Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Ehemalige Svetlin'sche Nervenheilanstalt - Gedenktafel
Leonhardgasse 3-5, Landstraße (1030), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Also known as
- Narrenturm Svetlin - Gedenktafel
- Material
- Metall
- Plaque made
- 2006
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Leonhardgasse 3-5
- District
- Landstraße (1030)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.19525, 16.40388
- Object number
- 94909
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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)
- 1837 · (I Section). Nach Angabe und auf Kosten des Verfassers der Darstellung des Erzherzogthums… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1862 · Karte des Donau-Stromes innerhalb der Gränzen des österreichischen Kaiserstaates (Austrian National Library)
- 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
"Bist amal drin - beim Svetlin - dann bist hin!" / Alexander Girardi
Von 1884 bis 1920 gab es hier die private Nervenheilanstalt - in Erdberg als "Narrenturm" / bezeichnet - des Dr. Wilhelm Svetlin. Carl Schuch (Maler) und Hugo Wolf (Komponist) / gehörten zu den prominentesten Patienten der Volkssänger Alexander Girardi sollte auch / hier eingewiesen werden.
Bezirksvorstehung Landstrasse
English translation
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Inscription
"Once you're in - at Svetlin's - then you're done for!" / Alexander Girardi
From 1884 to 1920 there was here the private nerve clinic - called the "Narrenturm" in Erdberg - / of Dr. Wilhelm Svetlin. Carl Schuch (painter) and Hugo Wolf (composer) / were among the most prominent patients. The folk singer Alexander Girardi was also to be committed / here.
Bezirksvorstehung Landstrasse
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