List of street names in Vienna / Mariahilf

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List of streets, alleys and squares in Vienna's 6th district, Mariahilf

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  • Aegidigasse , named in 1852 after St. Aegidius (around 640– around 720), according to legend, abbot of Saint-Gilles Abbey in southern France; he is one of the Fourteen First Aid and was one of the most popular saints in the Middle Ages . He is the namesake of the parish church of Gumpendorf (colloquially known as the Aegidius Church ), which was mentioned in a document as early as the 13th century and was almost entirely rebuilt from 1765 (see Brückengasse ).
  • Amerlingstrasse , named in 1887 after the painter Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887). He was the most popular portraitist of the aristocracy and the upper bourgeoisie during the Vienna Biedermeier period ; elegant drawings, exotic arrangements and splendid colors characterize his works. In 1858 he acquired Gumpendorf Castle (Mollardgasse / Wallgasse) and furnished it with valuable art treasures; the no longer existing building was therefore popularly called the Amerlingschlössl . The house in which the artist was born, known as Amerlinghaus , in the former suburb of Spittelberg (7th district) has been a culture and communication center since 1978, which also houses the new district museum . On Amerlingstrasse there was a Palais Kaunitz since 1754 ( Esterházy since 1814 ), which was demolished in 1970 (the Esterházypark behind it still exists). The street was also called Amerlinggasse at times .
  • Aniline , named in 1865 after the chemical compound aniline , a raw material for dyeing textiles. Aniline was first produced in 1826 by Otto Unverdorben by distilling lime from indigo . Aniline has been used by the Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik ( BASF ) since 1897 for the synthesis of the dye indigo, which was previously only obtained from vegetable raw materials. The name refers to the fact that several dyers were resident in this alley .

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Barnabitengasse
  • Barnabitengasse , named in 1862 after the Catholic male order of the Barnabites . The order, which was dedicated to the anti-reformist cultivation of Paul's theology , was an instrument of the Counter Reformation . In 1603 Heinrich IV sent him to France to fight the Huguenots , and in 1626 Ferdinand II ordered the Barnabites to Austria, where he gave them the Michaelerkirche in Vienna as a religious residence. The order also looked after the Mariahilfer Church ; In 1660 the Barnabit Don Cölestin Joanelli donated the miraculous image of Mariahilf , which gave the 6th district its name. Before that, the street was called Kleine Kirchengasse until 1862 . A citizens' initiative managed to make it a pedestrian zone since 1989.
  • Bienengasse , named in 1862 after the former house sign "Zum Bienkorb" at No. 3. The alley was laid out in 1787 when the Carmelite monastery garden was being parceled out. Before that it was called Krongasse from 1797–1862 .
  • Blümelgasse , named in 1887 after the entrepreneur Johann Blümel († 1831); In 1809 he set up a shawl factory on Schottenfeld , in which woolen and shawl cloths were made based on the French model and exported to America. Blümel built a residential building ("Blümelhaus") at Gumpendorfer Strasse 78.
  • Brauergasse , named in 1862 after the former Gumpendorfer brewery on Gumpendorfer Strasse 68–70, which was founded in 1680 and closed in 1841. The alley was created in 1841 when the municipality of Vienna bought the brewery and parceled out the area. It was previously called Bräuhausgasse .
Agidius Church at the corner of Gumpendorfer Strasse / Brückengasse, today Kurt-Pint-Platz; the Aegidigasse is four blocks
  • Brückengasse , named in 1862 after the Neville Bridge to which the alley leads. The Neville Bridge crosses the Wien River and connects the Hundsturm (5th district) and Gumpendorf districts . The iron structure, which was new at the time, was designed by Franz Neville and Adam Clark in 1852–1854; see Nevillegasse in the 5th district, Margareten . The alley is an important traffic route that was built in the 18th century. Before that it was called Kirchengasse after the neighboring Agidius Church (see illustration).
  • Bundesländerplatz , named in 1990 as a sign of Vienna's solidarity with the other eight federal states of Austria. The five states of Lower Austria , Carinthia , Styria , Tyrol and Salzburg (as an archbishopric) were established in the Middle Ages , Upper Austria became independent under Joseph II in 1783/84; Vorarlberg was part of Tyrol for a long time and became independent in 1861; In 1920 Vienna was raised to a separate federal state; In 1921 Burgenland , which had been part of Hungary until then, was added. The square is a traffic area without addresses.
  • Bürgerspitalgasse , named in 1841 after the Bürgerspitalfonds , which owned the brick kiln grounds on the Gumpendorfer fields. The Bürgerspital in the inner city , which had existed since the Middle Ages, owned extensive real estate in Vienna and the suburbs.

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  • Damböckgasse , named in 1886 after the entrepreneur Ludwig Damböck (the younger, 1838–1886). His father of the same name, Ludwig Damböck (the elder, 1799–1850) founded the first Austrian lace and curtain factory in Webgasse 37 (see this one) in 1832 . In 1829 he managed to import bobbinet machines from England, despite a strict export ban . Allegedly he employed "thousands of workers". His son continued the company, which existed until 1973. Damböck was a member of the Austrian Tourist Club; the Damböck house on the Schneeberg is named after him.
  • Dominikanergasse , named (date unknown, first mentioned in 1827) after the order of the Dominicans , who owned a mill here from 1606–1777 on a branch of the Vienna River . The Dominican Order was founded in the 13th century by St. Dominic (around 1170-1221). He introduced since the beginning of the Inquisition in the pontifical mandate inquisitors for the detection and prosecution of heretics .
  • Dürergasse , named after the artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) in 1862 ; He was a German painter , graphic artist , mathematician and art theorist of European standing and is considered an important artist at the time of humanism and the Reformation . The Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Albertina have important collections of his works. The alley extends over the terrain of old brick pits ("Auf der Kühweide") and has been known as a traffic route since 1770. Before that it was called Untere Ststättengasse or Untere Gestattengasse . Since 1902 the part that runs from southeast to northwest - diagonally across - has been called Eggerthgasse .

