List of street names in Vienna / Brigittenau

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Brigittenau

List of streets, alleys and squares in Vienna's 20th district of Brigittenau

Characteristic street names in Brigittenau

In Brigittenau as well as in Leopoldstadt, the roads near the Danube are named in connection with this or the Danube regulation.

  • The following traffic areas were named after tributaries of the Danube:
Innstrasse, Kampstrasse, Leithastrasse, Pielachgasse, Salzachstrasse and Traisengasse; in addition in the 2nd district Ennsgasse, Erlafstraße, Innstraße and Ybbsstraße. Donaueschingenstrasse, Pöchlarnstrasse and, in the 2nd district, Wachaustrasse also belong in this area
  • The following traffic areas were named after people associated with the Danube regulation:
Engerthstraße, Wehlistraße, Pasettistraße, only in the 20th district: Gasteigergasse, Wexstraße
Historical street names - literature - web links

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Adalbert-Stifter-Strasse with AUVA in the background
  • Adalbert-Stifter-Straße , named in 1899 after Adalbert Stifter , one of the most important writers of Austrian Biedermeier . In addition to his numerous stories, he was the editor of the anthology “Vienna and the Viennese” and he painted cityscapes of Vienna.
  • Adolf-Gstöttner-Gasse , named in 1956 after the mining expert Adolf Gstöttner (1874–1943), Oberbergrat, civil servant in the State Office for Public Works, member of the Geological Society of Vienna, General Secretary of the “Association of Mine Owners Austria”. Before that, the street was called Straussgasse from 1876 .
  • Adolf-Schmidl-Gasse , named in 1910 after the topographer , geographer , cave explorer and writer Adolf Schmidl (1802–1863), professor of history, geography and statistics at the Joseph Polytechnic in Ofen . He developed caving as an independent scientific discipline and coined the term "caving" for it. Schmidl published numerous works, including "Vienna as it is, in relation to topography, statistics and social life" (1833) and "Vienna's surroundings for 20 hours in a circle" (3 volumes, 1835–1839). In addition to his scientific work, he was also active as a writer, sometimes under the pseudonym Salmoser .
  • Aignerstraße , named in 1999 after the portrait painter Joseph Matthäus Aigner ; he portrayed Emperor Franz Joseph I , Empress Elisabeth , Franz Grillparzer , Friedrich Halm and Nikolaus Lenau , among others . As commandant of the Academic Legion , Aigner took part in the October fighting in Vienna in 1848 , was captured and sentenced to death, but pardoned by Prince Windisch-Graetz . The Aignersteg in Brigittenau is named after him.
  • Allerheiligengasse , named in 1908 after the All Saints Church . It was built as a chapel in 1769, demolished in 1873 in the course of Danube regulation together with the town of Zwischenbrücken , rebuilt in 1905 on Allerheiligenplatz and destroyed by bombs in 1945. In the years 1949–1950 it was rebuilt in Vorgartenstraße according to plans by Josef Vytiska .
  • Allerheiligenplatz , named in 1905; see Allerheiligengasse.
  • On the Brigittenauer Sporn , named in 1973 after the building that divides the Danube and Danube Canal near the Nussdorf weir and lock system .
  • Anton-Schmid-Promenade , named in 2002 after the plumber and business owner Anton Schmid (1900–1942). During the Second World War he was a sergeant in a "sprinkling collection point". After the occupation of Wilna by the Wehrmacht (1941), Anton Schmid employed and protected around 100 Jews, brought around 300 to safety and helped to build up the Jewish resistance movement in occupied Poland . He was arrested and shot in 1942. The “Anton-Schmid-Hof” apartment complex in Brigittenau is also named after him. The promenade is a walkway on the Danube Canal along the Brigittenauer Lände.

