{"id":6566,"date":"2018-10-22T05:49:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T04:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=6566"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:28:02","slug":"joseph-haydn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/joseph-haydn\/","title":{"rendered":"Haydn 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\/10\/haydnsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Haydn statue\" class=\"wp-image-6568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/haydnsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/haydnsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many people associate Joseph Haydn with the town of Eisenstadt, where he served as musical director at the court of the Esterh\u00e1zy family. But he actually had a surprisingly long association with Austria&#8217;s capital.<\/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_Haydn\" rel=\"sponsored\">classical 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\/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\">Concert venues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"haydn-and-vienna\">Haydn: his life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Haydn arrived in the city in 1740 aged just eight to serve as a chorister at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stefansdom\/\">Stephansdom cathedral<\/a> and stayed for almost 20 years before leaving for Bohemia and then Eisenstadt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The composer returned to live in Vienna permanently in the 1790s, eventually settling in a quiet suburb until his death in 1809.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the years between those Viennese periods, Haydn still visited the city to serve his princely employer, visit friends, and give or attend performances of his works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Haydnhaus<\/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\/haydnhaus.jpg\" alt=\"Haydn's home\" class=\"wp-image-44900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/haydnhaus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/haydnhaus-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\">(Haydn&#8217;s final residence and now a museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This counts as the unmissable bit of any Haydn visitor trail: the house at Haydngasse (!) 19, where he lived for the last 12 years of his life, is now an excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/haydns-house-haydnhaus\/\">Haydn museum<\/a>. (Note the museum is closed at the time of writing, and I await news of the reopening date.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside has displays on the man and his music, with a focus on those later Vienna years. The exhibits include a clavichord and pianoforte that Haydn owned and played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a special bonus, the museum also has a room dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/brahms-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31950\">Brahms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other residences<\/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\/07\/kohlmarkt1.jpg\" alt=\"Kohlmarkt 11\" class=\"wp-image-49282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kohlmarkt1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kohlmarkt1-300x225.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\">(Kohlmarkt 11 in Vienna&#8217;s centre)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, the Haydnhaus is one of only two Haydn residences that still exist (as far as I can tell). The other is the private house just off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/michaelerplatz-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27254\">Michaelerplatz<\/a> on Kohlmarkt (number 11), known as the Gro\u00dfes Michaelerhaus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haydn lived in this building after being thrown out of the cathedral choir. A plaque at the end of the house commemorates the connection.<\/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\/07\/haydnplaqueneuermarkt.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque on Neuer Markt\" class=\"wp-image-49283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnplaqueneuermarkt.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnplaqueneuermarkt-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 on the recently renovated Neuer Markt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found no other residences with the original building still intact. House number 2 on the Neuer Markt square does, however, bear a plaque indicating that Haydn lived on that site between 1795 and 1797.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Neuer Markt house is where he wrote, for example, the <em>Kaiserlied<\/em>, a hymn to the emperor of the time (Francis I\/II). They later famously used the melody for the German national anthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re there, pop into nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/demel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22941\">Demel<\/a> for some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/kaiserschmarren\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6137\">Kaiserschmarren<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Mozart apartment<\/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\/mozarthaus.jpg\" alt=\"Mozarthaus front\" class=\"wp-image-42801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mozarthaus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mozarthaus-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)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only Mozart residence still preserved in its original structure now forms part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozartwohnung\/\">Mozarthaus<\/a> museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haydn and Mozart played together there in a string quartet, for example. You can stand in the very room those casual performances took place in. Imagine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stephansdom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Just about everyone important in Vienna has a connection with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stefansdom\/\">main cathedral<\/a>. Mozart, for example, married his Constanze here in 1782.<\/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\/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 Gothic Stephansdom with its newer mosaic roof)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I already mentioned that Haydn sang in the choir, but he also married Maria Anna Keller at Stephansdom in 1760.