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  • Eggerthgasse , named in 1902 after the entrepreneur Karl Eggerth († 1888). His father Josef Eggerth (1834–1878) founded the bath " Karolinenbad " in 1843 at Dürergasse 14 . Since the Viennese water supply was more than inadequate in terms of both quantity and quality at that time , he used the so-called "overwater" of the Kaiser-Ferdinand water pipe as bathing water . The bathroom had 40 marble bathtubs in 30 stalls. In 1852 Josef Eggerth also built the Esterházybad at Gumpendorfer Strasse 59; see Luftbadgasse . After the death of his father, Karl Eggerth continued to run the Karolinenbad; he was a member of the Vienna City Council from 1882 to 1885 . The bathroom was renovated in 1924 and demolished in 1961. The staircase that leads to the higher Kaunitzgasse and Gumpendorfer Strasse at the northern end of the alley was called Eggerthstiege until 1998 and was then named Viktor-Matejka-Stiege (see there).
  • Eisvogelgasse , named in 1869 after the former sign “Zum Eisvogel” in this alley. It was originally called Obere Gärtnergasse and from 1827–1869 Gärtnergasse .
  • Esterházygasse , named after Prince Nikolaus II. Esterházy de Galantha (1765–1833) in 1862 ; He initiated the renovation of the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt in the classical style, the extension of an opera house there and the construction of a garden in the style of an English landscape garden , but also participated in many Viennese building projects, such as the Burgtheater and the Theater an der Wien . He was the owner of the Esterházy Palace in Mariahilf, which he had redesigned from 1814. In 1970 the originally listed palace was demolished despite violent protests. The neighboring Esterházypark is also named after the Esterházy family. The street was called 1797-1852 Neue Gasse and 1852-1862 Berggasse .

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  • Case alley , named 1867 after the former to the Vienna River running case Bach , formerly Feilnbach called.
  • Fillgradergasse , named in 1862 after Marie Anna Fillgrader (1763–1831), widow of the gun and bell founder Georg Fillgrader (1755–1824), who set up a foundation for impoverished citizens. The Fillgraderstiege in this alley, which overcomes the difference in level between Wienfluss and Mariahilfer Straße , is also named after her. The alley was laid out in 1787; around 1797 it is mentioned as Rosengasse .
  • Fritz-Grünbaum-Platz , named in 1989 after the cabaret artist , operetta and hit writer, director , actor and conférencier Fritz Grünbaum (1880–1941); he played from 1914 a. a. in the legendary Viennese cabaret Simpl . With Karl Farkas he developed the “ Double Conférence ” from Hungary and also in Vienna's “ Budapest Orpheum ” from 1922 and brought it to its peak (with the roles of “Gscheiten” and “Stupid”). The square encompasses the intersection of Gumpendorfer Straße with three lanes that flow into the Esterhazypark . The Green Tree alley in the 22nd district Danube town is also named after him.
  • Fügergasse , named after the German painter Heinrich Friedrich Füger (1751–1818) in 1876 ; he owed his prestige in the highest social circles to miniatures and portraits . Later he turned to large-format history paintings and through them became one of the most important painters of classicism . Füger's role in society and art at that time can hardly be overestimated. He stood out so strongly that he was called the art pope of Vienna .

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Haus Zum Auge Gottes in Gumpendorfer Strasse 73, early 20th century
  • Garbergasse , named in 1862 after the entrepreneur Karl Garber (1807–1897), bourgeois cotton goods manufacturer, local judge (1851–1861) and councilor (1861–1864). Garber endeavored to beautify and pave the streets in Gumpendorf , to introduce gas lighting (1851) and to set up a nursing home for babies and children (1850). He was chairman of the 78 "orphan fathers" from Gumpendorf. The alley was opened in 1844 on Garber's initiative and was called Halbgasse around 1852 . Part of the alley became Mittelgasse in 1862 .
  • Getreidemarkt , named in 1866 after the town's granary that was located here until 1900; Until 1864 a grain market was also held next to it. The street was part of the glacis from the 16th centuryand after the creation of the ring road zone it became part of the “ freight road ”. The houses on the north side of the Getreidemarkt and the Secession between the two lanes are part of the 1st district.
  • Gfrornergasse , named in 1832 after the gardener Franz Gforner (1798–1840), "pleasure and ornamental gardener", homeowner and landowner; he opened the alley in 1832. Part of the street was called Obere Gasse until 1851 .
  • Girardigasse , named in 1918 after the actor Alexander Girardi (1850–1918); he was mainly seen as a representative of the easy subject. He continued the tradition of Ferdinand Raimund as an actor and of Johann Nestroy as a poet in the role of comedian. But he also stamped his stamp on numerous operettas , which made him an essential part of the success of the “golden age of Viennese operettas”. His wife Helene Odilon wanted him to be incapacitated with the help of a courtesy report from the doctor Julius Wagner-Jauregg ; but he was rehabilitated with the support of Katharina Schratt ; see the Helene-Odilon-Gasse and the Wagner-Jauregg-Weg in the 14th district of Penzing . The Girardipark in the 1st district of Innere Stadt is named after the actor, as is the Girardirostbraten . Before that, the street was called Engelgasse .
  • Grabnergasse , named in 1894 after the teacher Johann Nepomuk Grabner (1825–1893); from 1891 to 1893 he was district chairman of the 6th district and chairman of the Mariahilf local school council.
  • Gumpendorfer Gürtel , named in 1965 after the formerly independent community of Gumpendorf . Gumpendorf was first mentioned in a document in 1130. The name may have originated from the term Gumpe (pond), as the Vienna River , which was still unregulated at the time,often flooded, leaving behind ponds and dead tributaries. The Gumpendorf settlement was built around the year 1000 along a former Roman road , the course of which partly corresponds to today's Gumpendorfer Strasse. This makes Gumpendorf one of the oldest suburbs in Vienna. The street is the newest part of the belt and was previously part of Mollardgasse , partly with a different building line.
  • Gumpendorfer Straße , named in 1862 after the formerly independent community of Gumpendorf ; see Gumpendorfer belt . Before that, the street was called Im Saugraben , Kothgasse , Bräuhausgasse and Gumpendorfer Hauptstraße .