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Statue of St. Brigitta in the Forsthaus Park
  • Bäuerlegasse , named in 1885 after the writer and journalist Adolf Bäuerle ; he founded the newspapers Wiener Theaterzeitung (1804), Die Geißel (1848) and the Volksbote (1848, later renamed Wiener Telegraph ). In 1813 he created the figure of "Staberl" in the play " Die Bürger in Wien ". Together with Josef Alois Gleich and Carl Meisl , Bäuerle was one of the “big three” of the old Viennese folk theater before Ferdinand Raimund .
  • Brigittagasse , named approx. 1868 after the Brigittakirche which was under construction at the time ; this in turn is named after Birgitta von Schweden (sic !, 1303-1373), the saint and namesake of the district. (The Brigittakapelle , which refers to the saint as early as 1645, is located in Forsthausgasse.)
  • Brigittaplatz , naming date unknown; see Brigittagasse.
  • Brigittenauer Lände , named in 1868 after the ship landing stage on the Danube in Brigittenau. A border or landing stage is a simple landing site on a body of water. In contrast to a port, there is no structural demarcation to the waterway. At the time, the Danube ships sailing downstream docked at the Brigittenauer Lände. Brigittenau was largely built on new territory gained by the regulation of the Danube in Vienna , and in 1900 it was separated from Leopoldstadt as the 20th district. It was named after St. Birgitta of Sweden (1303-1373). The street was previously called Alleegasse or Donaustraße .
  • Burghardtgasse , named in 1868, origin unclear; possibly after a pre-Babenberg margrave.

D.

E.
Friedrich-Engels-Platz

F.

G

Gauss Square

H

The Handelskai in front of the station of the same name
Shopping center on Hochstädtplatz
Memorial in front of the former KPÖ headquarters on Höchstädtplatz
  • Handelskai , named in 1884 after the warehouses, ship berths and quays on the regulated Danube River .
  • Hannovergasse , named in 1869 after the royal family of Hanover , who were related to the British royal family , who were allied with Austria in the Prussian-Austrian War in 1866 and who fled to Vienna with parts of their army after the defeat. (Hanover was subsequently annexed by Prussia .) See also Sachsenplatz .
  • Hartlgasse , named in 1956 after the lawyer and civil servant Karl Hartl (1878–1941), municipal director (from 1919); Together with Robert Danneberg , he worked out the new Vienna City Constitution of 1931, which brought essential steps towards democratization. This city constitution was put into effect again after 1945 and its main features have been retained ever since. Before that, the street was called Wintergasse .
  • Heinzelmanngasse , named in 1885 after Johann Heinzelmann (1810–1885), district chairman of Leopoldstadt (1878–1885).
  • Heistergasse , named in 1876 after Field Marshal Count Sigbert Heister (1646–1718); In 1683 he took part in the relief of Vienna during the Second Turkish Siege and the campaign that followed. In the following years Heister fought on the Turkish front in Transylvania . In 1697 he was one of the imperial commanders under Prince Eugene at the Battle of Zenta . Heister fought in numerous other battles until 1717.
  • Helgolandgasse , named in 1914 after the sea ​​battle near Helgoland (1864) between three Danish and five Austrian warships during the German-Danish War . Although the battle ended in a tactical Danish victory and had no influence on the course of the war, it was celebrated as a victory in Austria and the commander, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff , was promoted to Rear Admiral. See also Tegetthoffstrasse in the 1st district of Innere Stadt . The battle near Helgoland was the last open sea battle that was fought with wooden ships, and at the same time also the last in which Denmark was involved.
  • Hellwagstrasse , named in 1893 after the railway engineer Wilhelm Hellwag (1827–1882); From 1868 he planned the construction of the new Northwest Railway , which led from Vienna to Kolín (Czech Republic) and later to other cities. From 1875 Hellwag worked as chief engineer in the planning and construction of the Gotthard Railway and the Gotthard Tunnel . The name refers to the fact that the starting point of the north- west railway was the north-west station in Brigittenau. See also Nordwestbahnstraße in Brigittenau and Am Nordwestbahnhof and Bahnsteggasse in the 21st district of Floridsdorf
  • Hirschvogelgasse , named in 1894 after the graphic artist and cartographer August Hirschvogel (1503–1553); In 1547 the mayor of Vienna, Sebastian Schrantz, commissioned him to depict the city of Vienna “in plano”. In the same year he was able to present his result to King Ferdinand I , and he gave another copy of the plan to the city. In 1548 a copy was also presented to Emperor Charles V. Finally, in 1549, Hirschvogel also painted his city map on a large round tabletop and handed it over to the city (today in the Wien Museum ). See also Meldemannstrasse .
  • Höchstädtplatz , named in 1899 in memory of the Second Battle of Höchstädt (1704), the first major conflict in the War of the Spanish Succession . An imperial army under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy and the English under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , defeated the French under Marshal Tallard and the Bavarians under Elector Maximilian II Emanuel . The victory prevented a threatening march of the allied Franco-Bavarian armies on Vienna.
  • Hopsagasse , named in 1982 after Leopold Hopsa (1906–1969), from 1946 to 1956 chairman of the “Wiener Arbeiter Turnverein” (today WAT Brigittenau ), honorary chairman of the ASKÖ- Brigittenau.

