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the Pastoral Symphony e.
Continue up Grinzinger Strasse,
passing a number of attractive
Biedermeier houses, until you
arrive at Grinzinger Allee. Turn
right past a series of wine
gardens and immediately right
again to get a quick glimpse of
the upper part of Sandgasse,
where there are a number of
less touristy Heurigen r.

Grinzing
Turning back on yourself,
towards the centre of
Grinzing, climb B O S C H S T R A S S E 0 metres Cobenzlgasse, Grinzing’s main street
500
A R M B R U S T E R G A S S E PROBUSGASSE G R I N Z I N G E R S T R A S S E HINTERGÄRTENG. 0 yards
500
E I S E N B A H N S T R A S S E
Himmelstrasse o. Continue
5
down Himmelstrasse to
J
No. 35, another Heuriger,
SPRINGSIEDELGASSE
1
a charming plaque of
3
q 8 7 6 4 H E I L I G E N S T Ä D T E R S T R A S S E 2 Heiligenstadt Das Alte Haus, which has
9 STEINFELDGASSE B O S C H S T R A S S E the Virgin Mary above
its door p. There is
L A N G A C K E R G R A S S E NEUGEBAUERWEG H O H E W A R T E carrying various items
w
0
GEWEYGASSE
e
another such painting
WOLLERG.
at No. 31, which
S A N D G A S S E
shows a holy man
a. No. 29 s is another
G R I N Z I N G E R S T E I G r
C O B E N Z L G A S S E y t G R I N Z I N G E R S T R A S S E Heuriger, with a tablet to Sepp
Fellner, a Schrammel musician
i u s d f HIMMELS TR. (see p41) described as “The
Schubert of Grinzing”. Ironically,
a Key at No. 25, a grand building with
p S T R A S S E R G A S S E KRONESGASSE Walk route shields above the doorway,
A S S E o Railway line there is a memorial to the real
H I M M E L S T R G R I N Z I N G E R A L L E E Cobenzlgasse, the upper fork Schubert, described as “The
Prince of Song, who loved to
tarry in Grinzing” d. Grinzing
of Grinzing’s main street. The also has an attractive late Gothic
Reinprecht Heuriger at No. 22 church with a copper cupola
u Courtyard at the Passauer Hof, formerly Cobenzlgasse is a 16th-century and much-restored interior f.
home to a wine press house, the façade of which has Continue down the road to the
a tablet commemorating the tram terminus, from where the
composer Robert Stolz t. No. 30 No. 38 tram goes back to town.
Tips for Walkers
Cobenzlgasse is the Baroque
Starting point: Heiligenstadt Trummelhof, standing on the site
station. Length: 3.5 km (2 miles). of an 1835 brewery y. Further
Getting there: Heiligenstadt up on the left, at No. 9, is the
station is served by U-Bahn line Passauer Hof, which contains frag-
U4, trains S40 and S45 and buses ments of a far older, Romanesque
10A, 11A, 38A and 39A. Tram D building u. It used to house a
stops on Heiligenstädter Strasse. wine press. On the corner of
Stopping-off points: There are Cobenzlgasse and Feilergasse is
numerous Heurigen (usually open the Altes Presshaus, whose cellar
from 4pm), coffee shops and contains an old wine press i.
restaurants in Grinzing. Avoid the Turn left into Feilergasse,
larger Heurigen – the smaller ones
sell their own wine. Those at the and you soon come face to
top of Sandgasse are good. face with the impressive white a Plaque of a holy man on the façade of
Jugendstil façade of Nos. 41–3 No. 31 Himmelstrasse
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