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House where Haydn lived and where he died, Haydngasse 19
  • Haydngasse , named in 1862 after the composer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809); He is traditionally regarded as the "father" of the classical symphony and the string quartet and was an innovator in the writing of piano sonatas and piano trios . In 1793 he bought a house with a garden in Untere Steingasse 73 in the Obere Windmühle (a narrow area that belonged to the suburb of Windmühle and was almost completely enclosed by the suburb of Gumpendorf ), which he moved into in 1797 after some renovations. There the two oratorios The Creation and The Seasons as well as six masses for the Esterházy family were written. The Haydn Park in the 12th district of Meidling is also named after the composer. Before that, the street was called Kleine Steingasse .
  • Hirschengasse , named in 1827 after the former sign “Zum Hirschen”. The alley was built at the beginning of the 19th century. House No. 25 was bought in 1931 by the Austrian NSDAP , which set up its Gauleitung here and named the building Adolf Hitler House .
  • Hofmühlgasse , named in 1862 after the miller Karl Hof (life data unknown), last mill owner on the Vienna River . The mill originally called Stampfmühle and later Permannmühle was mentioned in a document as early as 1414; 1433–1786 it belonged to the Dorotheerkloster as Dorotheermühle . The mill operation ended in 1847 after the Mühlbach, which was derived from the Vienna River, was closed; after the last owner Karl Hof it was last called Hofmühle . The residential buildings on Hofmühlgasse were built on the site from 1860. The alley has been demonstrable as a traffic route since 1706; it was originally called An der Starkkmacherbrücke and Alter Weg , and around 1797 Dorothe Gasse and 1827–1862 Dorotheergasse .
  • Hornbostelgasse , named in 1855 after the entrepreneur and politician Theodor von Hornbostel (1815–1888); In 1841 he took over the Gumpendorfer and Leobersdorfer silk fabric factory from his father . In addition, he was briefly Minister of Commerce (1848), then President of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce (1850–1852), board member or director of the Österreichische Credit-Anstalt (from 1855) and board member of the Empress Elisabeth Railway . Before that, the street was called Große Schlossgasse .
  • Hugo-Wolf-Gasse , named in 1903 after the composer and music critic Hugo Wolf (1860–1903); from 1887 he worked as a freelance composer. In the field of song composition he is considered one of the most important composers after Franz Schubert. Differentiated subjective sensitivity and refined harmony identify him as a late romantic under the influence of Richard Wagner , whose style he developed very personally in his quantitatively smaller orchestral and operatic works. The alley was created in 1902 after the demolition and parceling of the Gumpendorfer barracks in the course of the barracks transaction .

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  • Joanelligasse , named in 1902 after the Barnabite priest Don Cölestin Joanelli († 1673); In 1660 he donated a cemetery chapel with an image of Mary, a copy of the miraculous image of Mariahilf by Lucas Cranach the Elder . The chapel was destroyed in the course of the second Turkish siege in 1683, but the image of the Madonna has been preserved. It has been shown for worship in the Mariahilfer Church since 1689 and is eponymous for the Mariahilf district as well as Mariahilfer Strasse and the Mariahilfer Gürtel . The street was formerly called Canalgasse or Kanalgasse ; part of it originally belonged to Dürergasse .
  • Johanna-Bauer-Platz , named in 2014 after the businesswoman Johanna Bauer (1872–1937), market woman on the Naschmarkt , in which this traffic area is located.
  • Johanna-Dohnal-Platz , named in 2011 after the politician and feminist Johanna Dohnal (1939–2010); she was district councilor in the 14th district, Penzing (from 1969), chairwoman of the SPÖ women in this district (from 1971), state women's secretary of the SPÖ Vienna (1972–1979) and councilor of Vienna (1973–1979). After tireless political activity in the field of equal rights policy , Bruno Kreisky brought Dohnal to the federal government in 1979 as State Secretary for general women's issues. From 1990 to 1995 she was Federal Minister for Women's Affairs. The Johanna-Dohnal-Hof in Penzing (Jenullgasse 18-26) is also named after her. The square is a traffic area without addresses.

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One of Otto Wagner's Viennese row houses on Köstlergasse
  • Kaunitzgasse , named in 1862 after Prince Wenzel Anton Kaunitz (1711–1794); he was a statesman of enlightened absolutism , Reichshofrat and diplomat . As an advisor to Maria Theresa and Joseph II and as the founder of the Austrian Council of State , he was the leading voice of the Enlightenment party in the Habsburg monarchy and promoter of many domestic political reforms. As State Chancellor, he was primarily responsible for foreign policy. He temporarily lived in the (no longer existing) Palais Kaunitz in Mariahilf (see: Amerlingstrasse). The street was called Bergsteig around 1797 , Rückwärts am Berg around 1827 , Berggasse around 1852 and Bergsteiggasse around 1852 .
  • Kollergerngasse , named in 1870 after the old vineyard name Kollergern , also called Im Gern and Im Gern near Gumpendorf . The "Gern", derived from Ger (= Speer), referred to a narrow, pointed piece of land, the shape of which is still recognizable in Esterházypark between Schadekgasse and Gumpendorfer Straße. At the top of the property was the Kollerkreuz (from Koller = Köhler ).
  • Königsegggasse (until 1999 officially: Königseggasse), named in 1862 after the German Reichshofrat and Imperial Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire Leopold Wilhelm von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1630–1694). During the Second Turkish Siege (1683), he was commissioned as a close collaborator of Emperor Leopold I to prepare for the liberation of Vienna. After the war-related destruction, he donated money to repair the Gumpendorfer parish church . In 1688 Königsegg bought land in today's Gumpendorfer Straße 74-76 and built his Palais Königsegg there . In 1754 Maria Theresia acquired the palace and set up the imperial engineering school in it. In 1841 the Vienna magistrate bought the building; it was demolished in 1886. Before that, the street was called Rosengasse .
  • Königsklostergasse , named in 1887 after the Königinkloster (actually Poor Clare Monastery of St. Mary, Queen of Angels ), a former monastery of the Poor Clares in the inner city . It was donated by Elisabeth of Austria around 1580 and dissolved in the course of the Josephine reforms in 1781 and demolished in 1784. From 1582 the monastery owned a farm in Mariahilf. Before that, the street was called the Beggar Staircase .
  • Kopernikusgasse , named in 1867 after the Prussian-Polish canon , lawyer, administrator and doctor Nikolaus Kopernikus (1473–1543), who devoted his free time to mathematics and astronomy . In his work De revolutionibus orbium coelestium he described the heliocentric worldview of the solar system , according to which the earth rotates around its own axis and also moves around the sun like the other planets.
  • Köstlergasse , named in 1895 after Adam Köstler (1817–1892), local councilor (1874–1881) and district chairman (1871–1886) of Mariahilf.
  • Kurt-Pint-Platz , named after the lawyer and politician Kurt Pint (1942–1997), district councilor in Mariahilf (from 1978), club chairman of the ÖVP parliamentary group Mariahilf (from 1983), district chairman of the 6th district (1984–1997) ; Among other things, he initiated the opening of a neighborhood help center and a senior citizens' meeting place. In addition, he was responsible for the (controversial) redesign of the flak tower in Esterházypark . The square is a traffic area with no addresses on the corner of Gumpendorfer Strasse and Brückengasse.
  • Kurzgasse , named in 1862 because of its short length of 99 meters. The word comes from the Latin curtus and developed from Old High German churz to Middle High German short .

