Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Wystan Hugh Auden - Gedenktafel
Walfischgasse 5, Innere Stadt (1010), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Tafel aus Carrara-Marmor, gefertigt von Steinmetz Ing. Franz Aufhauser
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Walfischgasse 5
- District
- Innere Stadt (1010)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.20357, 16.37108
- Object number
- 94430
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1813 map "Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 1843 · (With directional lighting) Neuester Plan von Wien und Dessen 34 Vorstaedten in Relief. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1866 · Plan der Haupt-u. Residenz Stadt Wein mit der neuen Bezirkseintheilung, Strassenbenennung… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1877 · Wein. (Nieder-Osterreich) (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
The City of Vienna's dataset on Austria's open data portal ↗
The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
In diesem Haus starb am 29. 9. 1973 / W. H. Auden / geboren in York / am 21. 2. 1907 /
Österr. Gesellschaft für Literatur
Ing. Franz Aufhauser
English translation
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Inscription
In this house died on 29. 9. 1973 / W. H. Auden / born in York / on 21. 2. 1907 /
Österr. Gesellschaft für Literatur
Ing. Franz Aufhauser
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