
on December 28, 1971.
the Erste
Österreichische Spar-Casse-Bank in
1988

Max Steiner - memorial plaque
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Plaque Praterstrasse 72
location
Stone tablet (1988)
Oscar Straus - memorial plaque
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Oscar Straus' birthplace
1870 1954
Music citizen of the world

Oscar Straus - memorial plaque
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Plaque Untere Donaustraße 27
location
Stone tablet with a metal portrait relief
Johann Strauss father - memorial plaque
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In this house
was
Johann Strauss Father,
art and contemporary Lanner's
on March 14, 1804
born.
Erected in 1883
summer and less

Johann Strauss father - memorial plaque
ID: 94959
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Plaque Floßgasse 7
location
Stone tablet (1883)
Johann Strauss - memorial plaque
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In this house
Johann Strauss wrote the Viennese national anthem, the waltz “On the beautiful blue Danube”
in 1867 . For the 100th birthday of the Waltz King his honorary member. The Wiener Schubertbund 1925.




Johann Strauss - memorial plaque
ID: 95087
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Plaque Praterstrasse 54
location
Stone tablet (1925)
Adolf Unger - memorial plaque
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The Jewish working-class
poet Adolf Unger
was born in this house in 1904.
He has experienced unemployment and poverty himself
and was an ardent and fearless fighter
in the fight for the rights of the poor.
In 1933 he received the Julius Reich Prize from the University of Vienna.
In 1942 he was murdered in Auschwitz.
“I am the cry of those to
whom the gate is not opened. Which
you pass by,
which you rigidly overlook. ”
Donated by Dieter Grosz-Fa Digro

Adolf Unger - Memorial plaque
ID: 94958
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Plaque Springergasse 4
location
Dieter Grosz, bronze plaque (1997)
Richard Waldemar - memorial plaque
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Richard Waldemar
May 3, 1869 - December 27, 1946
Dedicated to the great folk actor and master of
lectures, citizen of the city of Vienna
Richard Waldemar, who
often also used his art for care.

Richard Waldemar - memorial plaque
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Plaque Praterstrasse 50
location
Stone tablet
Johann Baptist Weber - memorial plaque Upload file


Johann Baptist Weber was
born in this church from 1816-1831. Born on January 21, 1785. Died on January 13, 1848
The life of this true philanthropist
has
remained alive in the memories and hearts of all Viennese through the following deeds :
1817 Foundation of the Leopoldstädter Hauptschule
1819 Foundation of the Erste Österreichische Spar-Casse
1827 Foundation of a poor and supply house
1839 Foundation of a kindergarten in Baden
1832-1837 Curator and 1844-1848 Honorary Curator of
the Erste Österreichische Spar-Casse

Johann Baptist Weber - Memorial plaque
ObjectID:  4518
Plaque Alexander-Poch-Platz 6
location
Stone tablet depicting St. Leopold
Johann Baptist Weber - memorial stone
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Johann
Baptist
Weber
your
founder
, the
first
Austrian
savings bank

Johann Baptist Weber - memorial stone Memorial stone Alexander-Poch-Platz 6
location
Memorial stone with metal portrait relief
Memorial stone for Max Winter Upload file

Max Winter
1870
1937

Memorial stone for Max Winter
ID: 42050
Memorial stone Max-Winter-Platz
location
Eduard Robitschko , Stone Block with Portrait Relief (1954)
Stanisław Wyspiański - memorial plaque Upload file


Stanisław Wyspiański
(1869-1907)
outstanding Polish playwright,
poet and visual artist
from Krakow,
member of the artists' association
Vienna Secession
Austrian-Polish Society
(on the occasion of the 50th anniversary),
City of Krakow
1996 , stayed in this hotel in August 1904

