Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Vienna, Austria
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8.7 km
170 m
Explore Vienna in Austria with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in ViennaIndividual Sights in ViennaSight 1: Dreifaltigkeitskirche
The Holy Trinity Church of the Minorites in Vienna, popularly known as Zu den Weißspaniern and today Alserkirche, but also known as the Trinitarian Church, is the Roman Catholic parish church in the district of Alservorstadt in Vienna's 8th district of Josefstadt. The Minorite Monastery of Vienna is connected to the church.
Sight 2: Memorial to the Jewish Children, Women and Men of Austria who were murdered in the Shoah
Memorial for the Jewish Children, Women and Men from Austria Murdered in the Shoah, or Shoah Name Walls for short, is the name of a memorial of the Republic of Austria for the 65,000 Jewish Austrians who were murdered in the course of the Shoah. Engraved are the names of all Austrian victims of the Shoah. The location is the Ostarrichipark in Vienna's 9th district, the Alsergrund. In English, the memorial is called Memorial to the Jewish Children, Women and Men of Austria who were murdered in the Shoah.
Wikipedia: Gedenkstätte für die in der Shoah ermordeten Jüdischen Kinder, Frauen und Männer aus Österreich (DE), Website
Sight 3: Zum Kaiser von Österreich
The house "Zum Kaiser von Österreich" is a listed building from the Biedermeier period at Währinger Straße 18 / corner of Berggasse 1 in Vienna's 9th district of Alsergrund.
Sight 4: Palais Sturany
The Palais Sturany is a Ringstrasse palace in Vienna's 1st district Innere Stadt at Schottenring 21. It was built in 1874 according to the plans of the architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer as a residence for the court architect Johann Sturany.
Sight 5: Deutschmeister-Denkmal
The Deutschmeister Monument is a monument on Deutschmeisterplatz in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt. It was the first major monument of the Danube Monarchy to be dedicated not to a single person, but to a unit of troops. It is possible that the Deutschmeister monument was also the model for the Red Army's Heroes' Monument on Schwarzenbergplatz in 1945.
Sight 6: Palais Grassalkovics
The Palais Grassalkovics, often called Grassalkovich, is located in Vienna's 2nd district, Leopoldstadt, with today's address Obere Augartenstraße 40.
Sight 7: Augarten
The Augarten is a public park of 52.2 hectares situated in the Leopoldstadt, the second district of Vienna, Austria. It contains the city's oldest Baroque park.
Sight 8: Augartenpalais
Palais Augarten is a Baroque palace in the district of Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria. Constructed in the late seventeenth century by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach on the site of a Jagdschloss and gardens, the palace and gardens were expanded in the nineteenth century under Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Despite extensive damage suffered during World War II, the palace has been maintained almost in its original appearance, and many of the original furnishings can still be found there. Today, Palais Augarten is the home and rehearsal space of the Vienna Boys' Choir, who also have their own school there. The palace is located in the 130-acre Augarten park, which is the oldest Baroque garden in Vienna.
Sight 9: MuTh Konzertsaal der Wiener Sängerknaben
MuTh, acronym for Music and Theatre, is the concert and multi-purpose hall of the Vienna Boys' Choir, which opened in 2012 in the Augarten in Vienna-Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district.
Sight 10: St. Leopold
The Parish Church of St. Leopold is a Roman Catholic parish church in Vienna's 2nd district Leopoldstadt at Alexander-Poch-Platz 6. The parish is located in deanery 2/20 of the Vicariate of Vienna City, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is dedicated to St. Leopold. The building is a listed building.
Sight 11: Wiener Kriminalmuseum
The Vienna Crime Museum is a crime museum in Vienna, Austria.
Sight 12: Hl. Johannes der Täufer
The Barmherzigenkirche St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic church in the 2nd district of Leopoldstadt in Taborstrasse.
Sight 13: Odeon-Theater
The Serapionstheater is an Austrian theater group founded in 1973 by Ulrike Kaufmann and Erwin Piplits. Since 2014, Max Kaufmann has been the artistic director of the Serapions Ensemble, as well as the chairman of the Odeon Association.
Sight 14: Palais Wenkheim
Palais Wenkheim is a city palace in Vienna's 2nd district of Leopoldstadt. It is located at Praterstraße 23 and is a listed building.
Sight 15: St. Johann Nepomuk
The parish church of Johannes Nepomuk is a Roman Catholic parish church in Vienna's 2nd district, Leopoldstadt, on Praterstraße. The parish is located in deanery 2/20 of the Vicariate of Vienna City, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is dedicated to St. John of Nepomuk. The building is a listed building.
Sight 16: Tegetthoff-Denkmal
The Tegetthoff monument in Vienna was designed by Carl Kundmann (statue) and Carl von Hasenauer (architecture) and commemorates Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, vice-admiral and commander of the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian navies in the 1860s. It was unveiled on 21 September 1886 on the Praterstern at the end of Praterstrasse in Vienna's 2nd district, Leopoldstadt, at one of the most important traffic junctions in the city of Vienna.
Sight 17: Rudolf-Bednar-Park
Opened in 2008, the Rudolf Bednar Park in Vienna's 2nd district, Leopoldstadt, is the largest Viennese park built since 1974. Named after the head of the district from 1977 to 1984, the park on part of the former Nordbahnhof site is surrounded in the northeast by new blocks of houses on Vorgartenstraße, in the southeast by the newly created Jakov-Lind-Straße, in the southwest by the Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner campus and in the northwest by the newly created Krakauer Straße.
Sight 18: Hl. Franz von Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi Church, also known as the Emperor's Jubilee Church and the Mexico Church, is a Basilica-style Catholic church in Vienna, Austria. Built between 1898 and 1910, it was consecrated in 1913. It is located on the Mexikoplatz in Vienna's Second District, Leopoldstadt, and is administered by the Order of the Holy Trinity.
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