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The Beethoven House in Laimgrubengasse
  • Laimgrubengasse , named in 1862 after the village of Laimgrube , which existed since the 11th century, was first mentioned in a document in 1291, was independent in 1848 and incorporated in 1850. The name Laimgrube can be traced back to the clay pits that have existed here on the slope of the Vienna river bank since the 14th century. Clay is the oldest binding agent used in construction , next to wood the oldest building material ( rammed earth ) of man and belongs to the most important mineral building materials with lime - and since the beginning of the 20th century cement . The street used to be called Große Pfarrgasse and Kleine Pfarrgasse , then until 1862 Obere Pfarrgasse and Untere Pfarrgasse .
  • Lehargasse , named in 1948 after the composer Franz Lehár (1870–1948). With the worldwide success of the Merry Widow (1905), he took the lead among operettas composers of the time. Soon other successful pieces followed in the next few years: The Count of Luxembourg , Gypsy Love and Eva . Lehár, along with Oscar Straus and Leo Fall, is considered to be the founder of the so-called silver operetta era . Before that, the street was called Dreihufeisengasse . It runs at the back of the Theater an der Wien , where the first performance of the Merry Widow took place.
  • Liniengasse , named by the City of Vienna in 1862 (but already mentioned on a city map in 1856) after the Linienwall and its gate to Sechshaus called Gumpendorfer Line , to which it led. The line wall was an earth wall reinforced with palisades with an upstream ditch that ran between the arm of the Danube at Sankt Marx (today 3rd district) and the Lichtental (today 9th district). With the exception of the 2nd district, it separated the suburbs incorporated in 1850 (today 3rd to 9th district) from the suburbs on the right bank of the Danube, which were largely incorporated in 1892 (today 10th to 19th district). The line wall was removed from 1894, the belt was greatly expanded and in 1895 the construction of the belt line of the light rail began. See also Wallgasse . The street was previously called Feldgasse .
Left Wienzeile , at the level of the Kettenbrücke, with the Wienzeile houses by Otto Wagner
  • Linke Wienzeile , named in 1899 after its course on the left bank of the Wien River . In the late Wilhelminian period, the project consisted of vaulting the river from Schönbrunn , the emperor's summer residence, to the old town and redesigning the Wienzeile into a splendid boulevard between the old town and the palace. This plan remained unfinished, but numerous remarkable buildings were built. The street was first called Am Wienufer or Ufergasse , later Magdalenenstraße and on both banks of the river (plan from 1856) Wienstraße . (See also right Wienzeile in the 5th district.)
  • Loquaiplatz , named in 1903 after the blind manufacturer and district politician Ferdinand Loquai (1838–1899), Christian Social Member to the Vienna City Council and the Lower Austrian Parliament (1878–1889) and District Chairman of Mariahilf (1891–1896). The square, to which the small Loquai Park also belongs, was created from 1902 after the Gumpendorfer barracks were demolished when the area was parceled out.
  • Luftbadgasse , named after the Esterházybad in 1862 . The entrepreneur Josef Eggerth (1834–1878) founded the bath " Karolinenbad " in 1843 at Dürergasse 14 ; see Eggerthgasse . In 1852 he also built the Esterházybad at Gumpendorfer Straße 59, the first steam bath ("Heilluftbad") in Vienna. The facilities also included bathtubs and a swimming pool that can be heated in winter. The street was previously called Obere Gestattengasse .
  • Lutherplatz , named in 1983 after the reformer Martin Luther (1483–1546). His sermons and writings - especially his Luther Bible - changed the society dominated by the Roman Catholic Church in the late Middle Ages and the early modern times . As a result, contrary to Luther's intention, there was a split in the church , the formation of Evangelical Lutheran churches and other denominations of Protestantism . The Evangelical Gustav Adolf Church , built between 1846 and 1849, is located on Lutherplatz .

