Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Theodor Billroth - Gedenktafel
Alserstraße 20, Alsergrund (1090), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Stein
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Alserstraße 20
- District
- Alsergrund (1090)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.21529, 16.34875
- Object number
- 94663
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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)
- 1866 · Plan der Haupt-u. Residenz Stadt Wein mit der neuen Bezirkseintheilung, Strassenbenennung… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The City of Vienna's dataset on Austria's open data portal ↗
The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
An dieser Stelle stand bis 1906 das Wohnhaus des grossen Chirurgen / Theodor Billroth / 1829-1894 / Er führte als Arzt, Lehrer und Forscher die Wiener medizinische Schule / zu einem Höhepunkt. Am 29. Jänner 1881 gelang ihm die erste erfolgreiche / Magenresektion. /
Die österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgie zum 100. Jahrestag dieser Pioniertat.
English translation
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Inscription
On this site stood until 1906 the residence of the great surgeon / Theodor Billroth / 1829-1894 / As physician, teacher and researcher he brought the Viennese medical school / to a peak. On 29. January 1881 he succeeded in performing the first successful / gastric resection.
Die österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgie on the 100th anniversary of this pioneering deed.
Other plaques nearby
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- Max R. Weinzierl - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
- Gustav Mahler - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
- Josef Kainz - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.