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HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE Vienna Area Map
The coloured areas shown on this Vienna Area by Area
Most of the sights described in this book lie within
the six areas of central Vienna shown on this map. Each
This Eyewitness Travel Guide helps you get all the important sights, with photographs, map (see inside front cover) are the of these areas has its own section in the book. A tram ride D A N U B E C A N A L
around the Ringstrasse will take you past many major sights
on either side of this road, and you can stop off at any point
to reach one of the two inner or four outer areas. If time is
the most from your stay in Vienna with maps and illustrations. It also includes day six main sightseeing areas used in short, concentrate on the centre, which is small and easy to
get around: the Stephansdom Quarter is the main shopping
area and is largely pedestrianized, with a network of old
backstreets behind the cathedral. The Hofburg Quarter
the minimum of difficulty. The opening trips from Vienna, a river trip and four walks this guide. Each is covered by a reflects the grandeur of imperial Vienna and is dominated AND ALSERGRUND Schottenring and Stephansdom Quarter
SCHOTTENRING
by the Hofburg itself, including the Spanish Riding School.
Alsergrund
Pages 108–113
Pages 70–89
section, Introducing Vienna, locates the city around the city. Carefully researched tips for full chapter in Vienna Area by Area
(pp68–181). They are highlighted on
geographically, sets modern Vienna in its hotels, restaurants, cafés and bars, markets other maps throughout the book. MUSEUM AND
TOWNHALL
QUARTER
historical context and describes events and shops, entertainment and sports are In Vienna at a Glance (pp42–63), for STEPHANSDOM
QUARTER
through the year. Vienna at a Glance is an found in Travellers’ Needs. The Survival Guide example, they help you locate the HOFBURG
QUARTER
Museum and
Townhall Quarter Hofburg Quarter
overview of the city’s main attractions. contains practical advice, from what to do in top sights. They are also used to 0 metres 500 500 Pages 90–107
Pages 114–135
0 yards
Vienna Area by Area starts on page 68. This is an emergency to using the transport system indicate the location of the three
guided walks (pp182–9).
the main sightseeing section, which covers and its ticket machines.
OPERA AND
NASCHMARKT
BELVEDERE
Opera and Naschmarkt QUARTER
Pages 136–143
Belvedere Quarter
Pages 144–159
Finding Your Way Around the Sightseeing Section
Each of the six sightseeing areas describing its history and is made simple by the
in the city is colour-coded for character, followed by a Street- numbering system used
easy reference. Every chapter by-Street map illustrating a throughout. The most Numbers refer to each
opens with an introduction to typical part of the area. Finding important sights are covered in sight’s position on the Practical information provides all the detail you need
the part of Vienna it covers, your way around each chapter detail in two or more full pages. area map and its place to visit every sight. Map references pinpoint each sight’s
in the chapter. location on the Street Finder map (pp262–7).
78  VIENNA AREA B Y AREA STEPHANSDOM QU AR TER  79
VIENNA AREA B Y AREA  71
Each area has
STEPHANSDOM QUARTER 2 Deutschordens- headquarters here in order to
be near the Old University,
Singerstrasse 7. Map 6 D3. Tel 5121065.
The winding streets and spacious squares and glass of the spectacular Haas-Haus colour-coded kirche which they controlled. The
Jesuit order was the dominant
of this area form the ancient core of Vienna. in Stephansplatz. Many of the buildings % Stephansplatz. @ 1A, 2A, 3A. force behind the Counter-
Following World War II, excavations uncovered in the area house government offices, thumb tabs. Church: Open 7am–6pm daily. Reformation and not afraid
the remains of a Roman garrison from 2,000 businesses, taverns and stylish shops. Treasury: Open 10am–noon Tue, Thu & of making a statement. The
Sat, 3–5pm Wed & Fri. Closed Sun, Mon
years ago, and every succeeding age is Dominating the skyline is the Gothic & pub hols. ∑ deutscher-orden.at grand redesign of the church
represented here, from the Romanesque Stephansdom, the focus of the city and This church belongs to the Order highlighted their power.
