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Lotte Lenya - Gedenktafel

Ameisgasse 38, Penzing (1140), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Plexiglas (?)
Plaque made
2003
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Ameisgasse 38
District
Penzing (1140)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.19439, 16.29967
Object number
105982

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1682 map "Austria Archiducatus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1682 · Austria Archiducatus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1752 · Autriche septentrionale. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1877 · Baden und Neulengbach. (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)

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The City of Vienna's record

Hier verbrachte / die Wiener Schauspielerin und Sängerin / Lotte Lenya / mit bürgerlichem Namen Karoline Blamauer, die später / als Ehefrau des Komponisten Kurt Weill in die USA emigrierte / und amerikanische Schauspielerin wurde, / ihre Kinder- und Jugendjahre. / European Grouptheater

English translation

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Here spent / the Viennese actress and singer / Lotte Lenya / born Karoline Blamauer, who later / emigrated to the USA as the wife of the composer Kurt Weill / and became an American actress, / her childhood and youth. / European Grouptheater

Other plaques nearby

Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Datenquelle: Stadt Wien – data.wien.gv.at (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0). Inscriptions and notes are reproduced unchanged. Stadt Wien · CC BY 4.0
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