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Karl Kaniak - Gedenktafel

Geiselbergstraße 5, Simmering (1110), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Marmor
Plaque made
1948
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Geiselbergstraße 5
District
Simmering (1110)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.17522, 16.39822
Object number
95752

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Autriche septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1837 · (I Section). Nach Angabe und auf Kosten des Verfassers der Darstellung des Erzherzogthums… (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

In diesem Hause lebte / Simmerings Arbeiterdichter / Karl Kaniak / 1872-1931 / Er schreib Novellen, Erzählungen, / ernste u. lustige Skizzen vom Grund. /
Der Alt-Simmeringer Club 1948 / R. G. Potz

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 / Simmering's workers' poet / Karl Kaniak / 1872-1931 / He wrote novellas, stories, / serious and humorous sketches from the grassroots. / The Alt-Simmeringer Club 1948 / R. G. Potz

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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