Stanisław Wyspiański - memorial plaque
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Plaque Praterstrasse 72
location
Stone tablet with metal portrait relief (1996)
Franz Zeidler - memorial plaque
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The
Austrian resistance fighter
Franz Zeidler lived in this house,
executed on November 19, 1943
at the age of 40.
Never again war - never again fascism!
The Office of the President
certifies herewith,
that the President of the Republic of Austria
with resolution of 3 April 1979
Mr
Franz Zeidler
posthumously
the Medal
for services to the liberation of Austria
has awarded
Vienna, 3 IV 1979 The Kabninettsdirektor.:

Franz Zeidler - memorial plaque Plaque Böcklinstrasse 82
location
Stone tablet
Old forge - memorial plaque Upload file

Hephaestus,
god of the forge,
falls from Mount Olympus

In memory
of the old forge

Old forge - memorial plaque Plaque Franzensbrückenstrasse 15
location
Stone tablet
Augarten concerts - memorial plaque
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The
Augarten Concerts have taken place in this building since 1782 , which
remain memorable due to the presence of
Mozart
May 26, 1782
Symphony KV 338
Concert for two
pianos KV 365
Beethoven
May 24, 1803
Kreutzer Sonata
op.47
(world premiere)
Schubert
May 1, 1824
The Nightingale
Vocal Quartet
D 724
Mozart Community, Beethoven Society & Schubert Association in Vienna 1973

Augarten concerts - memorial plaque Plaque Augarten
location
Stone tablet (1973)
Commemorative plaque of the liberation of Vienna by guards landing troops and sailors
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The liberated Vienna in gratitude to the heroic
guards landing party
and the sailors of
the Soviet Union


Commemorative plaque of the liberation of Vienna by guards landing troops and sailors
ID: 95146
Plaque Reichsbrücke (north side)
location
Stone tablet under glass
Memorial plaque for the liberation of Vienna by airborne guards
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The grateful citizens of Vienna to the heroic
Soviet
airborne
guards

Commemorative plaque for the liberation of Vienna by airborne guards
ID: 95145
Plaque Reichsbrücke (south side)
location
Stone tablet with a bronze medallion in relief under glass
"Fortuna" - memorial stone Upload file

The original figure of Fortuna,
which can be seen today in the Pratermuseum, has
been the
center of the Fortuna carousel
on Straße des 1. Mai for decades .
The
City of Vienna donated this replica to
visitors to the
Vienna Prater in 1969 to commemorate them

"Fortuna" - memorial stone
ID: 76830
Memorial stone Eduard-Lang-Weg / Hans-Krauss-Weg
location
free-standing stone, originally in the "Fortuna" figure (1969)
Memorial plaque for Jewish Nazi victims
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On April 12, 1945, a few hours before
Vienna was liberated from the Nazi dictatorship,
Dr. Blum Nelly, 54 years,
Klüger-Langer Grete, 44 years,
Holzer Arthur, 59 years,
Margolin Marie, 44 years,
Klein Arthur, 56 years,
Mezei Kurt, 21 years,
Klüger-Langer Erna, 82 years,
Pfeiffer Emil, 66 Years,
Schaier Genia, murdered 48 years
before this house by dehumanized SS barbarians
.
Never forget!
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Vienna

Memorial plaque for Jewish victims of National Socialism
ID: 95136
Plaque Förstergasse 7
location
Stone tablet, renewed version of a tablet from 1954 (1960)
Jewish School Leopoldsgasse - memorial plaque
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The house that stood at this point
originally housed the women's trade school of the
Dr. Krüger home for apprenticeship girls (formerly the Elisabeth
apprentice
girls home ) and the Jewish Orthodox girls' school "Bet Jakob". At the time of the Nazi
dictatorship it served as a collection camp from which
tens of thousands of Jews - men, women and children - were taken
to the Reich's death camps.
May your memory be blessed.
Vienna, In the month of Kislev 5761 (November 2000)
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien

Jewish School Leopoldsgasse - Memorial plaque
ID: 95137
Plaque Leopoldsgasse 13-15
location
Prater anniversary - memorial stone Upload file

200 years of the
Vienna Prater
1766-1966

Prater anniversary - memorial stone Memorial stone Hauptallee
location
Stone tablet (1966)
Great Schiffgasse synagogue - memorial plaque
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Path of Remembrance
In memory of the
members of the
eminent
Orthodox
Jewish community.
Most of
them were
deported and
murdered.

