#Wien St. Marx

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Old Vienna

Anno 1972

Großmarkthalle (3., Vordere Zollamtsstraße 17)

An dieser Stelle (heute Hotel Hilton) baute die Stadt Wien unter Bürgermeister Andreas Zelinka nach Plänen des Stadtbauamts 1864/1865 eine Zentralmarkthalle (Alte Großmarkthalle; Umbauten 1896/1897, Kühlanlage 1900, deren Erneuerung samt einigen Zubauten 1924-1935; Abbruch 1972). Das Leitmotiv, wonach alle landwirtschaftlichen Produzentinnen und Produzenten der Monarchie ihre Waren per Bahn einsenden und kommissionell verkaufen konnten, klang überzeugend. In der Praxis ließen jedoch zu große Steuerbelastungen (Verzehrsteuer) und ein unzulänglicher Bahntransport, der die Waren häufig verdorben ankommen ließ, das Marktleben nicht gedeihen. Schon 1866 stand die Halle zum Teil leer. Da sie ihren Zweck in dieser Form nicht erfüllte, gestaltete man sie 1868 zu einer Großmarkthalle für Fleisch um und verlegte auch den bis dahin auf dem Viehmarkt in St. Marx zugelassenen Großhandel mit Fleischwaren hierher.

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März N°5

perceptual fragment #0178/2008K100Dsuper Kindisch ist nicht nur, wer zu lange Kind bleibt,sondern auch wer sich von der Kindheit trennt und meint,dass das, was er nicht sieht, nicht mehr existiere.C.G. Jung, Schweizer Psychiater 1875 – 1961 © Robert Koschnick Dir gefällt was du siehst und liest? Du willst mehr davon? Freut und ehrt mich. Wie du vielleicht bereits hier gelesen hast plane ich…

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Nothing prettier than a city with empty streets and cold wind. --------------------------------------------------------------- #sentementes_photography #artographia #streetcolour #streets_storytelling #nightstreetphotography #wienstreetart #viennastreetphotography #streetphotographers_art #streetphotographerscommunity #moodygrams #moodytones #moodyphotography #emptystreets #austriastreetart #sanktmarx #stmarx #streetphoto_greatshots #streetphotographyintheworld (at Wien St. Marx) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWblqBqoVxs/?utm_medium=tumblr

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mozart’s memorial - sankt marxer friedhof

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These strong gates protect the entrance to what were once the underground vaults of Vienna’s largest abattoir in the part of the city known as St. Marx. No one seems to know for sure what the vaults are used for today, so they are now surrounded by all sorts of urban legends, e.g. that they are a depot for chemical weapons from the Cold War era…

(via https://variaetc.wordpress.com)

[nomadmatan]

St. Marx Cemetery #Vienna #Wien #Vacation #StMarx #StMarxCemetery #Mozart

St. Marx Cemetery #Vienna #Wien #Vacation #StMarx #StMarxCemetery #Mozart

St. Marx Cemetery #Vienna #Wien #Vacation #StMarx #StMarxCemetery #Mozart

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DARSTELLUNGEN VON ST. MARX, Helene Ulrike Gruber

In einem intuitiven Prozess wurde der Raum von St. Marx, 1030 Wien, wahrgenommen und über Bild- und Textsequenzen dargestellt. Mit Edding und Skizzenblock ausgestattet wurde dort Zeit verbracht und gearbeitet. Das Erleben des Ortes, der Umgebung und der Atmo- sphäre stehen im Vordergrund. Dabei zeigt (1) die Zeichnung die subjektive visuelle Wahrnehmung des Ortes und beschreibt (2) der Text olfaktorische und auditive Eindrücke, sowie weiters persönliche Erinnerungen oder Aktivitä- ten. In einer späteren Aufarbeitungs- und Analysephase wurden die entstandenen Artefakte infrage gestellt, kommentiert und erklärt.

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Vienna Trip Recap: 3.30.17-4.2.17

We arrived back in Prague late last night, after a pam-jacked three day trip to Vienna. But, it is only after a long day of unpacking, grocery shopping, laundry, writing an ad hoc application and struggling to write a concise reflection paper, that I am finally able to document my first study-abroad, trip abroad! (Try saying that ten times fast...)

