Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Anton Wildgans - Gedenktafel
Leopoldsberg, Döbling (1190), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Stein
- Plaque made
- um 1988
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Leopoldsberg
- District
- Döbling (1190)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.27823, 16.34575
- Object number
- 96554
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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)
The City of Vienna's dataset on Austria's open data portal ↗
The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
In Memoriam / Anton Wildgans / Herold österreichischer Sendung der dem Leopolds- / berg im Tryptichon "Heiliger Herbst" ein Denkmal schuf. /
"So gingen wir selbander Hand in Hand / den schmalen Weg, den lieben Berg empor, / und oben winkte Zinne, Turm und Tor / umrauscht, umbauscht, von roter Wipfel Brand …"
English translation
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Inscription
In Memoriam / Anton Wildgans / Herald of Austrian mission, who created a monument to the Leopolds- / berg in the triptych "Heiliger Herbst".
"So we walked together, hand in hand / the narrow path, the dear mountain up, / and above, battlement, tower and gate beckoned / rustling, enveloped, by the red blaze of the treetops …"
Other plaques nearby
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Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.