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SCHOTTENRING AND
ALSERGRUND

This part of the city is dotted with sites of built a huge public hospital, now the
interest, such as the ornate Ferstel Palace Josephinum, and Franz Joseph founded
and the glass-roofed Freyung Passage that the Votivkirche as a way of giving thanks
runs through it. The Schottenring and the after escaping assassination in 1853.
Schottentor are named after the Benedictine To the east, nearer the Danube Canal,
monks who came here in Babenberg times quiet residential streets sit beside the
to found the Schottenkirche Monastery. imposing Liechtenstein Garden Palace,
Later rulers of Austria were responsible one of many summer palaces built beyond
for the area’s other monuments: Joseph II the city gates by Vienna’s nobility.

Sights at a Glance
Streets and Squares Restaurants p214
1 Freyung Passage 1 Café Stein
2 Freyung 2 CaffèCouture
Churches and Cathedrals 3 I Vecchi Amici
4 Konzert-Café Weimar
3 Schottenkirche 5 Livingstone
5 Servitenkirche 6 Rembetiko
9 Votivkirche
7 Restaurant Ragusa
Museums and Galleries 8 Servitenwirt See also Street Finder
4 Freud Museum 9 Stomach Friedensbrücke R maps 1, 2 and 5
6 Liechtenstein Garden Palace 10 Trattoria Martinelli
7 Josephinum
8 Narrenturm
A L S E R B A C H S T R A S S E R OTEN L Ö W RÖGERGASSE
STROHECKGASSE O S S A U E R
ALSERGRUND GEORG-SIGL-G.
BOLTZMANNGASSE LIECHTENSTEIN- GLASERGASSE E N GAS S E L

SEEGASS E
PARK
170m LIECH TENSTEINSTRASSE FÜRSTENG. R Z E L L A N G A S S E PRAMERGASSE MÜLLNERGASSE HAHNGASSE SEEGASSE Ä N D E
PRAMER- GASSE
STRUDLHOFG. P O GRÜNENTOR- GASSE MOSERGASSE
Rossauer
S P I T A L G A S S E S E N S E N G A S S E BOLTZMANNG. HARMONIEG. PO R ZEL L A NG A S SE SERVITENGASSE Lände
BAUERNFELD-
PLATZ
BERG - GASSE
V.-SWIETEN-G. W THURNGASSE BERG- GASSE T Ü R K E N S T R A S S E TÜRKENSTR. F R A N Z- J O SEFS - KAI
S P I T A L G A S S E SCHWARZSPA NIERSTRASSE W A S A G A S S E K O L I N G A S S E SCHLICK- Schottenring FRANZ- JOSEFS- KAI
HÖRLGASSE
S C H O T T E N R I N G
GARNISON-
PLATZ
LIEC HTENSTEINSTRAS SE
OTTO-
WAGNER- GASSE MARIA- THERESIEN- STRASSE GONZAGAGASSE
LACKIERERG. Ä H R I N G E R S T R A S S E
PLATZ NEUTORGASSE
ROOSEVELT- BÖRSEGASSE WERDERTORG.
PLATZ
FRANKGASSE
Schottentor BÖRSE-
HELFERSTORFER- STRASSE PLATZ
U N I V E R S I T Ä T S S T R A S S E
HOHENSTAUFENGASSE
SCHOTTENGASSE
0 metres 250
STRAUCHG.
0 yards 250
The twin spires of the Votivkirche For keys to symbols see back flap
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