{"id":4917,"date":"2018-07-27T16:38:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T15:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2025-04-11T06:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:33:34","slug":"otto-wagner-in-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/otto-wagner-in-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"Otto Wagner 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\/07\/wagnerthumb.jpg\" alt=\"Otto Wagner Plaque\" class=\"wp-image-5150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wagnerthumb.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wagnerthumb-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As a son of the city, an architect, a professor, a proponent of Viennese modernism, and an urban planner, Otto Wagner (1841 &#8211; 1918) had a major impact both literally and figuratively on the landscape of Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-city-tours-l205280\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Otto\" rel=\"sponsored\">sightseeing tour<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/gustav-klimt\/\">Klimt in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/egon-schiele\/\">Schiele in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner certainly helped drag Viennese architecture and design away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/historicism\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28926\">historical styles<\/a> and into the modern era and beyond, combining aesthetics with usefulness in his many building projects. As he said himself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Something impractical cannot be beautiful<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you&#8217;ll find details of the main sites relevant to Wagner&#8217;s life and work, with notes, addresses, links and\/or photos (including houses, stations, bridges, and other important structures he built and\/or designed), plus a map at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t promise that every one of the buildings is in its original condition, but they certainly all look like it to my (admittedly untrained and uninformed) eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"life-and-landmarks\">Wagner: his life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, a few locations related to Wagner&#8217;s own life. We begin with the homes&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Otto Wagner Villa<\/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\/wagnervillafuchs.jpg\" alt=\"The Otto Wagner Villa\" class=\"wp-image-47941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnervillafuchs.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnervillafuchs-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 interior looks very different now)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner built his palladian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/otto-wagner-villa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26602\">residence<\/a> at H\u00fcttelbergstra\u00dfe 26 in the late 1880s. It&#8217;s now home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/ernst-fuchs\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26606\">Ernst Fuchs Museum<\/a>, which means you can go inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist Ernst Fuchs bought up the dilapidated property and renovated it in his own inimitable style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, most of the building is new, but the Adolf B\u00f6hm-Saal, for example, remains much as it would have been in Wagner&#8217;s time there. And Fuchs&#8217; design and art makes for good viewing, anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Otto Wagner Villa II<\/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\/wagnervillaII.jpg\" alt=\"Otto Wagner Villa (II)\" class=\"wp-image-47942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnervillaII.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnervillaII-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\">(Version 2 took a more modest approach)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first villa&#8217;s successor, built in 1912, is next door at H\u00fcttelbergstra\u00dfe 28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner intended the house as a home for his second wife Louise Stiffel after his death, but she passed away before him in 1915.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see from the photos, the difference in design between the first and second villas seems almost like a statement of Wagner&#8217;s own architectural journey (I&#8217;m pretending to know what I&#8217;m talking about here).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D\u00f6blergasse 4<\/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\/doeblergasse.jpg\" alt=\"D\u00f6blergasse fa\u00e7ade\" class=\"wp-image-47939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/doeblergasse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/doeblergasse-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\">(D\u00f6blergasse facade)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner died of erysipelas (a bacterial infection) in this house, which he also designed, on April 11, 1918 (the same year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/gustav-klimt\/\">Klimt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/egon-schiele\/\">Schiele<\/a> passed away).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u00d6sterreichische Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Architektur (Austrian Society of Architecture) put up a commemorative plaque on the wall outside. The text says (my rough translation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The great architect Otto Wagner lived, worked and died in this house 1912-1918<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wagner&#8217;s grave<\/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\/wagnergrave.jpg\" alt=\"Railings at Otto Wagner's Grave\" class=\"wp-image-47940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnergrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnergrave-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 Wagner family members share the grave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/wagner-grave\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5060\">Otto Wagner&#8217;s grave<\/a> at the Hietzinger cemetery at Maxingstra\u00dfe 15 (look for Number 131 in Group 13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner lies in a family plot just a few yards from Gustav Klimt&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/klimt-grave\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4689\">last resting place<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"life-and-landmarks\">Wagner: his architecture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a list of selected Wagner-designed buildings (I believe), with occasional commentary&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top-locations\">Postsparkasse<\/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\/05\/postsparkasse2024.jpg\" alt=\"The Postsparkassengeb\u00e4ude\" class=\"wp-image-71697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/postsparkasse2024.