STRUDLHOFSTIEGE - ALSERGRUND IN WIEN - VIENNA [D] [E]

ENGLISH
Taking advantage of a 'free day' without obligations, I went to visit the Swedish Embassy in Vienna to have my 'Live Certificate' signed, which I need do do once a year to continue receiving my small Swedish Pension for the few years I worked in Sweden.
Nearby is this magnificient view of one of the great architectural wonders of this city.



◄►Translation

To the Strudlhofstiege in Vienna
When the leaves are on the steps
Autumnal breathes from the old stairs
what happened to them a long time ago.
Moon in which two closely embrace each other
light shoes and heavy footsteps,
the mossy vase in the middle
survives years between wars.
Much has sunk down to our sorrow
and the beautiful shows the smallest duration.
Heimito von Doderer

ENGLISH
The Strudlhofstiege provides a connection for pedestrians in Strudlhofgasse, which runs between Währinger Straße and Liechtensteinstraße, which is much lower. It was built under Karl Lueger according to a design by Theodor Johann Jaeger (1874 - 1943) in the section of the alley between Boltzmanngasse and Pasteurgasse and opened for use on 29 November 1910. The cost amounted to 100,000 kroner.

ENGLISH
Peter Strudel

Originally, Peter Strudel's Strudelhof stood here. Court and chamber painter Peter von Strudel was born around 1660 in Cles (Trentino, Italy) and died on 4 October 1714 in Vienna. He built the Strudelhof in 1690 and was later elected director of the Academy of Arts. His work as a sculptor and painter marked the transition to the High Baroque in Austria.