Great Schiffgasse synagogue - memorial plaque
ID: 95150
Plaque Große Schiffgasse 8
location
Table made of raw steel and brass (1988)
Synagogue Pazmanitengasse / Pazmanitentempel - memorial plaque
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This is where
the former pazmanite temple stood.
He was born on 10 November 1938
in the Kristallnacht ,
destroyed.
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Vienna

Synagogue Pazmanitengasse / Pazmanitentempel - memorial plaque
ID: 95152
Plaque Pazmanitengasse 6
location
Stone tablet, inscription in German and Hebrew
Polish school / synagogue Leopoldsgasse - memorial plaque
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The "Polish Synagogue" , built in 1892
93 according to plans by
the architect Wilhelm Stiassny , stood here
.
Destroyed in the " Reichskristallnacht "
on November 10, 1938.

Polish school / synagogue Leopoldsgasse - memorial plaque
ID: 95151
Plaque Leopoldsgasse 29
location
Copper tablet, inscription in German and Hebrew (1990)
Synagogue Tempelgasse / Leopoldstädter Tempel - memorial plaque
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Synagogue Tempelgasse / Leopoldstädter Tempel - memorial plaque
Vulgo:  Israelite prayer house in the Viennese suburb Leopoldstadt - memorial plaque
ID: 95153 ObjectID
:  4500
Plaque Tempelgasse 3
location
Copper plate, inscription in Hebrew
Leopoldstädter Tempel - memorial plaque (bilingual) Upload file

The Israelite prayer house
in the Viennese suburb of Leopoldstadt
This is where the Leopoldstadt Temple was located, which was built
in 1858 according to plans by the architect Leopold Förster
in the Moorish style and on November 10, 1938
during the so-called “ Reichskristallnacht ” by the
National Socialist barbarians down to the ground.
solid was destroyed.
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Vienna

Leopoldstädter Tempel - memorial plaque (bilingual)
ObjectID:  4500
Plaque Tempelgasse 3
location
Metal plaque with relief, inscription in German and Hebrew
Turkish Temple / Synagogue Zirkusgasse - memorial plaque
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This is where the "Turkish Temple", built from 1885-1887 according to plans by
the architect Hugo von Wiedenfeld
, stood. The
synagogue of the Sephardic community was
destroyed in the " Reichskristallnacht "
on November 10, 1938.

Turkish temple / synagogue Zirkusgasse - memorial plaque
ID: 95154
Plaque Zirkusgasse 22
location
Copper tablet, inscription in Hebrew and German (1988)
Vivarium - memorial plaque
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Biological
research institute
Vivarium
The biological research institute (Vivarium) was located here, one of
the world's first research institutes for experimental
biology. Founded and financed in 1902 by Hans Przibram (1874–1944), Leopold von Portheim
(1869–1947) and Wilhelm Figdor (1866–1938)
, it was donated to the Academy of Sciences in 1914
. Their leaders Przibram and Portheim were
"racially" persecuted after the "Anschluss" in 1938. Hans Przibram died in
the Theresienstadt concentration camp .
Here stood the Institute for Experimental Biology (Vivarium),
one of the world's first research facilities for experimental biology.
Established in 1902 and financed by Hans Przibram (1874-1944),
Leopold von Portheim (1869-1947) and Wilhelm Figdor (1866-1938),
it was donated to the Academy of Sciences in 1914. Its directors
Przibram and Portheim were persecuted on “Racial” grounds after
the “connection” with Nazi Germany in 1938. Hans Przibram died
in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Vivarium - Memorial plaque
Vulgo:  Biological Research Institute - Memorial plaque
ID: 94957
Plaque Prater Hauptallee, level with Vivariumstraße
location
Enamel plaque (2015)

Individual evidence

  1. Felix Czeike (ed.): Winter monument. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 663 ( digitized version ).

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