The interior is gaudy, with
arches of the Ruprechts kirche to the steel its geographical centre. of Teutonic Knights, a chivalric plump marble columns
order that was established in screening the side chapels. The visitors’ checklist
the 12th century. It is 14th- Pozzo’s ceiling frescoes are
Restaurants pp210–12 21 Der Kuckuck 33 Steirereck
1 Akakiko 22 Meierei am Stadtpark 34 Tian A suggested route century Gothic, and though cleverly executed using a
trompe l’oeil effect and the
restored in the 1720s in Baroque
2 Ankor 23 Ofenloch 35 Toko-Ri A locator map shows style by Anton Erhard Martinelli, Inner courtyard of No. 9 Blutgasse, the Fähnrichshof pews are richly carved. provides all the practical
3 Café Diglas 24 Österreicher im MAK 36 Vikas
4 Café Engländer 25 Oswald & Kalb 37 Walter Bauer it retains Gothic elements such
5 Café Frauenhuber 26 Parkring Restaurant 38 Weibels Wirtshaus where you are in takes in some of the as pointed arched windows. some Gothic paintings and a 4 Domgasse 9 Academy of
6 Café Korb 27 Plachutta 39 Wrenkh Numerous coats of arms of Carinthian carving of St George Map 6 D3. % Stephansplatz. information needed to
7 Café Neko 28 Restaurant at Eight 40 Zu Den 3 Hacken Teutonic Knights and memorial and the Dragon (1457). @ 1A, 2A, 3A. Sciences
8 Café Prückel 29 Restaurant Das Schick 41 Zum Basilisken most interesting and slabs are displayed on the walls. Dr-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2. Map 2 E5 & 6
9 Café-Restaurant Ministerium 30 Salzamt 42 Zum Schwarzen Kameel relation to other areas The altarpiece from 1520 is Domgasse boasts some E3. % Schwedenplatz, Stubentor. plan your visit.
10 Cantinetta Antinori 31 Schachtelwirt 43 Zum Weissen Flemish and incorporates panel 3 Blutgasse interesting buildings, including Tel 515810. Open 8am–5pm Mon–Fri.
11 DO & CO 32 Schönbichler Rauchfangkehrer paintings and carvings of Map 6 D3. % Stephansplatz. Mozarthaus Vienna (see below) ∑ oeaw.ac.at
12 DSTRIKT in the city centre. attractive streets in scenes from the Passion @ 1A, 2A, 3A. and the Trienter Hof, with its
13 Fabios beneath some very delicate airy courtyard. No. 6 is a house Once the centrepiece of the
14 Figlmüller traceried canopies. A local legend relates that this of medieval origin called the Old University, the Akademie
15 Fratelli the area. The Order’s Treasury is street acquired its gruesome Kleiner Bischofshof (Small der Wissenschaften was
16 Gasthaus Pöschl W E R D E R T O R G A S S E situated off the church’s name – Blood Lane – after a Bishop’s House): it has a 1761 designed in 1753 by Jean
17 Griechenbeisl courtyard and now serves as massacre in 1312 of the Knights Matthias Gerl façade. Next door Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey
18 Haas & Haas ROCKHGASSE H E I N R I C H S G A S S E RUDOLFS- a museum, displaying various Templar (a religious military is the site of the house where as the Aula, or great hall. It
19 Hansen 100m PLATZ collections acquired by its order) in a skirmish so violent Georg Franz Kolschitzky lived boasts an impressive Baroque
20 König von Ungarn CONCORDIA- PLATZ GÖLSDO RFGASSE SALZTORG. Grand Masters over the that the streets flowed with and, in 1694, died. It is said that Elaborate nave of the Dominikanerkirche façade and fine rooms
PASSAUER PLATZ SA LZ G R I ES F R A N Z - J O S E F S - K A I centuries. The starting point blood. But there is no evidence he claimed some Turkish coffee throughout. A double staircase
R E N N G A S S E TIEFER GRABEN FÄRBERGASSE WIPPLINGER STRASSE SALVATORGASSE VORLAUFSTR. MORZIN- PLATZ SALZGR IES Schweden- platz is a room housing a large to support this story and the beans as a reward for his 6 Grünangergasse Canevale
street’s charm belies its name.
collection of coins, medals and
present church, which boasts
bravery in the 1683 Turkish
74 
Map 6 D3 & D4. % Stephansplatz.