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  • Innstrasse , named in 1890 after the Inn , a right, 517 km long tributary of the Danube in Graubünden , Tyrol and Bavaria , in its lower reaches the border between Germany and Austria. The name Inn is derived from the Celtic words en and enios , which freely translated means water . The first written mention from the years 105 to 109 reads: ripam Aeni fluminis, quod Raetos Noricosque interfluit (the bank of the river Inn, which flows between the Raetians and the Norikers ). From the Dresdner Straße to the Handelskai on the Danube, the southern house front of the Innstraße (= even house numbers) has been the border between the 2nd and 20th district since 1900. The district boundary represents the northern boundary of the northern railway district under construction ; three traffic routes that previously opened from the 20th district into Innstrasse will be extended to this site in the 2nd district.

J

Jägerstrasse underground station
  • Jägerstrasse , named in 1858 after the Jägerhaus (also "forester's house"), which was built in 1645 to protect the Brigittakapelle . The chapel is located in today's Forsthaus Park .

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  • Kampstrasse , named in 1893 after the Kamp River in Lower Austria , which flows into the Danube east of Krems from the Waldviertel region .
  • Kapaunplatz , named in 1934 after the construction engineer Franz Kapaun (1851–1929), civil servant in the Vienna City Building Office (from 1873), senior engineer (from 1893). He planned the first municipal gas works , the Simmering gas works, of which he became operational director in 1899. He received international recognition for his architectural solution for gas lighting the streets of Vienna. Kapaun also worked on other community projects, such as flood protection , building regulations, and the expansion of the central cemetery . The gasometers are still reminiscent of the Simmering gas works .
  • Karajangasse , named in 1889 after the German scholar , historian and politician Theodor von Karajan ; he worked for the court war council , the court chamber court and finally in the court library . Because of his historical research, especially on comparative linguistics and the Middle Ages , he became a member and honorary member of numerous historical and academic associations throughout Europe from the 1840s. He also made great contributions to researching the history of the city of Vienna.
  • Karl-Czerny-Gasse , named in 1907 after the composer , pianist and piano teacher Carl Czerny (1791–1857); he taught u. a. Franz Liszt . Czerny wrote over 1,000 compositions; some of his etude collections , such as the “ School of Fluency ” and the “School of Manual Dexterity”, are still used in lessons today. Czerny is counted among the most important members of Viennese musical life of his time. Liszt later dedicated his 12 Études d'exécution transcendante to him .
  • Karl-Meißl-Straße , named in 1894 after Carl Meißl (1829-1894), local councilor (1876-1894), city councilor (1891-1894).
  • Kaschlgasse , named in 1913 after the teacher Franz Kaschl (1829–1906), school director, local school board chairman, patronage commissioner of the Brigittakirche .
  • Klosterneuburger Strasse , named in 1867 after Klosterneuburg Abbey , the former owner of Brigittenau and many other Danube meadows. The traffic route has always been an arterial road to Klosterneuburg .
  • Kluckygasse , named in 1885 after the doctor Josef Klucky (1806–1878), local councilor (1848–1878).
  • Kornhäuselgasse , named after the architect Joseph Kornhäusel (1782–1860) in 1920 ; He is considered an outstanding architect of the first half of the 19th century and one of the most important Austrian exponents of classicism , which he combines with local traditions. Kornhäusel built u. a. the Kornhäusel Villa (1804), the Theater in der Josefstadt (1822) and the Kornhäuselturm (1825-1827). He also led the expansion of Klosterneuburg Abbey (1834–1842). See also Klosterneuburger Strasse .
  • Kunzgasse , named in 1876 after Maria Cäcilie Kunz (1778–1863), who donated the enormous amount of 230,000 guilders for the poor. The "Cäcilia and Maria Kunz'sche Foundation" still exists today and supports the hospital of the Sisters of Mercy as well as people in need who are in geriatric centers in Vienna.

