{"id":2074,"date":"2018-09-25T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T04:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2026-03-08T19:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:37:52","slug":"mozart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozart\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozart locations in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mozart_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mozart plaque\" class=\"wp-image-6046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mozart_thumb.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mozart_thumb-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Back in 1781, Mozart wandered into Vienna&#8217;s Deutschordenshaus, where his boss (the Archbishop of Salzburg) was staying, argued <del>a little<\/del> a lot, and eventually got fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He decided to stay in the city as a freelance composer, musician, and teacher. And so a legendary partnership began&#8230;Mozart and Vienna, which go together like Beethoven and Vienna. Or Schubert and&#8230;, well, you get the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Mozart\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert experience<\/a>* for your Vienna trip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/famous-people\/\">Famous composers in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/classical-concert\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5359\">Classical concert venues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the below photos, notes, links, map, and more for a Mozartean meander through the streets of Vienna to the places he lived and performed in, and to the many memorials to his genius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jump to&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#events\">Special exhibitions, events, etc.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#life\">His life: relevant locations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#music\">His music: relevant locations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#memorials\">Monuments, memorials &amp; more<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8230;and view a <a href=\"#location-map\">location map<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"events\">Exhibition &amp; other tips<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mozarthausentrance.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to the Mozarthaus\" class=\"wp-image-50040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mozarthausentrance.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mozarthausentrance-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Mozarthaus often has a special Mozart-related exhibition on in addition to its permanent displays)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mozart&#8217;s more popular pieces form the backbone of regular light classical music concerts held through the year in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/classical-concert\/#mozart-strauss-concerts\">notably atmospheric and historical venues<\/a>, including aristocratic townhouses and old churches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mozart&#8217;s birthplace is a relatively simple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/mapsgeography\/salzburg\/\">day trip away<\/a> from Vienna in Salzburg, which has its own musical landmarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"life\">Mozart: his life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The building on Domgasse 5 right in the heart of the city should probably be your first address, since it houses the Mozarthaus museum with Mozart&#8217;s former apartment inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mozarthaus<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozarthaus1.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque on the side of the Mozarthaus\" class=\"wp-image-46380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozarthaus1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozarthaus1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Plaque outside the building)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The centuries-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozarthaus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5858\">Mozarthaus<\/a> offers insights into the composer&#8217;s time in the city and his music, with a changing small special exhibition. It occupies three floors, one of which is the Mozartwohnung (Mozart&#8217;s only surviving proper residence in Vienna: see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/bosendorfer-saal\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11115\">concert venue in the basement<\/a> also features regular performances of classical works, including those composed in the house by Mozart himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mozartwohnung<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mozarthaus2023.jpg\" alt=\"Sepia-toned photo of Domgasse in 2023\" class=\"wp-image-65533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mozarthaus2023.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mozarthaus2023-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The historical street today, barely changed across the decades and given a sepia touch to prove the point)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a trip around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozartwohnung\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5856\">actual apartment<\/a> Mozart and his family lived in between 1784 and 1787. He wrote <em>The Marriage of Figaro<\/em> at this location (a colloquial name for the building is the Figarohaus), and he entertained the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/joseph-haydn\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6566\">Haydn<\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The area outside looks pretty much like it did in the late 1700s, and I&#8217;d recommend spending a few minutes wandering around the local backstreets for a flavour of old Vienna away from the crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"pro1055403,pro1029872\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_Concerts2\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"where-did-mozart-live\">Other homes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozart moved around a lot. I suspect for financial reasons, but let&#8217;s prefer to think it reflects his musical philosophy, as espoused in a letter to his father in 1778:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A fellow of mediocre talent will remain a mediocrity, whether he travels or not; but one of superior talent (which without impiety I cannot deny that I possess) will go to seed if he always remains in the same place<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, the Mozartwohnung remains the only one of Mozart&#8217;s residences that is more or less unchanged. Many have been destroyed, others altered beyond recognition. These are the ones I think are still the same building (but no promises!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weihburggasse 3<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/weihburggasse.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Kaiserin Elisabeth\" class=\"wp-image-47166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/weihburggasse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/weihburggasse-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A hotel with history)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozart apparently lived here on a visit to Vienna in the autumn of 1767. It&#8217;s now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaiserinelisabeth.at\/en\/\">Hotel Kaiserin Elisabeth<\/a>. Other prominent musical guests to grace the corridors of the building include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/liszt-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"32394\">Franz Liszt<\/a>, Richard Wagner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/bruckner\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"39444\">Anton Bruckner<\/a>, and Eduard Grieg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tiefer Graben 18<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mozarttiefergraben.