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Vivarium - Gedenktafel

Prater Hauptallee Höhe Vivariumstraße, Leopoldstadt (1020), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Also known as
Biologische Versuchsanstalt - Gedenktafel
Material
Email (Wienkl)
Plaque made
2015
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Prater Hauptallee Höhe Vivariumstraße
Location
Am Zaun des Schulverkehrsgartens
District
Leopoldstadt (1020)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.21499, 16.39610
Object number
94957

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 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

Biologische / Versuchsanstalt / Vivarium / Hier befand sich die Biologische Versuchsanstalt (Vivarium), eine / der weltweit ersten Forschungseinrichtungen für experimentelle / Biologie. 1902 von Hans Przibram (1874-1944), Leopold von Portheim / (1869-1947) und Wilhelm Figdor (1866-1938) begründet und finanziert, / wurde sie 1914 der Akademie der Wissenschaften als Schenkung / übergeben. Ihre Leiter Przibram und Portheim wurden nach dem "Anschluss" 1938 "rassisch" verfolgt. Hans Przibram starb im / KZ Theresienstadt.

Here stood the Institue for Experimental Biology (Vivarium), / one of the world's first research facilities for experimental biology. / Established in 1902 and financed by Hans Przibram (1874-1944), / Leopold von Portheim (1869-1947) and Wilhelm Figdor (1866-1938), / it was donated to the Academy of Sciences in 1914. Its directors / Przibram and Portheim were persecuted on "racial" grounds after / the "anschluss" with Nazi Germany in 1938. Hans Przibram died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Beschreibung

Beschriftungselement WIENKL

English translation

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Inscription

Biologische / Versuchsanstalt / Vivarium / Here was the Biologische Versuchsanstalt (Vivarium), one / of the world's first research institutions for experimental / biology. Founded and financed in 1902 by Hans Przibram (1874-1944), Leopold von Portheim / (1869-1947) and Wilhelm Figdor (1866-1938), / it was donated to the Akademie der Wissenschaften in 1914 as a gift. Its directors Przibram and Portheim were persecuted on "racial" grounds after the "Anschluss" in 1938. Hans Przibram died in the / KZ Theresienstadt.

Here stood the Institue for Experimental Biology (Vivarium), / one of the world's first research facilities for experimental biology. / Established in 1902 and financed by Hans Przibram (1874-1944), Leopold von Portheim / (1869-1947) and Wilhelm Figdor (1866-1938), / it was donated to the Academy of Sciences in 1914. Its directors / Przibram and Portheim were persecuted on "racial" grounds after / the "anschluss" with Nazi Germany in 1938. Hans Przibram died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Description

Lettering element WIENKL

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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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