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  • Leipziger Platz , named after the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig (1813) in 1899 , in which the troops of the allies Austria , Prussia , the Russian Empire and Sweden defeated the troops of Emperor Napoleon . With up to 600,000 soldiers from over a dozen peoples involved, this battle was the largest field battle in world history until the beginning of the 20th century.
  • Leipziger Strasse , named in 1899; see Leipziger Platz. The street was previously partially called Radetzkygasse .
  • Leithastraße , named in 1894 after the Leitha , a river that rises in Lower Austria , crosses northern Burgenland and flows into the Danube near Mosonmagyaróvár (Hungary). Until 1921 the river partially formed the border between Austria and Hungary .
  • Leystraße , named in 1884 after Konrad Ley (1801–1881), district chairman (1862–1874) of the 2nd district, Leopoldstadt , to which today's 20th district belonged at the time; he was the initiator of the establishment of the Leopoldstadt Children's Hospital . Ley named several streets in today's 2nd district after his relatives, namely Josefinengasse after his wife, Konradgasse after his son and Helenengasse after a relative. In the 2010s, Leystraße will be extended to the 2nd district , the Nordbahnhof urban development area .
  • Lorenz-Böhler-Gasse , named in 1981 after the trauma surgeon Lorenz Böhler (1885–1973); he achieved world fame as a pioneer in trauma surgery. He was head of the Lorenz Böhler Accident Hospital of the AUVA, which was later named after him . For a long time, the hospital was considered a model for similar hospitals around the world. Böhler also developed special treatment methods for bone fractures . The Böhler symbols , the Böhler nail, the Böhler angle, the Böhler cut, the Böhler rail and the Böhler-Braun storage rail bear his name.
  • Lorenz-Müller-Gasse , named in 1928 after the master baker Lorenz Müller (1862–1922), Christian Social Councilor in Leopoldstadt (1895–1900), first district head of Brigittenau (1900–1918). In 1900 he achieved the separation of Brigittenau from Leopoldstadt as the new 20th district in Vienna. The first street name was Schwedengasse . When Sweden was named on Schwedenplatz in the 1st district in 1919 , the street was renamed Winarskygasse , but the more important Winarskystraße was dedicated to Winarsky in 1928 .
  • Luntzgasse , named in 1920 after the architect Victor Luntz (1840–1903), professor at a special school for architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts (1891–1903); he worked mainly as a construction manager for the construction of the Vienna City Hall . As an architect, his work remained modest; his only major building is the Franz-von-Assisi-Kirche on Mexikoplatz (built 1898–1910).

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  • Marchfeldstraße , named after the Marchfeld in 1877 , a Tegel and gravel plain about 900 km² in the southern Weinviertel ( Lower Austria ), west of the March . It begins immediately east of Vienna and extends north from the Danube to the Moravian cities of Lundenburg (Břeclav) and Göding .
  • Maria-Restituta-Platz , named in 2000 after the religious and nurse Maria Restituta (actually Helene Kafka, 1894–1943), Franciscan (from 1914), surgical nurse in the Mödling Hospital (from 1919). After the Anschluss in 1938, she refused to remove crucifixes from the hospital rooms. Because of this incident and because of two texts critical of the regime she had written, she was arrested in 1942 and executed in 1943.
  • Meldemannstrasse , named in 1899 after the German printer, publisher and cartographer Nikolaus Meldemann († 1552); he cameto Viennafrom Nuremberg in 1529to draw up a plan of the Turkish siege . This so-called “Meldeman Plan” is a unique and authentic representation of Vienna at the time of the first Turkish siege. It is now in the Wien Museum . See also Hirschvogelgasse .
  • Mortaraplatz , named in 1899 after the less important Battle of Mortara (1849), which took place two days before the more important Battle of Novara . In both battles, the Austrian troops under Field Marshal Radetzky triumphed over the troops of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont . The Mortarapark is also named after this battle. See also Novaragasse in the 2nd district Leopoldstadt , as well as Radetzkyplatz and Radetzkystraße in the 3rd district Landstraße .