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/postsparkasse2024-300x225.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 iconic Postal Savings Bank building)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The huge building at Georg-Coch-Platz 2 counts as one of the most famous examples of the Viennese modernist movement, with its marble and metal fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner also designed the furniture and fittings inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/postsparkasse-building\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"32273\">this Postsparkasse<\/a> to ensure a common design approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kirche am Steinhof<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/steinhofkirche1.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior view of the Otto Wagner church through the trees\" class=\"wp-image-63746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/steinhofkirche1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/steinhofkirche1-300x200.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\">(View of the church from below; press photo by Lisa Rastl \u00a9 Wien Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 1907 Jugendstil masterpiece located at the top of the grounds of the medical institution at Baumgartner H\u00f6he 1. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/wien-museum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"26812\">Wien Museum<\/a> now manages access to the interior of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/kirche-am-steinhof\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"63812\">Kirche am Steinhof<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building&#8217;s golden dome quite took my breath away when I first saw it peeking between the trees. Also known as the Leopoldskirche or Otto Wagner church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reach the church via the hospital entrance (turn left and follow the signs up the somewhat steep hill) or from above via the large Steinhofgr\u00fcnde park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Linke Wienziele 40<\/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\/majolikahaus.jpg\" alt=\"The Majolikahaus on Wienzeile\" class=\"wp-image-42727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/majolikahaus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/majolikahaus-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 Majolikahaus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/majolika-house\/\">Majolika House<\/a> with its stunning polychrome tiled fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linke Wienzeile 38 is also a beauty (with ornamentation by Kolomon Moser). And the house at K\u00f6stlergasse 3 completes the Wagner triumvirate at this location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/shopping\/markets\/naschmarkt\/\">Naschmarkt<\/a> opposite: Vienna&#8217;s best food market and a gastronomic delight.<\/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=\"exp206741,exp238032\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_ConcTour\"><\/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=\"other-buildings\">Other notable buildings<\/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\/lupuspavilion.jpg\" alt=\"Lupuspavillon\" class=\"wp-image-47945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/lupuspavilion.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/lupuspavilion-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 Lupuspavillon)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>St Johannes Nepomuk Chapel at W\u00e4hringer G\u00fcrtel \/ Klammergasse (built in 1897).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lupuspavillon (1913): A standalone hospital building initially intended for Lupus patients. Still a working part of the <em>Klinik Ottakring<\/em> state hospital last time I checked (Pavilion 24 specialising in, for example, endocrinology, rheumatism and acute geriatric conditions).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re uncomfortable tramping through the hospital to find it, you can see it from the rear via Steinlegasse. There&#8217;s not a lot to see, mind.<\/p>\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\/grabenhof.jpg\" alt=\"Front of the Grabenhof\" class=\"wp-image-43021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grabenhof.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grabenhof-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 Grabenhof)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graben 14-15 in the pedestrianised centre of town: Wagner and fellow architect, Otto Thienemann, designed the 1876 building known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/grabenhof\/\">Grabenhof<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graben 10 \/ Spiegelgasse 2: the 1895 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/ankerhaus\/\">Ankerhaus<\/a> where the artist Hundertwasser once had a studio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/rennweg3.jpg\" alt=\"Rennweg 3\" class=\"wp-image-47946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/rennweg3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/rennweg3-300x208.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\"> (Rennweg 3, the Croatian Embassy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rennweg 3: the 1890 Hoyos Palace and currently home to the Croatian embassy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Garnisongasse 1 \/ Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 12: apparently known as the &#8220;Hosentr\u00e4gerhaus&#8221; (&#8220;braces&#8221; house) because of the decorative patterns on the south-facing fa\u00e7ade of this 1888 building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/garnisongasse.jpg\" alt=\"Garnisongasse 1\" class=\"wp-image-47947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/garnisongasse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/garnisongasse-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 on Garnisongasse)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Other addresses I&#8217;ve seen mentioned include Schottenring 23 (1877), Rathausstra\u00dfe 3 (1881), Stadiongasse 6-8 (1883 and currently the Columbian embassy), Hohenstaufengasse 3 (1884), Lobkowitzplatz 1 (1884), Rennweg 5 \/ Auenbruggergasse 2 (1891) and Neustiftgasse 40 (1910)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"transport-infrastructure\">Transport infrastructure<\/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\/karlsplatzpavillion.jpg\" alt=\"Karlsplatz Pavilion\" class=\"wp-image-45412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/karlsplatzpavillion.