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  • Magdalenenstraße , named in 1862 after the formerly independent municipality of Magdalenengrund . It was named after the Maria Magdalenen Chapel , which was once located on Stephansplatz and whose brotherhood was the landowner of this area. The settlement did not emerge until the beginning of the 18th century, until then mainly vineyards were located here. In 1799 the Magdalenengrund was acquired by the municipality of Vienna and in 1850, together with the suburbs of Mariahilf , Windmühle , Gumpendorf and Laimgrube, it was incorporated into the 5th district of Mariahilf (from 1861 6th district). Before that, part of the street was called Untere Wehrgasse , another Schnellgasse .
  • Marchettigasse , named (date unknown) after the silk manufacturer Johann Baptist Marchetti (1762–1846); From 1800 he acquired land and houses in the suburb of Laimgrube . He set up a factory in Gumpendorfer Strasse 95. In 1801 he had the first house built in today's Marchettigasse, thereby opening the alley.
  • Mariahilfer Gürtel , 1864/1869 named after the 5th district, created in 1850 by incorporations, and since 1861 6th district , Mariahilf . The name Mariahilf , previously the name of a village in the district , can be traced back to a copy of the miraculous image of Mariahilf by Lucas Cranach the Elder , which was located in a chapel of thecemetery built in1660 by the Barnabites in this area; see also Joanelligasse . The picture is now in the Mariahilfer Church . The street was previously called Gürtelstraße .
  • Mariahilfer Straße , named in 1897 after the district or the former suburb of Mariahilf (see Mariahilfer Gürtel ). The street has been the border between the 6th and 7th district since 1862. It was originally called Kremser Strasse after its destinations, then Bayrische Landstrasse , later (e.g. city map 1856) after the places crossed Laimgrubner Hauptstrasse (section 6., two-line –7., Stiftgasse) and Mariahilfer Hauptstrasse (section 7., Stiftgasse– 6., Stumpergasse / Mariahilfer line ); in the 15th district it was called Fünfhauser Hauptstrasse , Schönbrunner Strasse and Penzinger Strasse .
  • Maria-Welser-Platz , named in 2014 after Maria Welser (life data unknown), market woman on the Naschmarkt , in which this traffic area is located.
  • Mariedlgasse , named in 2014 after a market woman who was called Haverschesser Mariedl (life data unknown) and is described as extremely rowdy. Way in the Naschmarkt .
  • Matrosengasse , named in 1862 after the former merchant's sign "Zum Matrosen". The alley was built from 1840-1850; Before that it was called Baumgasse .
  • Meravigliagasse , named in 1862 after the Meraviglia family from Milan who owned properties in Vienna. The Imperial and Royal Lieutenant Colonel and Imperial Chamberlain Giovanni Stefano Meraviglia-Crivelli († 1779) had married Countess Maria Anna von Mollard in 1758, who inherited the rule of Gumpendorf in 1760 ; see Mollardgasse . Both son Anton lived mostly on his Bohemian estates and therefore sold Gumpendorf in 1786 to the municipality of Vienna, which had the castle used commercially. Meravigliagasse was laid out on what was once the palace's garden. Before that, the street was called Kleine Schlossgasse .
  • Millergasse , named (date unknown, recorded on city map 1856) after the Miller family. Martin Mühler (1769–1833) , who came from a family of craftsmen in Lower Austria , went to England as a journeyman and called himself Miller after his return . Around 1804 he set up a metalworking shop and precision forge in Gumpendorf at Webgasse 26 with the first crucible steel furnace in Austria. In 1825 he built a steel mill in his home town of St. Aegyd am Neuwalde . His son Franz Matthias Miller (1798–1876) continued the business and was primary judge of Gumpendorf from 1839–1843.
The Papagenotor of the Theater an der Wien in Millöckergasse
  • Millöckergasse , named in 1900 after the operetta composer Carl Millöcker (1842–1899); he worked at the Theater an der Wien from 1869 to 1883 . Millöcker was next to Johann Strauss Sohn and Franz von Suppè the third representative of the golden operetta era in Vienna; his most popular work was The Beggar Student . His operettas are particularly distinguished by their solid composition and craftsmanship. The most important interpreter of the later works was Alexander Girardi ; see the neighboring Girardigasse . Until 1900 the street was called Theatergasse after the Theater an der Wien, whose historic main entrance, called Papagenotor, is on Millöckergasse.
  • Minerlgasse , named in 2014; Formerly a typical nickname for a market woman on the Naschmarkt , in which this traffic area is located.
  • Mittelgasse , officially named in 1862 (named on the map in 1856) because it is in the middle between Gumpendorfer Strasse in the south and Mariahilfer Strasse in the north. Part of the alley opened in 1833 was previously called Garbergasse or Halbgasse .
  • Mollardgasse , named in 1862 after the aristocratic Mollard family, who lived in Lower Austria from 1563 and held the rule of Gumpendorf from 1629 , which a descendant sold to the municipality of Vienna in 1786. Members of the family owned the Palais Mollard-Clary in the inner city from 1563-1760 . Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard (1675–1754) was Maria Theresa's educator from 1729 . Maria Anna von Mollard married the imperial chamberlain Giovanni Stefano Meraviglia-Crivelli in 1758; see Meravigliagasse . Before that, the street was called Obere Wehrgasse or Obere Annagasse and Untere Annagasse .
  • Morizgasse , named in 1862 after the legal secretary Gottfried Moriz von der Hölz ​​(1751–1823); around 1820 he was the owner of the first house in the alley. It was previously called Mühlgasse .
  • Münzwardeingasse , named in 1862 after the imperial Münzwardein Siegmund Hammerschmied (1628–1703); In 1663 he acquired property between Mollardgasse and Gumpendorfer Strasse and also owned a house there. The alley can be traced back to 1797.

N

  • Nelkengasse , named in 1862 after the former inn sign "Zur Nelke". The street was called Leopoldigasse in 1829 and then Schiffgasse (after a sign “To the ship”).