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  • Ospelgasse , named in 1894 after the architect and military engineer Anton Ospel (1677–1756), court architect of the Princes of Liechtenstein (1711–1721), kit warden and gun captain of the city of Vienna (from 1722). In Vienna he built palaces and town houses, and also designed the facade of the town armory (1731–1732). In Leopoldstadt he built the parish church of St. Leopold (1722–1724).
  • Othmargasse , named in 1869 after the Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal Joseph Othmar von Rauscher (1797–1875); he was instrumental in the conclusion of the Concordat between the Catholic Church and the imperial family. The Concordat was signed in 1855 and ended Josephinism . The Rauscherstraße in Brigittenau and the Cardinal Rauscher-Platz in the 15th district Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus are also named after him, as is the Cardinal Rauscher-Hof in Othmargasse. His predecessor was Vincenz Eduard Milde (see Mildeplatz in the 16th district of Ottakring ); his successor was Johann Rudolf Kutschker (see Kutschkergasse in the 18th district of Währing ).

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Sculpture at Children's Rights Square
  • Pappenheimgasse , named in 1869 after the German officer Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594–1632); During the Thirty Years' War he was in command of a cavalry regiment in the service of the Catholic League and the Habsburg Emperor . His cuirassier regiment named after him was one of the most famous cavalry units of this war. The determination of his riding troops was recorded as a saying: “I know my Pappenheimers!” Before that, the street was partly called Jacobsgasse , partly Obere Quergasse .
  • Pasettistraße , named after Florian Pasetti (1793–1875) in 1893 , section councilor in the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Trade, Industry and Public Buildings, 1854 Knight of Friedenburg , Ministerialrath from 1856 , promoted to the baron status in 1867, office manager of the Danube Regulation Commission. He wrote about the Tisza regulation from 1846–1860 and in the expert discussions on the projects on the Viennese Danube regulation he supported a (cheaper) variant with today's Old Danube as the main stream, but remained in the minority and retired in 1868 at the beginning of the regulation work . The Pasettistraße, which until then only existed in the 20th district, was extended in 2008 from the district boundary, Innstraße, to the north station area in the 2nd district, which is currently under construction .
  • Perinetgasse , named in 1919 after the actor and playwright Joachim Perinet (1763–1816). From 1785 he worked at the Leopoldstädter Theater . His engagement ended in 1797, and in 1798 he began working as an author and actor at the Theater auf der Wieden with Emanuel Schikaneder . Perinet stayed there until 1803 and then went back to his friend Karl Friedrich Hensler at the Leopoldstadt Theater for three years . The street, on the southern edge of which the district border 2/20 runs, was previously called Mathildengasse (see the subsequent Gaußplatz , which was called Mathildenplatz until 1919 ).
  • Petraschgasse , named in 1902 after Hugo Petrasch (1815–1902), local councilor in Leopoldstadt (1874–1877).
  • Pielachgasse , named in 1904 after the Pielach river in Lower Austria , which flows into the Danube near Melk .
  • Children's Rights Square , named in 2008 after the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990). It sets essential standards for the protection of children around the world and emphasizes the importance of their value and well-being. The four fundamental principles on which the Convention is based include survival and development , non-discrimination , safeguarding the interests of children and their participation . It was named on the initiative of Austrian representatives of the “International Society for Educational Aid” (FICE).
  • Pöchlarnstrasse , named in 1892 after the Lower Austrian town of Pöchlarn on the Danube ; this in turn is named after Rüdiger von Bechelaren , a fictional character from the Nibelungen saga .