of the grandest in Vienna. VIENNA AREA B Y AREA
date mostly from the 18th cen-
ring. A second room contains
ceilings of the Ceremonial Hall,
Baroque façade. The interior
first coffee house. The truth of
SEITZERG. PARISERG. TUCHLAUBEN LANDSKRONG. HOHER MARKT JUDENGASSE ISCHMARKT ROTGASSE KÖLLN ERHOFG. FLEISCHMARKT LAURENZERBERG PLATZ POST- GASSE D O M I K A N E R B A S T E I Street-by-Street: Old ViennaStreet-by-Street: Old Vienna 7
AM HOF MARC-AUREL-STRASSE FLE SEITENSTETTENG. SALZGRIES SCHWEDEN- 72  VIENNA AREA B Y AREA72  VIENNA AREA B Y AREA STEPHANSDOM QU AR TER  73STEPHANSDOM QU AR TER  73 a 13th-century enthronement Its tall apartmen
ROTENTURMST RASSE
1 Stephansdom
WIESINGERSTRASSE
marble embellished with Rococo
the city’s restorers have linked
worked with silver filigree,
from Zum Grünen Anker at
HEIDENSCHUSS
chapel on the right has swirling
7
The 137­m high
while a third displays maces,
plasterwork. Haydn’s Creation was
No. 10, a former guesthouse
Rococo grilles and candelabra,
up the buildings and their court-
kirchekirche
5 Mozarthaus
(450­ft) Gothic
GEORG-
performed here in 1808 in the
that was frequented by Franz
Situated in the centre of Vienna, the Stephansdom is the soul
and there is a very beautiful
Practical Information
NAGLERGASSE 42
COCH-
daggers and ceremonial garb.
yards. No. 9, the Fähnrichshof, is
BIBER- STRASSE
BOGNERG.
PLATZ
S T U B E N R I N G
crated on this site in crated on this site in
of the city, and its towers, crypt and altars are the number-
landmark. From the
M I LCHG.
No. 8’s doorway has carvings
lanes, alleys and spacious courtyards. The influence of the lanes, alleys and spacious courtyards. The influence of the
QUARTERQUARTER
one tourist attraction in Vienna. A church has stood on the
BRANDSTÄTTE
was the eve of his 76th birthday
E5 & 6 D3. Tel 515 52 30 54.
Its casing dates from the mid-
1237, the present 1237, the present
BIBERSTRASSE
Domgasse 5. Map 6 D3.
Sexton’s Lodge (see
Open 9–11:30am & 1–4:30pm
STEPHANS- KRAMERG. 41 This part of the inner city retains its medieval layout: This part of the inner city retains its medieval layout: Originally conse­Originally conse­ HOFBURGHOFBURG STEPHANSDOMSTEPHANSDOM The museum also displays partic
STOCK-IM- PLATZ WOLLZEILE BÄCKERSTRASSE church is particularly evident. You can find remains of orders church is particularly evident. You can find remains of orders Baroque church Baroque church Tel 5121791. % Stephansplatz. of rolls and p
150m
EISEN-PLATZ QUARTERQUARTER site for over 800 years, but all that remains of the original p77), visitors can Mon–Sat, 1pm–4:30pm Sun &
GRABEN
such as the Dominicans, the Teutonic Knights and the Jesuits. such as the Dominicans, the Teutonic Knights and the Jesuits. dates from the 1630s.dates from the 1630s. @ 1A, 2A, 3A. Open 10am–7pm daily. as the Kipferlhaus after a Tencalla
150m
SC HULER- STR.
DR-KARL- Yet there is nothing ossified about the area: the bars and Yet there is nothing ossified about the area: the bars and
Stephans- W O L L Z E I L E OPERA &OPERA & & ∑ mozarthausvienna.at Viennese crescent-shaped roll. especially noteworthy, as is viewing platform. & hols (Jul & Aug: 9:30am). Guided
Splendid interior of the Stephansdom 0 metres 250 platz ZEDLITZGASSE LUEGER-PLATZ restaurants on Bäckerstrasse and Schönlaterngasse are restaurants on Bäckerstrasse and Schönlaterngasse are NASCH-NASCH- MARKTMARKT Mozart and his family occupied The for mer Fürsten
are the result of a rebuilding programme in the 14th and 15th
from 1720, has a Baroque doorway
0 yards 250 KUM PFGASSE RIEMERGASSE Sat; Pummerin Bell (lift): 9am–
Sights at a Glance 43 SI NGER- S T R A SSE ST ÄTTE STUBENBASTEI Stubentor thronged with people until the early hours of the morning. thronged with people until the early hours of the morning. 0 Schönlaterngasse Schönlaterngasse Locator MapLocat
See Street Finder maps 2 & 6See Street Finder maps 2 & 6
of this building from 1784 to
the top of the keystone.
0
Streets and Squares Historic Buildings y Franziskanerkirche BALLGASSE LIEBENBERGG. R I N G Dominating the area is the 137-m (450-ft) spire of the Dominating the area is the 137-m (450-ft) spire of the The lantern at No. 6 The lantern at No. 6 1787. Of Mozart’s 11 Vi
Stephansdom cathedral, at the very centre of Vienna.Stephansdom cathedral, at the very centre of Vienna.