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gumpendorf parish church<\/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\/07\/haydnfuneralkirche.jpg\" alt=\"Gumpendorf parish church\" class=\"wp-image-49284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnfuneralkirche.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnfuneralkirche-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 Gumpendorf church)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A plaque outside this little 18th-century church at Br\u00fcckengasse 5 notes that Haydn&#8217;s body was blessed here before its burial in the Hundsturmer Friedhof not far from the Haydnhaus. The ceremony included a requiem piece written by Haydn&#8217;s brother, Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hundsturmer cemetery turned into a park, and Haydn&#8217;s remains moved to the town of Eisenstadt in 1820. You find them there <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinus.at\/pfarre\/1040\/josephhaydn\/haydnmausoleum\">in a mausoleum<\/a> in the Haydnkirche church, about an hour&#8217;s drive from Vienna.<\/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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haydn: his music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Regrettably, not so many places remain from the heady days of the 18th century. Nor do I have enough historical records (or time, frankly) to track down all the aristocratic homes Haydn may have visited or performed in. But&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Church of the Barmherzigen Br\u00fcder<\/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\/07\/haydnchurchbarmherzigen.jpg\" alt=\"Church of the Barmherzigen Br\u00fcder\" class=\"wp-image-49285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnchurchbarmherzigen.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnchurchbarmherzigen-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 in the historical second district)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This church at Taborstra\u00dfe 16 (first built in 1622) belongs to a monastic complex that includes a modern hospital. According to the order&#8217;s own information, Haydn was employed as a church musician (&#8220;first violin&#8221;) there in the 1750s, before leaving in 1758.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside the church, a plaque suggests he was active in\/with the choir between 1755 and 1758.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Church of Maria Treu<\/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\/piaristenkirche.jpg\" alt=\"The Piaristenkirche\" class=\"wp-image-48904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/piaristenkirche.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/piaristenkirche-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 church also has a Brahms connection: he took a compositional exam here)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known colloquially as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/piaristenkirche-church\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27732\">Piaristenkirche<\/a>, this early 18th-century baroque church hosted, for example, the premiere of Haydn&#8217;s <em>Missa in tempore belli<\/em> (Mass in Time of War) on December 26th, 1796.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/bruckner\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"39444\">Anton Bruckner<\/a> took part of his composition exam in the same church. In a development that will come as no surprise&#8230;he passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Esterh\u00e1zy Town Palace<\/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\/07\/palaisesterhazy.jpg\" alt=\"Palais Esterh\u00e1zy\" class=\"wp-image-49286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/palaisesterhazy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/palaisesterhazy-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\">(Now offering more of a visual than musical experience within)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haydn would have accompanied his employer to the &#8220;townhouse&#8221; of the Esterh\u00e1zys, built in the 17th century. Part of the palais at Wallnerstra\u00dfe 4 is now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/museum-of-illusions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35265\">Museum of Illusions<\/a>, so there is some public access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Karmeliterkirche<\/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\/07\/karmeliterkirche.jpg\" alt=\"The Karmeliterkirche\" class=\"wp-image-49287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/karmeliterkirche.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/karmeliterkirche-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 second district location and close to the Church of the Barmherzigen Br\u00fcder mentioned above)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haydn worked here as an organist during his early years. This 17th-century church at Karmelitergasse 10 originally belonged to a Carmelite order (hence the name, still used colloquially today), but is now the parish church of St. Joseph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Austrian Academy of Sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/haydnolduniversity.jpg\" alt=\"Performance of The Creation in the old university. Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 185015\" class=\"wp-image-37290\" style=\"width:500px;height:355px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/haydnolduniversity.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/haydnolduniversity-300x213.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\">(Performance of <em>The Creation<\/em> on March 27th, 1808 in the presence of Joseph Haydn in the ceremonial hall of the old university. Painted by Balthasar Wigand; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 185015; reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the painting above is to be believed, then Haydn attended a performance of <em>The Creation<\/em> here. Back then, the location at Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2 formed part of the old university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haydn: memorials and more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us begin this section with a statue of the man himself&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haydn 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\/02\/haydnonplinth.jpg\" alt=\"Haydn statue and plinth\" class=\"wp-image-42831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/haydnonplinth.