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Johann Fischer von Erlach - Gedenktafel

Schultergasse 5, Innere Stadt (1010), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Stein (Marmor), Metall (Bronze)
Plaque made
1908
Address
Schultergasse 5
District
Innere Stadt (1010)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.21126, 16.37115
Object number
96933

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1813 map "Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1843 · (With directional lighting) Neuester Plan von Wien und Dessen 34 Vorstaedten in Relief. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1866 · Plan der Haupt-u. Residenz Stadt Wein mit der neuen Bezirkseintheilung, Strassenbenennung… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · Vienna (Wein) and its Environs. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The City of Vienna's record

In dem bis Ende des XVIII. Jahrhunderts
an dieser Stelle gestandenen Hause,
dem alten Sternhof

lebte und starb der große
Baukünstler

Johann Bernard
Fischer von Erlach

Erbauer der Karlskirche
Hofarchitekt der Kaiser Leopold I.,
Josef I. und Karl VI.

geb. in Graz, Juli 1656,
gestorben am 5. April 1723

Dem großen Meister
errichtet
von der Architektenvereinigung
'Wiener Bauhütte' 1908

English translation

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In the house that stood on this site until the end of the 18th century,
the old Sternhof

lived and died the great
architect

Johann Bernard
Fischer von Erlach

builder of the Karlskirche
court architect to the Emperors Leopold I., Josef I. and Karl VI.

born in Graz, July 1656,
died 5. April 1723

Erected
to the great master
by the architects' association
'Wiener Bauhütte' 1908

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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