= ∑ stephanskirche.at
3 Blutgasse 9 Academy of Sciences o Annakirche K Ä R N T N E R S T R A S S E HIMMELPFORTGASSE SEILER COBURG BASTEI 400m gave this charming gave this charming S C H Ö N L AT E R N G A S S E E residences, this is the one where 6 E3. Tel 512 523 20. % Stuben
4 Domgasse e Heiligenkreuzerhof g Ruprechtskirche P A R K street its name.street its name. he is said to have been 7 Dominikaner- Stephansplatz, Schwedenplatz. The entrance and twin towers Transport
S C H Ö N L AT E R N G A S S
6 Grünangergasse t Haas-Haus z Maria am Gestade JOHANNESG. G G A S S E happiest. It is also where he kirche @ 2A. Open 7am–7pm Mon–Sat, apparently stand on the site of an % Stephansplatz. @ 1A, 2A, 3A.
0 Schönlaterngasse u Winter Palace of b Kirche am Hof q q . Cathedral Museum . Cathedral Museum composed a signifi cant number 8am–7pm Sun & hols. ∑ jesuiten.at KEY earlier heathen shrine.
WEIHBURGGASSE WEIHBURGGASSE
w Sonnenfelsgasse Prince Eugene m Peterskirche SEILERST ÄTTE Much of this collection was Much of this collection was of his masterworks: the Postgasse 4. Map 2 E5 & 6 E3.
r Bäckerstrasse s Postsparkasse Museums and Galleries KRUGERSTRASSE 250m donated by Duke Rudolf IV donated by Duke Rudolf IV exquisite Haydn quartets, a Tel 5129174. % Stephansplatz, Andrea Pozzo, an Italian 1 Lower Vestry
i Annagasse k Bohemian Court Chancery 5 Mozarthaus Vienna S C H E L L I N H E G E L G A S S E 120m who is shown here.who is shown here. handful of piano concertos, and Schwedenplatz. @ 2A. architect, redesigned the
d Fleischmarkt l Altes Rathaus q Cathedral Museum The Marriage of Figaro. Restored Open 7am–6pm daily. Jesuitenkirche between 1703 2 The symbolic number “05” of
the Austrian Resistance Movement
f Griechengasse Churches and Cathedrals p Haus der Musik S C H U B E R T R I N G for the anniversary year 2006, The Dominican order of monks and 1705 and its broad, high was carved here in 1945.
h Jewish District a Austrian Museum of Applied Arts SCHWARZENBERGSTR.
j Hoher Markt 1 Stephansdom pp74–7 pp84–5 BACKERSTRASS Winged altarpiece in the Mozarthaus has exhibitions came to Vienna in 1226, and by façade dominates the Dr-Ignaz- 3 Main entrance
ESSIG GASSE E
4 Pilgram’s Pulpit (see p76)
x Judenplatz 2 Deutschordenskirche c Clock Museum See also Street Finder BACKERSTRASSE E DR-IGNAZ- - DR-IGNAZ SEIPELPLATZ Z the Deutschordens- on two upper floors as well as 1237 they had built a church Seipel-Platz. In the 1620s the Fountain by Franz
v Kurrentgasse 7 Dominikanerkirche maps 5 and 6 ESSIG GASS SEIPELPLAT POSTGASSE E kirche (1520) the original apartment. here. In the 1630s Antonio Jesuits decided to move their Academy of Sciences (c. 1755)
n Am Hof 8 Jesuitenkirche POSTGASS 5 Entrance to the catacombs
For keys to symbols see back flap 6 The North Tower, according to
legend, was never completed
because its master builder, Hans
Puchsbaum, broke a pact he had
Introduction to the area To Kärntner To Kärntner To Rotenturm-To Rotenturm- STOBELGASSE E STOBELGASS made with the devil by speaking a . Tiled Roof
holy name. The devil then caused
strassestrasse
Almost a quarter of a million glazed tiles cover the roof; they
him to fall to his death.
7 Southeastern entrance
were meticulously restored after being damaged in the last
days of World War II.
