Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Leopold Swatosch - Gedenktafel
Römersthalgasse 1, Simmering (1110), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Stein
- Plaque made
- 1931
- Epoch
- Zwischenkriegszeit und 2. Weltkrieg
- Address
- Römersthalgasse 1
- District
- Simmering (1110)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.16930, 16.41584
- Object number
- 109264
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Autriche septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 1837 · (I Section). Nach Angabe und auf Kosten des Verfassers der Darstellung des Erzherzogthums… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1877 · Wein. (Nieder-Osterreich) (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
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The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
In diesem Haus lebte der / verdienstvolle Alt-Simmeringer Heimatforscher / und Begründer des Alt-Simmeringer Clubs / Leopold Swatosch / Sein Leben, siene Arbeit galt der Erforschung / seiner engeren, überaus geliebten Heimat. / Ihr opferte er Alles. Leider war es ihm nicht / mehr vergönnt, das noch Geplante und vor ihm / Liegende, mit all seiner Liebe zu beenden. / Er starb am 7. Oktober 1950. / Alt-Simmeringer Club 1931
English translation
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Inscription
In this house lived the / meritorious old-Simmering local historian / and founder of the Alt-Simmeringer Club / Leopold Swatosch / His life and work were devoted to the research of / his immediate, deeply beloved homeland. / To it he sacrificed everything. Unfortunately it was no longer / granted to him to complete what was still planned and lay / ahead of him, with all his love. / He died on 7 October 1950. / Alt-Simmeringer Club 1931
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