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque outside Tiefer Graben 18\" class=\"wp-image-73652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mozarttiefergraben.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mozarttiefergraben-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The plaque notes that Mozart stayed there in summer 1773 on his third trip to Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozart lived here for about three months on another visit to Vienna with his father. Here he wrote, for example, the incidental music to <em>Thamos, King of Egypt<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A plaque outside the building, which is now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotel-tigra.at\/en\/\">Hotel Das Tigra<\/a>, commemorates the stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deutschordenshaus<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/deutschordenshaus.jpg\" alt=\"The Deutschordenshaus\" class=\"wp-image-42442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/deutschordenshaus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/deutschordenshaus-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Once home to Brahms, too)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/deutschordenshaus\/\">Deutschordenshaus<\/a> hosted Mozart in 1781 while he was still in service to the Archbishop of Salzburg. This is where the quarrels took place that led to his eventual dismissal and decision to go solo in Vienna. (Luckily for us.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years later and Mozart would be living in a rather fine apartment (the Mozartwohnung mentioned earlier) within shouting distance of these old quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A famous composer might be considered a fine thing for a building&#8217;s history. Two is almost greedy; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/brahms-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31950\">Johannes Brahms<\/a> lived at this address in the early 1860s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milchgasse 1<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/milchgasse.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque on Milchgasse\" class=\"wp-image-46871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/milchgasse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/milchgasse-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The style of the surrounding building suggests it might be too young to be the original. I&#8217;m not sure)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The composer&#8217;s first address after leaving the Archbishop&#8217;s service. A plaque outside the house says he lived in the building and wrote <em>Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail<\/em> there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kohlmarkt 7<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozart apparently lived here for a few weeks in 1783. It&#8217;s a remarkably handy address for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/hofburg\/\">Habsburg palace complex<\/a>, which is just at the end of the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Judenplatz 3-4<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozartjudenplatz.jpg\" alt=\"View from Judenplatz 3-4\" class=\"wp-image-46870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozartjudenplatz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozartjudenplatz-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The view from Mozart&#8217;s Judenplatz residence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original building is no more, but a nice plaque put up by the innkeeper&#8217;s cooperative in 1929 mentions Mozart living here in 1783.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The location now houses the restauranteur section of the Viennese Chamber of Commerce. The building across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/judenplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31702\">square<\/a> is still from Mozart&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">W\u00e4hringer Stra\u00dfe 26<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually not the original building, but a plaque above the entrance describes how Mozart wrote <em>Cosi fan tutte<\/em> and other pieces in the &#8220;Garden House&#8221; on this site around 1788.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rauhensteingasse 8<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mozartdeathplaque.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque outside Mozart's place of death\" class=\"wp-image-50990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mozartdeathplaque.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mozartdeathplaque-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A plaque commemorates the location where Mozart passed away)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another building long gone, but this is the address where Mozart died. The current house still has the words &#8220;Mozarthof&#8221; inscribed above the doorway, and a memorial plaque from the 1920s hangs on an outside wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same block now has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/mythos-mozart-experience\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"52203\">Mythos Mozart<\/a> interactive experience (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stephansdom cathedral<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/stephansdomsouthtower.jpg\" alt=\"View of Stephansdom and south tower\" class=\"wp-image-42836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/stephansdomsouthtower.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/stephansdomsouthtower-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The cathedral is gothic, the famous mosaic roof rather newer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stefansdom\/\">St Stephen&#8217;s cathedral<\/a> (Stephansdom in German) really fulfilled the &#8220;births, deaths and marriages&#8221; role when it came to Mozart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of his children were baptised here. On his death, his body was blessed here and a requiem held. And he married Constanze Weber here on August 4th, 1782.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A plaque on the wall inside the cathedral commemorates all these events (on the south side, next to the Katharinenkapelle).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mozart&#8217;s grave<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mozart_grave.jpg\" alt=\"Mozart's grave\" class=\"wp-image-16866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mozart_grave.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mozart_grave-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(City councillor, Mr Mailath-Pokorny, at the newly-restored Mozart grave. Photo \u00a9 PID \/ Georg Oberweger)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrary to legend, they did not dump Mozart in some mass paupers&#8217; grave. However, his grave was an unmarked one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A memorial marks the most likely location in St. Marx cemetery (now a park). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozarts-grave\/\">More details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michaelerkirche<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/michaelerkirche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27662\">St. Michael&#8217;s church<\/a> held a requiem for Mozart on December 10th, 1791. The occasion also saw the premiere of the completed parts of his Requiem in D Minor. Bronze reliefs inside commemorate the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"product\" data-content-ids=\"1008299,1029872\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_Concerts1\"><\/div><script defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"music\">Mozart: his music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As with the residences, most venues from Mozart&#8217;s time fell victim to the ravages of time, war, and urban planners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace and Orangery<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/schoenbrunnforecourt.jpg\" alt=\"Sch\u00f6nbrunn forecourt\" class=\"wp-image-44660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/schoenbrunnforecourt.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/schoenbrunnforecourt-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The main entrance to the palace complex)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The summer palace of the Habsburgs witnessed a couple of legendary Mozart moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/tour\/\">palace tour<\/a>, you see the room where a young Mozart first performed for Empress Maria Theresa. And a famous royal wedding painting features the composer as a young boy, even though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/mozart-painting\/\">he was never there<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/schonbrunn-classical-concerts\/\">palace orangery<\/a> (which still holds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/schonbrunn-classical-concerts\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5608\">public concerts<\/a>), Mozart and Salieri duelled it out musically at the behest of Emperor Joseph II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salieri&#8217;s Italian opera went up against Mozart&#8217;s German Singspiel, both competing for the attention of the assembled guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite what you might expect, Salieri won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Palais Collalto<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/palaiscollaltobaroque.jpg\" alt=\"Palais Collalto\" class=\"wp-image-46604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/palaiscollaltobaroque.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/palaiscollaltobaroque-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The building dates back to the late 17th century)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A plaque outside reveals that Mozart gave his very first public performance in Vienna in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/palais-collalto\/\">baroque palais<\/a> in 1762 (he must have been about seven years old).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waisenhauskirche<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/waisenhauskirche.jpg\" alt=\"The Waisenhauskirche\" class=\"wp-image-48905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/waisenhauskirche.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/waisenhauskirche-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Another historical complex still going today)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 12-year-old Mozart wrote the Mass in C minor (the \u201cWaisenhausmesse\u201d) for this church&#8217;s consecration in 1768 and led the performance himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formerly serving an orphanage, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/waisenhauskirche\/\">Waisenhauskirche<\/a> has now become the Parish Church &#8220;Maria Geburt&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Augartensaal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This proved a regular venue for entertainments in the Augarten park in the late 18th and early 19th century. Mozart performed his Piano Concerto No. 10 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/augarten-saal-concert-venue\/\">Augartensaal<\/a> in 1782, as a  plaque outside reveals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That same plaque mentions that Schubert and Beethoven both performed pieces at this location too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Himmelpfortgasse 6<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cafefrauenhuber.jpg\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9 Frauenhuber\" class=\"wp-image-44754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cafefrauenhuber.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cafefrauenhuber-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Note the plaque to the left of the doorway)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A plaque outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-frauenhuber\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27105\">Caf\u00e9 Frauenhuber<\/a> explains that Mozart performed a piece of pastoral music by Handel in this building in 1788 (Beethoven popped in in 1797). You can go inside the coffee house, of course, which first opened in 1824.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Palais Auersperg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozart (probably) led a performance of his <em>Idomeneo<\/em> opera here in 1786. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/palais-auersperg\/\">baroque palace<\/a> is a venue for exhibitions, fairs, concerts, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"memorials\">Mozart: memorials &amp; more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And a few extra locations&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mythos Mozart &amp; Time Travel<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mythosmozart1.jpg\" alt=\"Fron entrance of Mythos Mozart\" class=\"wp-image-74060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mythosmozart1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mythosmozart1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Located below a major department store in the city centre)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immerse yourself in a world of Mozart&#8217;s music with an intense and memorable five-room audiovisual experience: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/mythos-mozart-experience\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"52203\">Mythos Mozart<\/a> combines art, music, animation, projections, interactivity and even AI-driven data sculptures to create a rather mesmerising journey. I thoroughly enjoyed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozart also pops up at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/time-travel-tour\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"16923\">Time Travel Tour<\/a>: an immersive and fun underground experience that includes a brief musical face off between our composer and Johann Strauss II, as well as a VR look over the shoulder of the maestro at the piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Mozart monument<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mozartmonument.jpg\" alt=\"The Mozart Monument\" class=\"wp-image-44023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mozartmonument.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mozartmonument-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The monument prior to its 2022 renovation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozart-monument-burggarten\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5870\">Mozart monument<\/a> remains one of Vienna&#8217;s best-loved photo motifs, thanks in part to the musical symbol written out in flowers in front of it. They unveiled this large statue in 1896 at a location just behind the opera house. It moved to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/burggarten\/\">Burggarten park<\/a> in 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zentralfriedhof memorial<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mozartmemorial.jpg\" alt=\"The Mozart Memorial at the Zentralfriedhof\" class=\"wp-image-45207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mozartmemorial.