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  • Rabbiner-Schneerson-Platz , named in 1999 after Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), known as the “Lubavitcher Rebbe”, a prominent representative of Orthodox Judaism in its Hasidic form. As a religious network, Chabad Lubavitch extends over 70 countries. The small square in the 20th and 2nd district is located directly in front of the Lauder Chabad Campus, a Jewish education center in Augarten (2nd district), at the confluence of Rauscherstrasse (20th district) with Nordwestbahnstrasse and the junction of Lampigasse ( 2nd district) . District).
  • Raffaelgasse , named (date unknown) after the Italian painter and builder Raffael Santi (also Raffael da Urbino, 1483–1520); He achieved fame primarily as a painter for his harmonious and balanced compositions and lovely Madonna pictures. He was considered the greatest painter of all time well into the 19th century. In addition to his career as a painter in Florence and at the papal court in Rome , he also became the construction manager of St. Peter's Basilica and supervisor of Roman antiquities . The street was partly called Feldgasse until 1869 , then Margaretengasse .
  • Rauscherstrasse , named in 1869 after the Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal Joseph Othmar von Rauscher (1797–1875); he was instrumental in the conclusion of the Concordat between the Catholic Church and the imperial family. The Concordat was signed in 1855 and ended Josephinism . The Othmargasse and the Kardinal-Rauscher-Hof in Brigittenau as well as the Kardinal-Rauscher-Platz in the 15th district of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus are also named after him. His predecessor was Vincenz Eduard Milde (see Mildeplatz in the 16th district of Ottakring ); his successor was Johann Rudolf Kutschker (see Kutschkergasse in the 18th district of Währing ). Both sides of Rauscherstrasse are in the 20th district; only the buildings erected along the historical Augarten wall are, like the Augarten, in the 2nd district.
  • Rebhanngasse , named in 1895 after the construction engineer Georg Rebhann (1824-1892), civil servant in the state building service of the Ministry of the Interior (1843-1888), chief engineer (from 1858), building officer (1868), professor of structural mechanics and bridge construction at the Polytechnic Institute (from 1868) ), Dean (1870–1871, 1881–1882 and 1884–1888), Rector (1882–1883). Rebhann founded the Vienna School of Bridge Building. Under his direction, the Aspern Bridge was built as a chain bridge over the Danube Canal from 1863 to 1864 . (The name of the bridge refers to the battle of Aspern in 1809.) In 1879, he became "Rebhann of Aspern Bruck" ennobled . Before that, the street was called Daffingergasse .
  • Robert-Blum-Gasse , named in 1919 after the German politician Robert Blum (1807–1848); In 1848 he came to Vienna as the head of a delegation of the Frankfurt National Assembly in order to convey a sympathetic address to the revolutionaries there . After the uprising was put down by Prince Windisch-Graetz , he was executed in Brigittenau after a court martial despite appealing to his immunity as a member of parliament . The execution took place near today's Robert-Blum-Gasse.
  • Romanogasse , named in 1899 after the architect Johann Romano vonringen (1818–1882), kuk senior building officer and court architect. He built numerous palaces in Vienna, such as the Palais Metternich (1848), the Palais Festetics (1859), the Palais Schey (1864), the Palais Dumba (1866) and the Palais Ofenheim (1868).

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  • Taborstrasse , naming date unknown; it led from the Schlagbrücke (now: Schwedenbrücke ), the first bridge between today's old town and the later Leopoldstadt, to Tabor , a fortification and bridge toll station. The toll booth was at Gaußplatz until 1698, then at Am Tabor. The street is mentioned in 1406 as Kremser Straße , in the 17th century it was called Hauptstraße .
  • Traisengasse , named in 1891 after the Lower Austrian river Traisen , which flows through St. Pölten and flows into the Danube above Tulln .
  • Traunfelsgasse , named in 1892 after the civil engineer and architect Josef Stummer von Traunfels (1808–1891), professor at the Polytechnic Institute (from 1836). He worked as an architect in the construction of the Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn and the Nordbahnhof . The Stummergasse in the 22nd district of Donaustadt is also named after him. See also Nordbahnstrasse .
  • Treustraße , named in 1869 after Wolfgang Treu († 1540), tax master (from 1509), land registry administrator (1515–1519 and 1522–1524), mayor of Vienna (1528–1530, 1532–1533 and 1536–1537), city attorney (1539–1537) 1540). Treu was mayor of the city during the first Turkish siege in 1529. Together with Count Niklas Salm , he successfully led the city's defense. The Wolfganggasse in the 12th district Meidling is also named after him. See also Salmgasse in the 3rd district of Landstrasse . Parts of the alley were previously called Freilasse and Mittlere Gasse . According to other sources, the namesake of Treustraße is the road builder Anton Trey . The files of the municipality of Vienna also contain the names Dreystraße , Dreyerstraßendamm (around 1863), Treygasse (1865) and, from 1872, Treugasse .