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/karlsplatzpavillion-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 the two pavilions at Karlsplatz)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner took the position of chief artistic director for the <em>Stadtbahn<\/em>, a collection of urban railway lines planned and constructed at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, intended to serve a growing and flourishing city, eventually foundered on multiple rocks&#8230;notably WWI, the subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/austria\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12860\">break up<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/austria-hungary\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12858\">Austria-Hungary<\/a>, and the economic problems that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stadtbahn routes find their modern expression within what are now the U6 subway line, the U4 subway line, and the S45 city train line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner designed the new Jugendstil station buildings, bridges, etc. along the Stadtbahn. You can still see many in more or less their original condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"s45-stations\">S45 stations<\/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\/06\/ottakringstation.jpg\" alt=\"Ottakring Station\" class=\"wp-image-47948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ottakringstation.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ottakringstation-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\">(Ottakring station)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Vorortelinie&#8221; connected the H\u00fctteldorf railway station in the west and the new Heiligenstadt railway station in the north (it still does, though the trains are a little different now).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the stations already existed before the Stadtbahn, others fell into such disrepair after WWI that new buildings replaced them, and two were added post-Wagner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These three stations, however, were successfully restored to more or less their original Otto Wagner-designed glory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ottakring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hernals (my local station!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gersthof<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"u4-stations\">U4 stations<\/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\/06\/stadtparkstation.jpg\" alt=\"Stadtpark station\" class=\"wp-image-47949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stadtparkstation.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stadtparkstation-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 Stadtpark station on the U4 line)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aerial bombardment in WWII destroyed some of the Wagner legacy among the stations along today&#8217;s U4 subway route. Inconsiderate city planners did a similar job in later years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, many of the entrance buildings retain their original Wagner design, including (I think) those at Margareteng\u00fcrtel, Pilgramgasse, Kettenbr\u00fcckengasse, Ro\u00dfauer L\u00e4nde, Friedensbr\u00fccke, and Sch\u00f6nbrunn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following locations, in particular, serve as stand-out examples of his rail architecture, glowing in white, green, and gold:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stadtpark at the edge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stadtpark\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3254\">same-named city park<\/a> in the centre of town (see photo above)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/otto-wagner-pavilion\/\">Otto Wagner Pavilion at Karlsplatz<\/a>:  a thing of beauty and home to a permanent Otto Wagner exhibition (see photo at the top of this section)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/hofpavilion-hietzing\/\">Otto Wagner Hofpavillon at Hietzing<\/a>: built just for Emperor Franz Joseph and friends, with easy access to the Habsburg palace at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/palace-of-schonbrunn\/\">Sch\u00f6nbrunn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"u6-stations\">U6 stations<\/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\/06\/gumpendorfer.jpg\" alt=\"Gumpendorfer Stra\u00dfe station\" class=\"wp-image-47950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gumpendorfer.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gumpendorfer-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\">(Gumpendorfer Stra\u00dfe station on the U6 line with one of our older trams)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bombs and planners were a little kinder to the historic stations on the U6. You&#8217;ll still find many examples of well-kept Otto Wagner buildings and facilities at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gumpendorfer Stra\u00dfe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burggasse-Stadthalle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Josefst\u00e4dter Stra\u00dfe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alser Stra\u00dfe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>W\u00e4hringer Stra\u00dfe \/ Volksoper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nu\u00dfdorfer Stra\u00dfe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, the coal-driven trains that travelled along the original Stadtbahn have long entered retirement. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/transport-remise\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26596\">Remise transport museum<\/a> has the last surviving original Stadtbahn carriage on permanent display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bridges-and-water-facilities\">Bridges and water facilities<\/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\/06\/schemerlbridge.jpg\" alt=\"The Schemerlbr\u00fccke\" class=\"wp-image-47951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/schemerlbridge.