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mozartmemorial-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Not Mozart&#8217;s grave, whatever it may look like!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zentralfriedhof cemetery has a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/zentralfriedhoffamousgraves\/\">famous composers<\/a> buried there (Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, various members of the Strauss family, and others).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/the-mozart-memorial\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5860\">Mozart memorial<\/a> within the group is just that: a memorial and not Mozart&#8217;s actual grave. They moved the statue and plinth to the Zentralfriedhof in 1891 from the supposed site of Mozart&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozarts-grave\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1117\">St. Marx burial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haus der Musik<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hausdermusik.jpg\" alt=\"Haus der Musik front\" class=\"wp-image-42269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hausdermusik.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hausdermusik-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Other composers featured within include Beethoven, Haydn, Mahler, Strauss (II) and Schubert)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/haus-musik\/\">House of Music<\/a> has memorabilia-filled rooms dedicated to individual composers associated with the city. Mozart has one where you can, for example, see how he would have put your name to music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minor sites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To end&#8230;some suggestions for the truly dedicated collector of Mozart memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caf\u00e9 Mozart<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozartcafeawning.jpg\" alt=\"Mozart Cafe\" class=\"wp-image-46865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozartcafeawning.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozartcafeawning-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(One of Vienna&#8217;s traditional caf\u00e9s)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first coffee house on this spot dates back to 1794. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-mozart\/\">Caf\u00e9 Mozart<\/a> received its current name in 1929, in honour of the Mozart monument then located opposite (the one mentioned above that now resides in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/burggarten\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2746\">Burggarten<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maria Theresa monument<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/haydnmozart.jpg\" alt=\"Haydn and Mozart reliefs\" class=\"wp-image-43836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/haydnmozart.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/haydnmozart-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(From left to right: Gluck, Mozart, Haydn)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marie-Theresien-Platz has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/maria-theresa-monument\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6483\">monument<\/a> put up in 1888 to honour the great Empress of the 18th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One side of the huge plinth highlights personalities from science and art: a statue of a young Mozart stands just below Haydn The other featured composer to Haydn&#8217;s right is Christoph Willibald Gluck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Mozart fountain<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozartbrunnen.jpg\" alt=\"The Mozartbrunnen\" class=\"wp-image-45930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozartbrunnen.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mozartbrunnen-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(An example of Jugendstil architecture)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fountain built in 1905 and also known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozartbrunnen\/\">Magic Flute fountain<\/a>, since it depicts a scene from the opera. It sits on the small Mozartplatz square on Mozartgasse(!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minoritenkirche<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A memorial to the famous Italian poet, Pietro Metastasio, inside this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/minoritenkirche\/\">gothic church<\/a> features Mozart on its central relief along with Haydn and Salieri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Papagenotor<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mozartpapagenotor.jpg\" alt=\"Papageno statues at the Theater an der Wien\" class=\"wp-image-77915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mozartpapagenotor.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mozartpapagenotor-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Stone figures above a gateway show Papageno from <em>The Magic Flute<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/papagenotor\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5872\">Papagenotor<\/a> gate honours Emanuel Schikaneder, who wrote the libretto to <em>The Magic Flute<\/em> and also founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/opera\/theater-wien\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18961\">Theater an der Wien<\/a> concert\/opera house the gateway leads into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various streets in Vienna bear the name of characters from the same opera: Paminagasse, Taminoweg, Sarastroweg, and Papagenogasse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Madame Tussauds<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Nip into the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/madame-tussauds\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35377\">wax museum<\/a> and grab a selfie with Wolfgang (and many other famous composers associated with Vienna).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"location-map\">Mozart location map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All the locations described above are shown on the map below, with a few extras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Places I&#8217;ve found where Mozart lived or performed only appear on the map if the original building still exists or if there is a plaque or similar there to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll add more locations as I find and research them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more composer locations, take a look <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/famous-people\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1666\">at this list<\/a>. Or catch up with the music at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/classical-concert\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5359\">a classical concert<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1u09oD8jdof-NPPOr-4e7ZWFBf-tLXzpW\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 1781, Mozart wandered into Vienna&#8217;s Deutschordenshaus, where his boss (the Archbishop of Salzburg) was staying, argued a little a lot, and eventually got fired. He decided to stay in the city as a freelance composer, musician, and teacher. And so a legendary partnership began&#8230;Mozart and Vienna, which go together like Beethoven and Vienna. 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