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Universe road

V

  • Vorgartenstraße , so named in 1903 because there was a front garden in front of every house , as laid down in the building regulations in 1893. The street, which runs parallel to the Danube , extends in four non-passable sections from Friedrich-Engels-Platz in the 20th district to the Stadion underground station in the 2nd district. The house numbering of the street begins, following the electronic city map of the Vienna city administration, in the north with the numbers 27 and 28.

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Wallensteinplatz
Brigittenau area before the Danube regulation
Webergasse
  • Waldmüllergasse , named after the painter Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865) in 1888 ; he was one of the most important Austrian painters in the first half of the 19th century. Waldmüller was equally successful in his work in landscape painting as well as in portrait and genre painting .
  • Wallensteinplatz , named in 1885 after the Generalissimo Wallenstein (actually Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein, 1583–1634); He fought in the Thirty Years' War on the side of the Emperor and the Catholic League against the Protestant Union of Germany and against Denmark and Sweden, but later fell out of favor and was murdered by officers loyal to the emperor.
  • Wallensteinstrasse , named in 1869; see Wallensteinplatz. The street was previously partly called Gärtnergasse and Dammstraße .
  • Wasnergasse , named in 1885 after the ship master Josef Wasner (1815–1881), municipal councilor in Leopoldstadt (1874–1881). Before that, the street was called Augartendamm and has been the border with the 2nd district since 1900.
  • Webergasse , 1874 named after the clergyman Johann Baptist Weber (1786–1848), pastor of the Church of St. Leopold in Leopoldstadt (1816–1830). In 1819 he founded the “Association of the First Austrian Spar-Casse”, the oldest savings bank in the Austrian Empire . Soon after it was founded, the Spar-Casse developed rapidly and spread across the entire Danube Monarchy . Today, as Erste Bank, it is one of the largest banks in Austria.
  • Wehlistraße , named in 1892 after August von Wehli (1810–1892), head of the Imperial and Royal Ministry of the Interior, member of the manor house , vice-president of the Danube Regulation Commission . The street was called 1938–1945 Admiral-Scheer-Straße after Reinhard Scheer .
  • Wexstrasse , named in 1896 after Gustav von Wex (1811–1895), Imperial and Royal Ministerial Building Inspector, member of the Danube Regulation Commission . Before that, the street was called Untere Gärtnergasse .
  • Winarskystraße , named in 1928 after the politician Leopold Winarsky (1873–1915); in 1906 he became the first social democratic councilor of Brigittenau; a year later he moved into the Reichsrat . The street was previously called Kaiserwasserstraße and from 1934 to 1946 Kolpingstraße .
  • Wolfsaugasse , named in 1875 after Wolfsau , an early name for Brigittenau and Schottenau . See also Schottenaustraße .
  • Württemberggasse , named in 1869 after the German field marshal Ferdinand Friedrich August von Württemberg (1763–1834); during the Napoleonic Wars he was Commanding General in Inner Austria and Upper Austria (1796–1806); from 1810 to 1820 he was city ​​commander of Vienna.

