Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Schweizerkinder - Gedenktafel
Fürstengasse 1 (Palais Liechtenstein), Alsergrund (1090), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Plaque made
- 2012
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Fürstengasse 1 (Palais Liechtenstein)
- Location
- Haupttor des Gartenpalais Liechtenstein
- District
- Alsergrund (1090)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.22195, 16.35996
- Object number
- 97749
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid 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)
- 1843 · (With directional lighting) Neuester Plan von Wien und Dessen 34 Vorstaedten in Relief. (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
In diesem Palais / wurden ab November 1945 / tausende Kinder versammelt und via / Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof im Rahme der / Schweizer Kinderhilfe / zu einem mehrmonatigen / Erholungsaufenthalt in die Schweiz und / nach Liechtenstein gebracht. / Nach ihrer Rückkehr nannte man sie / Schweizerkinder. / Diese Tafel erinnert an die Hilfe der / Schweiz und Liechtensteins nach dem / zweiten Weltkrieg. / Danke auch allen Personen und / Organisationen, die diese Aktion / ermöglicht haben. / Gewidmet von den ehemaligen Schweizerkindern
English translation
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Inscription
In diesem Palais / from November 1945 onward / thousands of children were gathered and via / Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof in the framework of the / Schweizer Kinderhilfe / were taken for a several-month recuperation stay to Switzerland and / to Liechtenstein. / After their return they were called / Schweizerkinder. / This commemorative plaque recalls the aid of / Switzerland and Liechtenstein after the / Second World War. / Thanks also to all persons and / organisations who made this action / possible. / Dedicated by the former Schweizerkinder
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- Franz Schubert - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.