{"id":5927,"date":"2018-11-09T07:06:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T06:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=5927"},"modified":"2025-02-17T12:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:12:29","slug":"augarten-saal-concert-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/augarten-saal-concert-venue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Augarten Saal"},"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\/saal_small.jpg\" alt=\"The Augarten Saal\" class=\"wp-image-5938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/saal_small.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/saal_small-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As you look at the historic brick kiln in the Augarten porcelain museum, the sweet tones of the piano may not be the first thing that comes to mind. Yet this building once hosted the likes of Mozart and Beethoven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Restored tract whose history dates back to the 17th century<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Venue for <em>Morgenkonzerte<\/em> (morning concerts) held in the late 18th and early 19th centuries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now home to the Augarten porcelain manufactory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_ConcertsPage\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert experience<\/a>* for Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/augarten-porcelain-museum\/\">Porcelain Museum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozart\/\">Mozart locations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The history<\/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\/02\/augartensaalplaque.jpg\" alt=\"Augarten Saalgeb\u00e4ude plaque\" class=\"wp-image-43525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/augartensaalplaque.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/augartensaalplaque-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\">(Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert played here: quite a classical lineup)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word Auen means wetland meadows in German, and anything prefixed by Au- implies an association with that landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s Augarten Park is all sculpted trees and cut grass, but the area once served as a hunting reserve for the likes of Emperor Matthias back in the early 17th century. One of Matthias&#8217;s successors (Ferdinand III) built a Lustschloss at the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Lustschloss was a kind of palatial recreational retreat, though the aristocratic fun ended rather suddenly with the arrival of Ottoman troops. They weren&#8217;t there so much to play ball as to blast them out of cannons; the invaders destroyed the palace in 1683.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferdinand&#8217;s Lustschloss never rose from the ashes of war, but Emperor Joseph I (re)built one tract, a long hall or <em>Saal<\/em>, around 1705.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Saal eventually found use as a popular event location, particularly in the late 18th century. Its greatest fame came through the so-called morning concerts (German: <em>Morgenkonzerte<\/em>).<\/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<p>At the time, the absence of dedicated concert halls like today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/musikverein\/\">Musikverein<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/konzerthaus\/\">Konzerthaus<\/a> meant impresarios made use of any available space, spreading music throughout the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozart\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2074\">Mozart<\/a> performed his Piano Concerto No. 10 in the Saal on May 26, 1782, which also featured a rendition of his Paris Symphony. Nor was he the last famous composer to wave a baton or instrument in earnest at this location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/beethoven\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2056\">Beethoven<\/a> premiered his Violin Sonata No. 9 (the Kreutzer Sonata) at a Morgenkonzert there in 1803, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/schubert-in-vienna\/\">Schubert<\/a> took his song <em>The Nightingale<\/em> to the Saal in 1824.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A plaque on an outside wall commemorates the former presence of these musical greats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the famous <em>Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten<\/em> (makers of Augarten porcelain) occupy the premises.<\/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\/2025\/02\/augartensaal1700s.jpg\" alt=\"18th-century engraving of the Augartensaal\" class=\"wp-image-80484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/augartensaal1700s.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/augartensaal1700s-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\">(What I believe is the original Saal, as drawn by Salomon Kleiner, engraved by Franz Michael Regenfus and published by Johann Andreas d. \u00c4. Pfeffel around 1735\u20131737; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 31135;  excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Saal houses, for example, an Augarten store, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/augarten-porcelain-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5923\">Porcelain Museum<\/a>, and the Caf\u00e9 Restaurant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sperling.wien\/\">Sperling<\/a>: the latter continues a long-standing gastronomic tradition for the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 1834, for example, the Wiener Theaterzeitung newspaper praised the fixed menu available in the Augarten Saal. The writer noted the &#8220;fine company&#8221; to be found there and the &#8220;pleasant music&#8221; that accompanied the food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Music has not completely disappeared from the area, either. A short wander southeast takes you to the Augartenpalais home of the Vienna Boys Choir and the MuTh concert hall where they often perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the Augarten Saal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/augarten-porcelain-museum\/\">article<\/a> on the Porcelain Museum for directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Obere Augartenstra\u00dfe 1, 1020 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1YUD35XYvGF8gQ6hY3A_Z-Ng-CkmELWqj\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you look at the historic brick kiln in the Augarten porcelain museum, the sweet tones of the piano may not be the first thing that comes to mind. Yet this building once hosted the likes of Mozart and Beethoven. 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