Warenhaus Dichter - Gedenktafel, Brunnengasse 40, Vienna

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Type: Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material: Email
Plaque made: 2013
Epoch: Nach 1945
Address: Brunnengasse 40
Location: Ecke Grundsteingasse 22
District: Ottakring (1160)
City: Vienna (Wien)
Country: Austria
Coordinates: 48.21002, 16.33579
Object number: 96480

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(71) Austriae." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

1608 · (71) Austriae. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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)

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Hier stand das Warenhaus Dichter
Begründet 1890 von Leopold und Regine Dichter, wurde das Familienunternehmen eine Attraktion am Brunnenmarkt, damals ein modernes Großkaufhaus erstmals mit Musikbeschallung. Die Eigentümerfamilie wohnte hier, Kinder und Enkel wuchsen hier auf, darunter der Komponist Walter Arlen. Der spätere Wirtschaftspsychologe Ernest Dichter arbeitete bis 1937 im Geschäft. Im März 1938 wurde die jüdische Familie enteignet, das Kaufhaus "arisiert". Einige Angehörige konnten flüchten, andere wurden ermordet. Das Unternehmen wurde nach 1945 nicht restituiert, das Gebäude 2007 abgerissen und das heutige Wohnhaus, der Dichterhof, errichtet.

On this site formerly stood the Dichter Department Store.
Founded in 1890 by Leopold and Regine Dichter as a family business, it soon became a popular attraction on the Brunnenmarkt, as the first fully modern shopping facility. It was also the first to provide background music. The Dichter family, including children and grandchildren, lived in the building, among them the composer Walter Arlen. The motivational research pioneer, Ernst (Ernest) Dichter, was a store employee until 1937. In March, 1938, the Jewish Dichter family was dispossessed. Their store was "Aryanised". Some family members were able to fee, others were murdered. The building was not returned to the surviving heirs in 1945, and in 2007, the building was demolished. The present apartment house, "Dichterhof", stands in its place.

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The Dichter department store stood here.
Founded in 1890 by Leopold and Regine Dichter, the family business became an attraction at the Brunnenmarkt, then a modern large department store, the first to use background music. The owning family lived here, children and grandchildren grew up here, among them the composer Walter Arlen. The later business psychologist Ernest Dichter worked in the store until 1937. In March 1938 the Jewish family was dispossessed and the department store was "Aryanised". Some relatives were able to flee, others were murdered. The company was not restituted after 1945; the building was demolished in 2007 and the present residential building, the Dichterhof, was erected.

On this site formerly stood the Dichter Department Store.
Founded in 1890 by Leopold and Regine Dichter as a family business, it soon became a popular attraction on the Brunnenmarkt, as the first fully modern shopping facility. It was also the first to provide background music. The Dichter family, including children and grandchildren, lived in the building, among them the composer Walter Arlen. The motivational research pioneer, Ernst (Ernest) Dichter, was a store employee until 1937. In March, 1938, the Jewish Dichter family was dispossessed. Their store was "Aryanised". Some family members were able to fee, others were murdered. The building was not returned to the surviving heirs in 1945, and in 2007, the building was demolished. The present apartment house, "Dichterhof", stands in its place.

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Warenhaus Dichter - Gedenktafel