Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Simmeringer Pestgrube - Gedenktafel
Krausegasse 1, Simmering (1110), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Marmor
- Plaque made
- 1947
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Krausegasse 1
- District
- Simmering (1110)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.17437, 16.41664
- Object number
- 95755
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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)
The City of Vienna's dataset on Austria's open data portal ↗
The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
Vor diesem Hause an der Poststrasse / wurde 1713 bei der großen Pest eine / Pestgrube angelegt. Mehrere Sekelette / wurden bei Erdarbeiten am 12. August 1943 / geborgen und durch die Heimatforschung / auf dem Zentralfriedhof bestattet. / Der Alt-Simmeringer Klub 1947
English translation
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Inscription
In front of this house on Poststrasse / a plague pit was dug in 1713 during the great plague. Several skeletons / were recovered during excavation work on 12 August 1943 and, through local historical research, / buried in the Zentralfriedhof. / The Alt-Simmeringer Klub 1947
Other plaques nearby
- Bruno Kreisky - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
- Klara u. Jakob Datz - Opfer des Holocaust - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
- Karl Höger - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
- Familie Duschner - Opfer des Holocaust - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.