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/schemerlbridge-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 Schemerlbr\u00fccke at the western end of the Donaukanal)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so we reach the end of our architectural location guide with three particular water-related locations. I&#8217;ve done my best to collate all the existing examples of Otto Wagner&#8217;s grandiose works in Vienna, but if you find more, do let me know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stadtbahn viaduct: an 1898 (?) major railway bridge along the Stadtbahn (U6) route. Ride the U6 to Gumpendorferstra\u00dfe station and then walk south for a couple of minutes. It&#8217;s long and obvious<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Schemerlbr\u00fccke: an 1898 bridge and weir system where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/donaukanal\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"34106\">Donaukanal channel<\/a> splits off from the Danube as the latter enters Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A little out the way, but you can take the D tram to Nussdorf. Go through the tunnel under the railway station, and a short walk along the riverbank brings you to the Schemerlbr\u00fccke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner also designed the adjoining building, which was fully restored to its original splendour in late 2023 \/ early 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Otto Wagner Sch\u00fctzenhaus: a water regulation facility from the early 1900s that never made it into operation. Now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/donaukanal-street-art-bars\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"34231\">riverside restaurant<\/a> alongside the Donaukanal and erstwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/before-sunrise-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36997\">Before Sunrise movie location<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"life-and-landmarks\">Wagner: museums &amp; landmarks<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ottowagnerarmchair.jpg\" alt=\"1904 armchair\" class=\"wp-image-73487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ottowagnerarmchair.jpg 328w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ottowagnerarmchair-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Armchair for Vienna&#8217;s mayor made by Wagner in 1904; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. LUEGER 12; reproduced under the terms of the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a> license; photo by Birgit and Peter Kainz, Wien Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner&#8217;s design work on fittings and furniture gets coverage in several museums that deal with turn-of-the century art and design. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Austrian Museum of Applied Arts \/ Contemporary Art (the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\">MAK<\/a>) has a Vienna 1900 section where I&#8217;ve seen, for example, a 1902 stool designed by Wagne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Leopold Museum has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/schiele-leopold\/\">permanent exhibition<\/a> which includes Wagner-designed items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The M\u00f6belmuseum Wien (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/imperial-furniture-collection\/\">Vienna Furniture Museum<\/a>) also features several chairs, stools and desks from Wagner&#8217;s own apartments and the Postsparkasse building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The permanent exhibition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/wien-museum-karlsplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"66174\">Wien Museum on Karlsplatz<\/a> has an armchair by Wagner that he made for the then mayor of Vienna (who has since fallen from grace because of his anti-semitic views)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Otto Wagner monument<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ottowagnermonument1.jpg\" alt=\"View of the Otto Wagner monument with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna behind\" class=\"wp-image-64558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ottowagnermonument1.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ottowagnermonument1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(&#8220;This&#8217;ll do,&#8221; said someone. I&#8217;d disagree, but there&#8217;s room for all sorts of opinions in the art &amp; design world)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/otto-wagner-monument\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"64561\">inscribed stone column<\/a> designed by Josef Hoffmann and first erected in 1930 on Heldenplatz. The monument eventually moved to a side street running alongside the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The location feels understandable (Wagner taught at the academy) but a little too hidden away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Otto Wagner-Platz<\/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\/ottowagnerplatz.jpg\" alt=\"Sign for Otto Wagner Platz\" class=\"wp-image-47943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ottowagnerplatz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ottowagnerplatz-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\">(Also home to a Holocaust memorial)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fairly unobtrusive square, though one rather important building does line the north side: the Austrian National Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The adjoining park has the huge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/shoah-memorial\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47761\">Shoah Memorial<\/a> to those Jewish people from Austria murdered by the Nazis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Otto Wagner Hospital&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner was the leading planner behind the original facilities on this site (a centre for psychiatric care and treatment) at Baumgartner H\u00f6he 1, built 1904 to 1907.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital carrying his name once formed part of a wider group of medical institutions located here. Today&#8217;s remaining institutions go under the name <em>Standort Penzing der Klinik Ottakring<\/em>, but the city is slowly integrating all the medical facilities into other locations with a proposed end in the early 2030s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is also where you&#8217;ll find the famous Kirche am Steinhof church (see earlier). The hospital features significantly in the TV series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/vienna-blood-locations\/\">Vienna Blood<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1AW1zQUcSFx6OlGAAtK1iYYUOV1DpxLwZ\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a son of the city, an architect, a professor, a proponent of Viennese modernism, and an urban planner, Otto Wagner (1841 &#8211; 1918) had a major impact both literally and figuratively on the landscape of Vienna. 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