O

  • Oskar-Werner-Platz , named in 2003 after the actor Oskar Werner (actually Oskar Josef Blussmayer , 1922–1984); In the 1950s he was regarded as an outstanding actor of amateur roles , was famous as Hamlet and later concentrated on the embodiment of contradicting characters, to which he gave a special stamp through his sensitive play and specific word melodies. He was successful in numerous international films. The house where he was born is a few blocks south-east at Marchettigasse 1a. The square at the intersection of Millergasse, Mittelgasse and Garbergasse is a traffic area without addresses.
  • Otto-Bauer-Gasse , named in 1949 after the politician Otto Bauer (1881–1938); As a leading theoretician of Austromarxism, he shaped the Linz program adopted in 1926 and the political work of the Social Democratic Party at the federal level. From 1907, Bauer was editor of the Arbeiter-Zeitung , 1918/1919 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Foreign Minister) of the first republican government of Austria headed by Karl Renner , and from 1919–1934 a member ( Constituent National Assembly , from 1920 National Council ). In 1934 he escaped arrest in the civil war by fleeing to Czechoslovakia. He lived in (today's) Otto-Bauer-Gasse at No. 2. The street was previously called Kasernengasse after the Gumpendorfer barracks .
The Papagenotor of the Theater an der Wien is located in Millöckergasse opposite the confluence of Papagenogasse (Papageno with siblings in The Magic Flute, part two. The Labyrinth )

P

  • Papagenogasse , named in 1876 after the figure of the bird dealer Papageno from the Singspiel Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . The world premiere took place in 1791 in Emanuel Schikaneder's Freihaustheater . Schikaneder had also written the libretto and played the role of Papageno; see also Schikanedergasse in the 4th district of Wieden . On today's side of the Theater an der Wien at Millöckergasse 8, at the former main entrance, there is the Papagenotor , built around 1800 , on which Schikaneder is depicted in Papageno's costume, exactly opposite the confluence with Papagenogasse. Before that it was called Jägergasse .
  • Pfauengasse , named (date unknown, first mentioned in 1827) after the former house sign “ Zumgrün Pfau” on No. 3.
  • Pliwagasse , 1933 named after the officials Ernst Pliwa (1857-1928), employees in the kk Ministry of Culture and Education (from 1898), as section chief. He had a decisive influence on the reorganization of drawing and modeling lessons at the state arts and crafts schools, on the reorganization of commercial advanced training schools and on other areas of schooling and education. Among other things, important measures for the training of the teaching staff, the school medical service and the industrial hygiene lessons went back to him. The alley was previously part of Gfrornergasse .
  • Proschkogasse , named in 1911 after the civil servant and writer Franz Isidor Proschko (1816–1891) and his daughter Hermine Camilla Proschko (1851–1923). Franz Isidor Proschko was a police officer in Graz and Vienna, most recently head of the new building commissioner . In his spare time he wrote novels and short stories that were written in an unpretentious, simple form. Many of his works are casual poems with a patriotic tendency and a pious, loyal disposition. Hermine Camilla Proschko was active as a writer of youth literature. From 1891 she published the youth library Jugendlaube and from 1887 the yearbook Jugendheimat . Before that, the street was called Wäschergasse .

R.

The Rahlstiege connects the Rahlgasse with the higher Mariahilfer Straße and the Museumsquartier (in the background)
  • Rahlgasse , named in 1866 after the painter Carl Rahl (1812–1865), professor at the Vienna Art Academy (from 1850); In 1851 he founded a private school for monumental painting. As a history painter - mostly on a public assignment - he created frescoes and ceiling paintings, among others in the Greek-Oriental Church of the Holy Trinity on Fleischmarkt in the 1st district, in the stairwell of the Imperial and Royal Arms Museum (today the Army History Museum ), in the Palais Todesco , in Vienna State Opera and in the Heinrichhof . The Rahlstiege at the northern end of the alley on Mariahilfer Strasse is also named after him. Before that, the alley was part of the grain market .
  • Reserlgasse , named in 2014; Formerly a typical nickname for a market woman on the Naschmarkt , in which this traffic area is located.

S.

House at Stiegengasse 9, "Zum Römischen Kaiser", with a portrait relief of Joseph II.
  • Sandwirtgasse , named in 1862 after the inn "Zum Sandwirt" in Schmalzhofgasse 5. "Sandwirt" was the common vulgar name of the innkeeper and cattle dealer Andreas Hofer in Tyrol . In the spring of 1809, Hofer lived in this house as a guest of the owner Andreas Duschel, a Tyrolean, in order to prepare the uprising against the Bavarian rule in Tyrol in secret meetings with the Austrian government. See also Andreas-Hofer-Strasse and Haspingerplatz in the 21st district, Floridsdorf , Ennemosergasse in the 22nd district, Donaustadt , Speckbachergasse in the 16th district, Ottakring , and Haugerstrasse in the 11th district, Simmering . Before that, the street was called Kahlgasse .
  • Schadekgasse , named in 1913 after the picture dealer Franz Josef Schadek (1843–1913); From 1882 he was district councilor in Mariahilf, 1897–1913 district chairman of the 6th district, chairman of the institute for the poor and the local school council, vice-president of the orphan council, and president of the association for the establishment and maintenance of advanced training and commercial schools for women in Vienna. The alley was originally called Hollerbeergasse and then Kollergerngasse ; 1906–1913 it was part of Windmühlgasse, which still exists today .
  • Schmalzhofgasse , named in 1862 after the Schmalzhof , the farm of a wealthy lard dealer, whose name, however, has not been passed on.
  • Sechshauser Gürtel , named in 1894 after the formerly independent community of Sechshaus , which was created after 1683 through reconstruction after the second Turkish siege . Similar to Dreihaus and Fünfhaus , thename indicatesthe original number of houses. At the beginning the place consisted of only five houses on the western tip of the growth of Gumpendorfer Straße, which was separatedfrom Gumpendorf by the line wall built in 1704. After the construction of another house, the name Sechshaus became common. The street was previously called Gürtelstrasse ; The lanes and sidewalks of the Sechshauser belt are entirely in the 15th district. The district boundary runs on the western edge of the viaduct of the U6 subway line , which is located in the 6th district; the counterpart there to the Sechshauser belt is called the Gumpendorfer belt .
  • Sonnenuhrgasse , named in 1876 after a former house at Gumpendorfer Straße 118, on which three sundials were attached.
  • Sopherlgasse , 2014 named after the literary character of Sopherl Naschmarkt , the Vienna journalist Vincent Chiavacci had invented in 1883, and he then every week in a feature in the Austrian People's newspaper used. Way in the Naschmarkt .
  • Spalowskygasse , named in 1949 after the trade union official and politician Franz Spalowsky (1875–1938), editor of the Christian-Sozial Arbeiter-Zeitung (1907–1908), chairman of the Central Commission of Christian Trade Unions, Vienna City Council (1914–1919), City Councilor (1917–1908) 1919), member of the National Assembly and the National Council (1919–1934). He also held high positions in social security and in Catholic organizations. From 1934 he came to terms with the corporate state and remained at the head of the Christian labor movement. The street was previously called Grasgasse from 1857 .
  • Spörlingasse , named in 1862 after the wallpaper manufacturer Michael Spörling (1784–1857); the reason for the naming is unknown.
  • Stiegengasse , from 1862 the official name for an alley between Linke Wienzeile and Windmühlgasse. The lower part between Linke Wienzeile and Gumpendorfer Straße was formerly called Gärtnergasse, the northern section with the 13 meter high straight staircase that gave it its name was originally part of Windmühlgasse. A large staircase construction can be traced back to Anton Behsel's historical map from 1825. The so-called Amonstiege located here was renovated and widened in 1863/1864. The name Amonstiege was an orientation aid , especially in the first half of the 19th century, and referred to the Amon family, who owned a house and a meat-smelling shop right next to the staircase for decades.
  • Strohmayergasse , named (date unknown) after the master builder Lorenz Strohmayer (1769–1834); 1808–1810 he was the owner of the brickworks, Stoss am Himmel in Inzersdorf . The other owners were the Viennese citizen Leopold Strohmayer in 1820 and Joseph and Josepha Strohmayer in 1826. Lorenz Strohmayer owned extensive areas in Mariahilf.
  • Stumpergasse , named (date unknown) after Anton Stumper (1740–1814), who in 1811 provided the space for the construction of the street from Mariahilfer Strasse to Gumpendorfer Strasse in the course of the parceling out of his "Palmschen Reality" (Gumpendorfer Strasse 98-100) . The street was previously called Große Steingasse .