Strasse S T E P H A N S
1For easy reference, the sights 1 1 . Stephansdom . Stephansdom Strasse S T E P H A N S - - W O L L Z E I L Detailed information on each sight Johannes Capistranus
W O L L Z E I L E E
P L AT
P L AT Z Z
The cathedral took The cathedral took
centuries to build and centuries to build and
is rich in medieval and is rich in medieval and S C H U L E R S T R A S S 3All the important sights in Vienna are On the exterior northeastern wall of
Renaissance monuments.Renaissance monuments.
in each area are numbered and 2 Deutschordenskirche Deutschordenskirche B L U T G A S S E E the choir is a pulpit built after the
B L U T G A S S
victory over the Turks at Belgrade in
S C H U L E R S T R A S S E E
1456. It was from here that the
2
A remarkable Treasury of A remarkable Treasury of 8 Jesuitenkirche Jesuitenkirche described individually. They are listed in Italian Franciscan, Giovanni da
plotted on an area map. To help objects collected objects collected The Haas & Haas The Haas & Haas This pulpit detail of the apostle This pulpit detail of the apostle Capestrano (1386–1456), is said to
8
have preached against the Turkish
by German aristocrats, by German aristocrats,
Matthew is from the Baroque Matthew is from the Baroque
invasion in 1451. The 18th­century
G R Ü N A N G E R G A S S
lies alongside this lies alongside this
most ornate churches, it was built most ornate churches, it was built
Gothic church.Gothic church. Tea House is a Tea House is a Jesuitenkirche. One of Vienna’s Jesuitenkirche. One of Vienna’s order, following the numbering on the Baroque statue above it depicts the
charming, informal charming, informal
the visitor, this map also shows café and tea house.café and tea house. S I N G E R S T R A S S G R Ü N A N G E R G A S S E E by the Jesuits in the 1620s.by the Jesuits in the 1620s. triumphant saint – known in Austria
as Johannes Capistranus – trampling
on a defeated Turkish invader.
S I N G E R S T R A S S E E
underground stations, train Mozart lived in a suite of rooms here Mozart lived in a suite of rooms here K U M P F G A S S E E area map at the start of the section. 1515 Double
5 Mozarthaus Vienna Mozarthaus Vienna
5
Romanesque
from 1784 to 1787. Here he wrote from 1784 to 1787. Here he wrote K U M P F G A S S Practical information includes a map 1147 The first 1304 Duke Rudolf IV wedding of grand­ 1711 Pummerin bell cast 1948
children of Maximil ian
building on the
initiates work on
many of his great works.many of his great works.
stations and parking areas. The This pretty street includes This pretty street includes 9 . Academy of Sciences . Academy of Sciences site consecrated High Gothic with children of the by Turks on their retreat Reconstruction
from remains of guns left
9
Albertine Choir
by the Bishop of
4
The ceiling of the Rococo hall is The ceiling of the Rococo hall is
4 Domgasse Domgasse
from Vienna
and restoration
King of Hungary takes
carried out
place
painted with frescoes depicting painted with frescoes depicting
Passau
a bookshop at No. 8, a bookshop at No. 8, the four academic faculties.the four academic faculties. reference, opening hours, telephone 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000
area’s key sights are listed by Buchhandlung 777.Buchhandlung 777. . Singer Gate 1230 Second 1359–1440 Pilgram carves 1556 North Tower is 1916 Emperor 1945 Cathedral
1515 Anton
Main aisle,
roofed over
Romanesque
southern
1783 Stephansdom
6
3
category: Streets and Squares; 3 Blutgasse Blutgasse 6 Grünangergasse Grünangergasse 0 metres0 metres 0 yards0 yards 5050 5050 KeyKey Suggested routeSuggested route numbers, admission charges and facilities This was once the entrance for male visitors. er
building
This quiet lane is full of This quiet lane is full of
Courtyards like this are Courtyards like this are
southern
during bombing
A sculpted relief above the door depicts
tower built
plague
same ground
bookshops and galleries.bookshops and galleries.
typical of the tenement typical of the tenement
scenes from the life of St Paul.
houses on Blutgasse.houses on Blutgasse.
Historic Buildings; Churches and available for each sight. The key to the
Cathedrals; Museums and symbols used is on the back flap.
Galleries; Parks and Gardens; Street-by-Street map Vienna’s major sights
Monuments; and Markets. 2This gives a bird’s-eye view 4Historic buildings are
of interesting and important dissected to reveal their A timeline charts
parts of each sightseeing area. interiors; museums and the key events in
The numbering of the sights ties Stars denote the galleries have colour-coded the history of the
in with the area map and the sights that no visitor floorplans to help you find building.
fuller descriptions on the pages should miss. important exhibits.
that follow.
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