The Strauß-Dynasty - biography 2

 
Epoch: Romantic
Country:  Austria
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Strauss memorial places  
[The kings of Walz]

[Joseph & Eduard Strauß]

 [Former performing places]

 

Baden

Badgastein

Bad Ischl

Vienna 
Vienna 1., Dorotheergasse 18  Vienna 4., Johann-Strauß-Gasse 10-14 
Vienna 1., Kumpfgasse 11 /
Riemergasse 14 		 Vienna 7., Kaiserstraße 12-14
Vienna 1., Rathaus (city hall) Vienna 7., Mechitaristengasse 5
Vienna 1., Rathauspark, 
parliaments side		 Vienna 7., Lerchenfelderstraße 15
Vienna 1., Reichsratstraße 9  Vienna 11., Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 
Vienna 1., Stadtpark Vienna 13., Maxingstraße 18
Vienna 2., Floßgasse 7  Vienna 16., Neulerchenfelder Straße 14 
Vienna 2., Obere Donaustraße 95 
(= Lilienbrunngasse 1) 		 Vienna 19., Billrothstraße. Strauß-Lanner-Park 
Vienna 2., Praterstraße 54 Vienna 19., Döblinger Hauptstraße 76 
Vienna 4., Johann-Strauß-Gasse 4 Vienna 19., Dreimarksteingasse 13 

 

Baden

Lower Austria. City. First mention in a document in 869. Through the thermal springs and the summer sojourns (1811-1834) of Franz I, development into the health resort of the Biedermeier period, where several artists (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss, Father, Franz Grillparzer, Ferdinand Raimund) sojourned.
Baden, Hauptplatz

Sights:
 

Strauß-Lanner-monument		 Strauss- Lanner monument in the Kurpark (erected in 1912)

 Commemorative tablet on the front of the former tavern "Schwarzer Adler"

 (Rathausgasse) in memory of Johann Strauss and Franz Schubert

 Municipal parish church St. Stephan (1477)
Former Augustinian hermits' cloister (13th century)

 Beethoven house (Beethoven days) 

Ruin of Rauhenstein and Rauheneck (12th century), in the outskirts

Badgastein

Salzburg. Municipality. Health and winter resort in the valley of the Gasteiner Ache, at the foot of the Graukogel (2492 m).

Sights:

    Museum of Gastein referring to Johann Strauss
    Waterfall of the Gasteiner Ache in the center of the town
    Cable railway to the Stubnerkogel (2246 m)
    Parish church (1866-1876)
    Gothic church of St. Nikolaus (1389) with late Gothic frescos
    House Meran (villa of archduke Johann, 1830)
    Gasteiner Museum
    Haus Austria
    A - 5640 Bad Gastein
    Phone: 43-6434-3488

Bad Ischl

Upper Austria, city (1940), health resort in the heart of the Salzkammergut on the emptying of the Ischl into the Traun.

1854-1914 summer holidays of Emperor Franz Joseph I and the composers Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Johann Strauss, Son (1825-1899), Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Emerich Kálmán (1882-1953) and Franz Lehár (1870-1948).

Sights:

    Lehár villa
    Haenel-Pancera museum
    "Ischl operetta weeks" from July to September
    Imperial villa with landscape garden

    Ischler Salzberg (680 m) with show salt-mine near Perneck

Vienna

Wien 1., Dorotheergasse 18

The confirmation of Johann Strauss' body took place at the Protestant church A.B..

Vienna 1., Kumpfgasse 11 / Riemergasse 14

Commemorative tablet (1949). Johann Strauss (father) lived here with his mate Emilie Trampusch from 1848 till death. Among others, he composed the "Radetzkymarsch" here.

Wien 1., Rathaus (city hall)

Johann Strauss bust by Viktor Tilgner at the upper end of the Feststiege I

Wien 1., Rathauspark, parliament's side

Strauss-Lanner monument by Robert Oerly and Franz Seifert on the south side of the Rathauspark. Lanner is shown with violin and bow, Johann Strauss is holding a music notebook.
 

Vienna 1., Reichsratstraße 9 

Eduard Strauss died in this house on December 28th 1916.

Vienna 1., Stadtpark 

Johann Strauss monument (1921) by Edmund Hellmer (1850-1935). 

