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Ludwig van Beethoven - Gedenktafel

Pfarrplatz 2, Döbling (1190), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Stein (Marmor, weiß)
Plaque made
1885/1924/1990
Epoch
Zwischenkriegszeit und 2. Weltkrieg
Address
Pfarrplatz 2
District
Döbling (1190)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.25509, 16.35869
Literature
Wiener Zeitung, 1. Juni 1885, S. 3.
Object number
94616

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(71) Austriae." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1608 · (71) Austriae. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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)

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The City of Vienna's record

In diesem Hause wohnte/ Ludwig van Beethoven / im Jahr 1817 / Renoviert 1990

Laut Wiener Zeitung wurde die erste Gedenktafel an diesem Haus bereits am 31.5.1885 enthüllt. Sie trug die Inschrift: Hier wohnte der Tondichter Ludwig van Beethoven im ersten Jahrzehnte dieses Jahrhunderts. Errichtet im Frühlinge 1885.

Belegt ist auch eine Tafel, die im Jahr 1924 enthüllt wurde. Sie trug die Inschrift:
In diesem Hause wohnte Ludwig van Beethoven im Jahre 1807. Gewidmet von Betti Gruber geb. Konradt und Karl Konradt anlässlich des 50 jährigen Jubiläums des Männer-Gesang-Vereines Beethoven, 1924.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien), in German. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien); it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

In this house lived / Ludwig van Beethoven / in the year 1817 / Renovated 1990

According to the Wiener Zeitung, the first commemorative plaque on this house was already unveiled on 31.5.1885. It bore the inscription: Here lived the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the first decades of this century. Erected in spring 1885.

A plaque unveiled in 1924 is also documented. It bore the inscription:
In this house lived Ludwig van Beethoven in the year 1807. Dedicated by Betti Gruber, born Konradt, and Karl Konradt on the occasion of the 50-year jubilee of the Männer-Gesang-Vereines Beethoven, 1924.

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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