T

  • Theobaldgasse , named in 1862 after the former Theobaldkloster. The Franciscans had from 1451 with St. Theobald whether the Laimgrube in today's district Mariahilf his first monastery in Vienna. It was destroyed in 1529 as part of the first Turkish siege ; in its place windmills were built in the area of ​​today's Windmühlgasse . In 1661 the monastery was rebuilt, destroyed in 1683 during the Second Turkish Siege and rebuilt in 1687. In 1804 it was converted into an educational institution for young aristocrats, and from 1881–1905 it was a police prison. The building and the associated Laimgrubenkirche were demolished in 1905–1907.
  • Turmburggasse , named in 1862 after an estate with tower and chapel popularly known as Turmburg , which can be traced back to 1765, but no longer exists today.

V

W.

Raimundtheater in Wallgasse
  • Wallgasse , named in 1862 after the line wall . The line wall was an earth wall reinforced with palisades with an upstream ditch that ran between the arm of the Danube near Sankt Marx (today 3rd district) and the Lichtental (today 9th district). With the exception of the 2nd district and parts of the 4th and 5th district, which became the 10th district in 1874, it separated the suburbs incorporated in 1850 (today 3rd to 9th district) from the suburbs on the right bank of the Danube, which were largely incorporated in 1892 (today 10th to 19th district). The line wall was removed from 1894, the belt was greatly expanded and in 1895 the construction of the belt line of the light rail began. See also Liniengasse . Before that, the street was called Große Schlossgasse (after Gumpendorfer Castle) and Wallstrasse .
  • Webgasse , named in 1862 after the weaving manufacturers that used to be in this area. Before that, the street was called Große Schmiedgasse .
  • Windmühlgasse , named (date unknown) after the 1849/1850 independent community of Windmühle . The Theobaldkloster was located in the suburb of Laimgrube and was destroyed during the first Turkish siege in 1529. The Imperial Herald Johann Fracolin received this deserted property from Emperor Ferdinand I in 1562 to build windmills there. From this settlement the village of Windmühle developed, which in 1620 became the manorial power of the Viennese magistrate. The western part of the alley was separated as Schadekgasse in 1913 .
  • Worellstrasse , named in 1903 after Stephan Worell (around 1829–1898), editor-in-chief of the Neuigkeits-Welt-Blatt . In 1877 he founded a Catholic orphanage in Biedermannsdorf , Lower Austria , to which a children's institution was attached from 1883 and a school from 1886. The orphanage was named "Stephaneum" after Crown Prince Rudolf and Princess Stephanie of Belgium married in 1881 . Stephan Worell was by Pope Leo XIII. appointed Knight of the Order of St. George .

Popularly known street names

  • Mariahilfer Platzl , until it was named Christian-Broda-Platz, the unofficial name of the widening of Mariahilfer Straße from Stumpergasse to Mariahilfer Gürtel, still in use
  • Papiermacherplatzl , a place at the intersection of Gumpendorfer Strasse and Theobaldgasse, no official name, but provided with a historical street sign

