Monat: Juni 2025

The Wittgenstein House, built according to plans by Paul Engelmann and Ludwig Wittgenstein, was commissioned by Ludwig’s sister Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein and completed in 1928. It has been home to the Bulgarian Cultural Institute since 1975.

Although the villa is now quite dilapidated and the surrounding garden has been significantly reduced in size, the detached, purist building, constructed from cubic blocks, remains fascinating to this day.

The radically functionalist design, the conflict-ridden (and expensive) history of its creation for the client and her brother, and the unusual location in Kundmanngasse in the 3rd district give the building a distinctive appearance, both inside and out.

The new Schrammel monument in Schrammel Park in Dornbach in Vienna’s 17th district, created by Viennese sculptor Eduard Robitschko, was unveiled in November 1967 as a replacement for the Alszauberbrunnen fountain and depicts the typical musical instruments of the Schrammel quartet: contraguitar, G clarinet and violins.

The most famous Viennese folk music group is named after Johann and Josef Schrammel, who came from a family of musicians and also enjoyed a thorough musical education at the conservatory.

Together with their father and a relative, they performed for the first time in 1861 (at the ages of 11 and 9) in a tavern in Austria’s northernmost town, L:itschau, where they also grew up. However, both musicians died young, at the age of 43.