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Historic street names

  • Alleegasse: see Brigittenauer Lände
  • Alter Tabor: see Gaußplatz
  • On Augartendamm: see Nordwestbahnstraße
  • Augartendamm: see Wasnergasse
  • Daffingergasse: see Rebhanngasse
  • Dammstrasse: see Wallensteinstrasse
  • Donaustraße: see Brigittenauer Lände
  • Engels-Platz: see Friedrich-Engels-Platz
  • Feldgasse: see Raffaelgasse
  • Forstmeisterallee: see Nordbahnstraße
  • Clearance: see Treustraße
  • Gärtnergasse: see Wallensteinstraße
  • Griegplatz: see Griegstrasse
  • Große Gärtnergasse: see Zrinyigasse
  • Main street: see Taborstraße
  • Jacobsgasse: see Pappenheimgasse
  • Kaiser-Joseph-Platz: see Friedrich-Engels-Platz
  • Kaiser-Platz: see Friedrich-Engels-Platz
  • Kaiserwasserstraße: see Winarskystraße
  • Kolpingstrasse: see Winarskystrasse
  • Kremser Strasse: see Taborstrasse
  • Margaretengasse: see Raffaelgasse
  • Mathildengasse: see Perinetgasse
  • Mathildenplatz: see Gaußplatz
  • Mittlere Gasse: see Treustraße
  • Obere Quergasse: see Pappenheimgasse
  • Pater-Abel-Platz: see Friedrich-Engels-Platz
  • Quergasse: see Zrinyigasse
  • Radetzkygasse: see Leipziger Straße
  • Schwedengasse: see Lorenz-Müller-Gasse
  • Straussgasse: see Adolf-Gstöttner-Gasse
  • Untere Gärtnergasse: see Wexstraße
  • Winarskygasse: see Lorenz-Müller-Gasse
  • Wintergasse: see Hartlgasse

1938-1945

  • Feikestrasse: see Stromstrasse

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Directory of the members of the Geological Society in Vienna ( Memento from March 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), (PDF; 419 kB).
  2. ^ Adolf Gstöttner in The transactions of the Fuel Conference London , 1928 , accessed on March 8, 2010
  3. ↑ Schmidl, Adolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 320 f. (Direct links on p. 320 , p. 321 ).
  4. ^ Gaulhofer, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 412.
  5. ^ Gerhard von Siebenbürgen in Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-218-00743-7 , p. 505
  6. ↑ Karl Hartl. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (ed.); Retrieved March 9, 2010
  7. ^ August Hirschvogel in Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 3, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-218-00744-5 , p. 201
  8. ↑ Leopold Hopsa at www.wat20.at/geschichte , accessed on March 9, 2010
  9. ↑ Wolf-Armin Frhr. v. Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Bavarian place names. Origin and meaning . CH Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-55206-4 , p. 123 .
  10. ^ Kapaun, Franz. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 217 f. (Direct links on p. 217 , p. 218 ).
  11. ^ Franz Kapaun in Architects Lexicon Vienna 1880–1945 , accessed on March 10, 2010
  12. ↑ Cäcilia and Maria Kunz'sche Foundation at www.wien.gv.at , accessed on March 10, 2010
  13. ^ Aaron L. Sop, Charles T. Mehlman & Ludwig Meiss: Hyphenated history: the Böhler-Braun Frame. In: Journal of Orthopedic Trauma 17 (3) (2003): 217-221.
  14. ^ Anton Ospel at AEIOU , accessed on March 11, 2010
  15. ↑ Entry on the website Collegium res nobilis Austriae
  16. ^ Tassilo Blittersdorff: Building in the river. The regulated Danube , in: Quer. Pages for Architecture and Urban Affairs , Issue No. 3/2011 , Architektur im Fluss , Vienna 2011 ( Memento from February 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ^ Rebhann of Aspernbruck. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 2 f. (Direct links on p. 2 , p. 3 ).
  18. ^ [Carl von Duncker:  Streffleur, Valentin Ritter von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 562 f.]
  19. ^ Wiener Geschichtsblätter, volumes 9–12, Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Wien, Verlag Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Wien., 1954. p. 46
  20. ^ Felix Czeike: Historisches Lexikon Wien Vol. 5 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997
  21. ^ Wiener Geschichtsblätter, volumes 9–12, Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Wien, Verlag Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Wien., 1954. P. 46ff
  22. ^ "A journey through time between the bridges" in Wiener Zeitung of July 13, 2007
  23. ↑ August von Wehli on www.planet-vienna.com

literature

  • Felix Czeike (Ed.): Historisches Lexikon Wien , 6 volumes, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-218-00742-9 , ... 743-7, ... 744-5, ... 748-8 , ... 749-6
  • Peter Autengruber : Lexicon of Viennese street names. 6th edited, updated and expanded edition, as of January 1, 2007. Pichler Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85431-439-4 .
  • Peter Simbrunner: Vienna street names from A - Z. 4th completely revised and redesigned edition. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-8000-3300-3 .
  • Peter Csendes, Wolfgang Mayer, The Viennese Street Names , 1987

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