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/haydnonplinth-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 square also sits in front of another historical church: the Mariahilfer Kirche)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/haydn-monument\/\">large statue<\/a> built in 1887 alongside Mariahilfer Stra\u00dfe (at No.55) to honour the composer. His rather imposing figure stares out over one of Vienna&#8217;s busiest shopping streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haydn&#8217;s presence has inspired many of the nearby businesses, which often use his name. Like the neighbouring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/theaters\/english-cinemas-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"633\">English-language cinema<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maria Theresa 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\/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\">(Three geniuses in relief)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/maria-theresa-monument\/\">19th-century monument<\/a> on Maria-Theresien-Platz actually honours Empress Maria Theresa, numerous large reliefs feature key personalities from her reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One relief (facing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/natural-history-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"252\">Naturhistorisches Museum<\/a>) depicts Haydn resting his hand on the right shoulder of a young Mozart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ankeruhr<\/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\/07\/haydnankeruhr.jpg\" alt=\"Haydn in the Ankeruhr\" class=\"wp-image-49279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnankeruhr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnankeruhr-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 Haydn figure on Vienna&#8217;s famous mechanical clock)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An insurance company gifted this giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/ankeruhr-anchor-clock\/\">mechanical clock<\/a> to the city in 1914. A set of 12 historical figures rotate around its front twice a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the figures are imperial personalities, but one of the exceptions is the composer that appears between 12 and 1: an excerpt from the oratorio <em>The Creation<\/em> greets his arrival. No prizes for guessing who that composer is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haus der Musik<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Haydn gets a whole room to himself in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/haus-musik\/\">House of Music<\/a>, as do many of the other famous composers associated with Vienna, like Beethoven, Mozart, and Mahler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Neue Burg<\/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\/08\/walkingtourneueburg.jpg\" alt=\"The Neue Burg\" class=\"wp-image-50414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourneueburg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourneueburg-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\">(Front view of the Neue Burg from Heldenplatz square)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Weltmuseum in the wing of the Hofburg palace complex houses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/historical-instruments\/\">historical musical instrument collection<\/a>. The galleries include a wax head of the master made during his lifetime (around 1800) by Franz Christian Thaler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minoritenkirche<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/minoritenkirche\/\">this church<\/a>, a memorial to the poet Pietro Metastasio has Haydn pictured among the figures on its central relief. Metastasio actually lived in the Gro\u00dfes Michaelerhaus mentioned above at the same time as the composer and supported the young man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"modern-memorials\">Haydnpark &amp; Haydnhof<\/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\/07\/haydnhof.jpg\" alt=\"The Haydnhof entrance gates\" class=\"wp-image-49280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnhof.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydnhof-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\">(Named for the famous local resident)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned earlier, the Hundsturmer cemetery is long gone, replaced by a nondescript park at Flursch\u00fctzstra\u00dfe 1B in the 12th district. The park at least carries the name of its one-time involuntary resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A near neighbour in the same district is the Haydnhof at Gaudenzdorfer G\u00fcrtel 15: one of Vienna&#8217;s famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/social-housing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35479\">social housing projects<\/a> from the post-WWI era. The complex is a stop on a city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/mapsgeography\/wanderweg-11-hiking-trail\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35489\">social housing walk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Street names<\/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\/07\/haydngasse.jpg\" alt=\"Haydngasse street sign\" class=\"wp-image-49281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydngasse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/haydngasse-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\">(Um, this one is rather obvious)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haydngasse (6th district) and Joseph-Haydn-Stra\u00dfe (14th district) both bear his name; not sure that really needed explaining. The former is, of course, where he had his final residence (see the Haydnhaus above); the latter a small street in the rural west of the city, close to the Wienerwald forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Madame Tussauds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, nip inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/madame-tussauds\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35377\">Vienna branch<\/a> of the famous waxwork museum to encounter Haydn and a couple of other greats of classical (and more recent) music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haydn map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The map below shows all the main Viennese locations associated with Haydn: homes, monuments, and similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many other Haydn landmarks fell victim to 19th-century city construction projects. I haven&#8217;t included these missing buildings unless some kind of plaque marks the musical connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1-Mx0GGh_eaBN7CtWtZ9_VJZRRGDzy14i\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people associate Joseph Haydn with the town of Eisenstadt, where he served as musical director at the court of the Esterh\u00e1zy family. But he actually had a surprisingly long association with Austria&#8217;s capital. 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