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Street-by-Street: Josefstadt 1 Volkskunde
Museum
Tucked behind the grand museums of the Ringstrasse is
the 18th-century district known as Josefstadt, named after MUSEUM AND HOFBURG Laudongasse 15–19. Map 1 B4.
Tel 4068905. % Rathaus. @ 13A.
Emperor Joseph II. Although outside the inner city, Josefstadt TOWNHALL QUARTER v 3, 33. Open 10am–5pm Tue–
QUARTER
has a vibrant cultural life, with a popular theatre, many Sun. Closed 1 Jan, Easter Mon,
good restaurants, and handsome churches and museums. OPERA AND 1 May, 1 Nov, 25 Dec. & 7 0
Students from the university and lawyers from the NASCHMARKT ∑ volkskundemuseum.at
courthouses provide a constantly changing clientele Locator Map The charming Museum of
K O C H G A S S E that Vienna has a history
See Street Finder maps 1, 3 and 5
for the district’s varied establishments. L A U D O N G A S S E Austrian Folklore is a reminder
beyond imperialism. Here you
culture and daily life of people
The Plague will find artifacts reflecting the
Column here 3 . Maria-Treu-Kirche in Austria and neighbouring
commemorates Founded by the fathers of countries. Exhibits include
an epidemic that the Piarist order, this church objects dating from the 17th
was built from 1716.
occurred in 1713. to 19th centuries. The museum
is housed in the 18th-century
Schönborn Palace, designed by
Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt
1 . Volkskunde
4 Theater in der Josefstadt Museum as a two-storey mansion and
Founded in 1788, Vienna’s oldest The Schönborn Palace altered in 1760 by Isidor
theatre has kept its doors open houses exhibits Canevale. Today it has a rather
continuously since it was rebuilt by examining folklore and imposing façade with statuary
Josef Kornhäusel (see p86) in 1822. rural life in Austria. running along its top. It has
a popular, reasonably priced
restaurant that serves dishes
made with organic produce
Schönborn Park There is a pleasant park behind
F L O R I A N I G A S S E
is a secluded, leafy the palace.
retreat. Among the
sculptures is a bust (1974) 2 Alte Backstube
of the composer Edmund
Eysler by Leo Gruber.
P I A R I S T E N G A S S E M A R I A T R E U G A S S E L A N G E G A S S E @ 13A. Closed to the public.
Lange Gasse 34. Map 1 B5. % Rathaus.
One of the finest middle-class
houses in Vienna was built at
No. 34 Lange Gasse in 1697
by the jeweller Hans Bernhard
Leopold. The sandstone
M A R I A T R E U G A S S E
sculpture above the doorway
symbolizes the Holy Trinity.
No. 29 Lange Gasse Inside is an old bakery, the
Originally built for servants Alte Backstube, which was in
and workers in the 18th continuous use from 1701 to
century, the cottages lining No. 53 Lange Gasse has 1963. Since then the building
this courtyard have changed J O S E F S T Ä D T E R S T R A S S E handsome statuary on its gates. It served as a restaurant and
little over the years. was built in the early 18th century museum. The original baking
when Vienna was expanding ovens were never removed,
beyond the old city walls. but ceased to be used for
baking. Today, the former
musuem awaits renovation
and the interior is closed to
To Lerchenfelder the public, though visitors still
Strasse The Schnattl Restaurant, come to see the fine exterior.
occupying the spacious A few doors away, at No. 29,
Key ground floor and courtyard glance into the courtyard to see
of an old house on Lange 0 metres 50
Suggested route Gasse, is one of Vienna’s the rows of single-storey houses
2 Alte Backstube finest (see p215). 0 yards 50 facing each other – a rare slice
Z E L T G A S S E
A working bakery of working-class Vienna that is
from 1701 to 1963. more than 200 years old.
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