Vienna 2., Floßgasse 7 

Commemorative tablet (1883). Here, Franz Strauss pursued his beer tavern between 1803 and 1816 and Johann Strauss, Father was born on March 14th 1804. In 1906, the house was pulled down and replaced by a new building.
Johann Strauss monuement

Vienna 2., Obere Donaustraße 95 (= Lilienbrunngasse 1)

Commemorative tablet on the site of the former "Altes Dianabad". In 1867, the waltz "An der schönen blauen Donau" was performed here for the first time in 1867.

Vienna 2., Praterstraße 54

Johann Strauss' dwelling house (1867-1878) with commemorative tablet of the Viennese Schubertbund (1925). Among others, the waltz "An der schönen blauen Donau" was composed here.
Johann-Strauß-Gedenkstätte
Praterstraße 54
A - 1020 Vienna
Phone: 43-1-2140121
 

Vienna 4., Johann-Strauß-Gasse 4 (formerly Igelgasse)

At this place was the Strauss palace, built in 1876-78, where Johann Strauss lived from 1878 till death. The building was destroyed by bombs in 1944. Commemorative tablet from 1967.

Vienna 4., Johann-Strauß-Gasse 10-14

Mosaic with the first few bars of the waltz "An der schönen blauen Donau" on the front.

Vienna 7., Kaiserstraße 12-14

Josef-Strauß-Park. Commemorative tablet on the right side of the entrance.

Vienna 7., Mechitaristengasse 5

At this place was the house where Joseph Lanner was born (commemorative tablet).

About 1910, the writer Ludwig Wegmann is said to have opened here a commemorative room of Lanner. It does not exist anymore today.

Vienna 7., Lerchenfelder Straße 15

About 1910, the writer Ludwig Wegmann is said to have opened here a commemorative room of Lanner. It does not exist anymore today.

Vienna 11., Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 (Zentralfriedhof - central cemetery)

Tomb of honor of Joseph Lanner (Gruppe 32A, No. 16). Initially, the tomb was at the old cemetery of Döbling (today 19., Strauss-Lanner-Park) close to Johann Strauss' tomb. In 1903, the body was transferred to the Zentralfriedhof.

Vienna 11., Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 (Zentralfriedhof - central cemetery)

Tomb of honor of Eduard Strauss (gruppe 32A, No. 42). Monument by Eduard Hauser (1840-1915). Eduard Strauss was buried in the uniform of the Hofballmusikdirektor (court ball music director).

Vienna 11., Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 (Zentralfriedhof - central cemetery)

Tomb of honor of Johann Strauss, Father (Gruppe 32A, No. 15). Initially, the tomb was at the old cemetery of Döbling (today Wien 19., Strauß-Lanner-Park) close to Joseph Lanner's tomb. In 1903, the body was transferred to the Zentralfriedhof.

Vienna 11., Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 (Zentralfriedhof - central cemetery)

Tomb of honor of Johann Strauss, Son (Gruppe 32A, No. 27). Monument by Johannes Benk (1844-1914).

Vienna 11., Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 (Zentralfriedhof - central cemetery)

Tomb of honor of Josef Strauss (Gruppe 32A, No. 44).

Wien 13., Maxingstraße 18

Johann Strauss' dwelling house (1862-1867), from 1868 on in his possession. Among others, the operetta "Die Fledermaus" was composed here (commemorative tablet).

Vienna 16., Neulerchenfelder Straße 14

Here was the tavern "Zur blauen Flasche", where Johann Strauss performed his "Ligourianer-Seufzer-Polka" in 1848. Commemorative tablet with wrong date of birth. 

Vienna 19., Billrothstraße. Strauß-Lanner-Park

Here was the old Döblinger Friedhof (cemetery of Döbling), where Johann Strauss, Father and Josepf Lanner were interred. In 1903, they received tombs of honor at the Zentralfriedhof. The Döblinger Friedhof was closed in 1927. A pyramid of stone with an epigraph from 1844 suggests the former tomb.

Vienna 19., Döblinger Hauptstraße 76

The "Casino Zögernitz" was at this place (commemorative tablet).

Vienna 19., Dreimarksteingasse 13

In 1829-1836, summer holidays of the Strauss family. Here the six-year-old Johann Strauss is supposed to have composed his first waltz (commemorative tablet).