Historic street names

Mariahilf around 1830
  • Old way: see Hofmühlgasse
  • Amerlinggasse: see Amerlingstrasse
  • On the banks of the Vienna: see Linke Wienzeile
  • At the Starkacherbrücke: see Hofmühlgasse
  • Baumgasse: see Sailor Alley
  • Bayrische Landstrasse: see Mariahilfer Strasse
  • Berggasse: see Esterhazygasse or Kaunitzgasse
  • Mountaineering: see Kaunitzgasse
  • Bergsteiggasse: see Kaunitzgasse
  • Beggar Stairs: see Königsklostergasse
  • Bräuhausgasse: see Brauergasse or Gumpendorfer Straße
  • Canalgasse: see Joanelligasse
  • Dorothe Gasse: see Hofmühlgasse
  • Dorotheergasse: see Hofmühlgasse
  • Dreihufeisengasse: see Lehargasse
  • Eggerthstiege: see Viktor-Matejka-Stiege
  • Engelgasse: see Girardigasse
  • Feldgasse: see Liniengasse
  • Fünfhauser Hauptstrasse: see Mariahilfer Strasse
  • Gärtnergasse: see Eisvogelgasse or Stiegengasse
  • Grasgasse: see Spalowskygasse
  • Große Pfarrgasse: see Laimgrubengasse
  • Große Schlossgasse: see Hornbostelgasse or Wallgasse
  • Große Schmiedgasse: see Webgasse
  • Große Steingasse: see Stumpergasse
  • Gumpendorfer Hauptstrasse: see Gumpendorfer Strasse
  • Belt road: see Gaudenzdorfer belt or Mariahilfer belt and Sechshauser belt
  • Halbgasse: see Garbergasse
  • Hollerbeergasse: see Schadekgasse
  • In the Saugraben: see Gumpendorfer Straße
  • Jägergasse: see Papagenogasse
  • Kahlgasse: see Sandwirtgasse
  • Kanalgasse: see Joanelligasse
  • Kasernengasse: see Otto-Bauer-Gasse
  • Kirchengasse: see Brückengasse
  • Kleine Kirchengasse: see Barnabitengasse
  • Kleine Pfarrgasse: see Laimgrubengasse
  • Kleine Schlossgasse: see Meravigliagasse
  • Kleine Steingasse: see Haydngasse
  • Kollergerngasse: see Schadekgasse
  • Kothgasse: see Gumpendorfer Straße
  • Kremser Strasse: see Mariahilfer Strasse
  • Krongasse: see Bienengasse
  • Laimgrubner Hauptstrasse: see Mariahilfer Strasse
  • Leopoldigasse: see Nelkengasse
  • Magdalenenstrasse: see Linke Wienzeile
  • Margaret belt : see Gaudenzdorfer belt
  • Mariahilfer Hauptstraße: see Mariahilfer Straße
  • Mollardgasse: see Gumpendorfer Gürtel
  • Mühlgasse: see Morizgasse
  • Neue Gasse: see Esterhazygasse
  • Obere Annagasse: see Mollardgasse
  • Obere Gärtnergasse: see Eisvogelgasse
  • Obere Gasse: see Gfrornergasse
  • Obere Geststättengasse: see Luftbadgasse
  • Obere Pfarrgasse: see Laimgrubengasse
  • Obere Wehrgasse: see Mollardgasse
  • Penzinger Strasse: see Mariahilfer Strasse
  • Rosengasse: see Fillgradergasse
  • Rosengasse: see Königseggasse
  • Backwards on the mountain: see Kaunitzgasse
  • Schiffgasse: see Nelkengasse
  • Schnellgasse: see Magdalenenstrasse
  • Schönbrunner Strasse: see Mariahilfer Strasse
  • Theatergasse: see Millöckergasse
  • Ufergasse: see Linke Wienzeile
  • Untere Annagasse: see Mollardgasse
  • Untere Pfarrgasse: see Laimgrubengasse
  • Untere Ststättengasse: see Dürergasse
  • Untere Wehrgasse: see Magdalenenstraße
  • Wallstrasse: see Wallgasse
  • Wäschergasse: see Proschkogasse
  • Wienstraße: see Linke Wienzeile
  • Windmühlgasse: see Capistrangasse or Schadekgasse and Stiegengasse

1938-1945

  • No

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 edition. Pichler Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85431-439-4 .
  • Peter Simbrunner: Vienna street names from A – Z. 1988, ISBN 3-8000-3300-3 .
  • Peter Csendes , Wolfgang Mayer: The Viennese street names. Vienna 1987, DNB 891007776 .
  • Anton Behsel: Directory of everyone in the Kaiser. royal The capital and residence city of Vienna with its suburbs, with precise details of the older, middle and most recent numbering, the current owners and signs, the streets and squares, the principal authorities, then the police and parish districts. Carl Gerold, Vienna 1829.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Damböck-Haus at www.kreiter.info/huetten, accessed on November 4, 2011.
  2. ↑ Fillgradergasse  ( page no longer available , 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. (PDF; 1.7 MB) on archived copy ( memento of the original dated September 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 6, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archiv.print-gruppe.com   @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archiv.print-gruppe.com
  3. ^ Karl Garber in P. Meinrad Adolph: Commemorative book of the Viennese suburban parish to the healing. Aegid in Gumpendorf . Mecharitisten-Buchdruckerei, Vienna 1857, pp. 129ff, accessed on November 7, 2011.
  4. ^ Adolf Hitler House on the website of the University of Vienna
  5. ↑ Hofmühle (PDF; 1.8 MB) at www.bezirksmuseum.at, accessed on November 8, 2011.
  6. ^ Hornbostel Theodor Friedrich von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 423 f. (Direct links on p. 423 , p. 424 ).
  7. ↑ Leopold Wilhelm von Königsegg-Rothenfels from http://regiowiki.pnp.de/ accessed on November 9, 2011.
  8. ↑ Kurt Pint at www.ots.at/presseaussendung, accessed on November 9, 2011.
  9. ↑ Ferdinand Loquai in Felix Czeike : Historical Dictionary of Vienna , Volume 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-218-00748-8 , p 90
  10. ↑ Miller, Martin. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 303.
  11. ↑ Ernst Pliwa at www.architektenlexikon.at, accessed on November 15, 2011.
  12. ^ Proschko, Franz Isidor. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 306.
  13. ↑ Proschko, Miss Hermine Camilla . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 156 f. ( Digitized version ).
  14. ^ Franz Josef Schadek in Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-218-00749-6 , p. 56
  15. ^ Beppo Beyerl: The Naschmarkt - paths through Vienna's culinary heart . Magazine of the Naschmarkt and the Freihausviertel, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-902693-22-8 , p. 18f.
  16. ↑ Spalowsky, Franz. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 446 f. (Direct links on p. 446 , p. 447 ).
  17. ↑ Anton Behsel: Map 1825. Retrieved on July 26, 2019 (enter "Stiegengasse, 6th District" → Historical Maps → Behsel 1825 → Behsel - Mariahilf, Spittelberg 1825).
  18. ^ Günter Oppitz: The Amonstiege in Mariahilf. Backgrounds for the designation of a staircase. Vienna 2018. Accessed July 26, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Stephan Worell at www.biedermannsdorf.at (PDF), accessed on January 4, 2015.