We arrived to Vienna around noon on Thursday, checked into our hostel and grabbed some quick falafel at the outdoor market. Before hopping on the metro (a.k.a.) the subway and going on a walking tour of the historic Ringstrasse, the ring shaped boulevard that that serves as the barrier of the historic district at the center of the city. The Ringstrasse district is incredibly beautiful, with its large 17th and 18th Neo-classicial buildings that house many theaters, museums and ministries. It was honestly a bit overwhelming, the large scale, high cleanliness and the nearly perfect symmetry, was enough to make anyone feel insignificant and a bit unnerved. As part of the walking tour we also viewed the Jewish memorial, an imposing concrete structure in the middle of a small plaza, that look like a locked library with all the books turned inward, so that the titles are unreadable. Me and most of my peers actually missed the monument until Vera pointed it out to us,  I felt a little guilty for not noticing it on my own. This also raises interesting questions about how the Austrian government views the importance of the Jewish holocaust in the public’s memory. On a lighter note, we also briefly toured St Stephen’s Cathedral (though we didn’t have to tour the spire =/ ). The Cathedral is gorgeous and ornate, thought a bit overwhelmed with tours and tour guides dressed like Mozart, which was distracting. After the working tour, we got the opportunity to tour the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and received a talk from a State department official. They gave us fancy bottled water, which was a bit bougie but nice. The talk was informative, but overly niche in someplace, considering there are only a few JSIS and poli-sci majors, you can tell the official was trying very hard not to bad mouth Trump. Following the OSCE tour, we went for a group dinner at the Cafe Central, a historic cafe in ornate Art Nouveau style, where Hitler, Freud, Tolstoy and Lenin all were regulars (though not interacting with each other). It was really nice to just talk and bond with everybody on the trip in a more relaxed context, the food was really good and I ate my self silly. Dinner went rather late, and we didn’t return to the Hostel until 10:00ish. Me and all my roommates were all exhausting, so we had an earlier night, turning in around 11ish. 

Next morning, after drinking a ridiculous amount of coffee, curtsey of the free hostel breakfast, we had start our day at a very reasonable 9:30am, before hoping on the tram to the city’s outskirt to visit, the Schoebrunn Palace and Gardens, which served as the summer palace for the Habsburg empire. I had an audio guide for the museum, and since I fucking love museums I spent too long in the interior of the museum looking at the beautiful parlors, dining rooms and personal rooms of the Habsburgs, so I was late to arrive at our group meeting point. The meeting point was the Gloriette, a structure composed of Classical styles arches at the top of the hill in the gardens behind the palace, so in the 75 degree weather, I had to run up this giant hill in converse and skinny jeans. Needless to say, I nearly died. Luckily, Kieran, another dude in our group was actually 30 minutes later than I was, so my lateness slipped by relatively unnoticed. We spent some time walking through the sprawling gardens and parks surrounding the palace, filled with antique fountains, before catching a tram, grabbing a quick lunch of spanakopita, and then after, another metro ride, we arrived at the Vienna United Nations. It was breathtaking to see the circle of flags fluttering in the breeze. The tour was interesting, we got to see various offices, meeting rooms, learning about diplomacy goals for 2030 and see a moon rock, though I think our perky tour guide was disappointed in us for not asking enough questions.... oh, well. We were done with the tour in the late afternoon and then had the rest of day free. Me, Francesca, Courtney and Maddy, walked down by the canal, just people watching and looking at the diverse street art and graffiti (also taking some photos like the obnoxious American tourists we are). We also discovered a ‘beach’ bar, equipped with fake sand and enjoyed a drink as watch the sun set over the city. Later in the evening, we ventured to the outdoor market to grab some dinner, we actually found a very decent “Pan-Asian” place, and I had some pretty good miso noodle soup (as well as all the mushroom from Kristina’s curry, since somehow she hates mushrooms). Later that evening a lot of the us went out and enjoyed the local night life for a bit, before navigating the metro without the aid of google maps, and returning back to the hostel. 

Saturday morning, we met promptly at 10am and metroed to Hofburg Palace, which included the Sisi Museum (commemorating the tragic and mysterious Empress Elizabeth). The first part of the Hofburg was the ‘Royal Silver Collection’ and I was fascinated by the sheer amount of cutlery, plates and other settings, made of painted porcelain, bronze, silver and gold. It was an impossible amount to take in. The second part of the museum was very similar to the Schoebrunn Palace, with private living quarters of the royals laid out, apparently Franz Joseph I lived a very “spartan” lifestyle, yet have a personal servant help dress him every day... Interesting. The Sisi Museum went very deep into the life and personal struggles of Empress Sophia, it was equal parts fascinating, sympathetic and dramatic, with lots of dramatic poetry quotes and dark lighting. Yet again I was a few minutes late to the meet-up point, which everyone arrived to 20 minutes early, so Mike had to come and retrieve me like a small child. Really, I am 21, I swear. Afterward we went to the Kunsthaus Wien, a building designed by and serving as a memorial to Friedensreich Hundertwasser, a Viennan artist who art is bright, childlike and oddly capturing. We were lucky to have a tour, but really I just wanted to wander around and stare at the pieces at my own pace, I grabbed a few postcards of my favorite pieces in the gift shop. Then I grabbed some surprisingly good spinach pizza at a food stand, before we head to a bike rental down by the river for our three hour bike trip. I was a little nervous, as I hadn’t really ridden in the last year or so, and they gave one of the tallest types of bike, but after a wobbly start I recovered quickly. During the bike tour lead by Vera, we stop by Freud’s house, the Church where Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth got married in, and a Soviet memorial the Red Army. But that short list fails to capture the magnitude of the city we traveled, including many of the small public parks and much of the canal (which were very crowded and thus a real challenge to pick through). It was simply amazing. After the bike ride, which went to 6:30pm, me and a few others went to the nearby fairgrounds where I actually enjoyed a beer and few over-priced rides (included one that flung you into the sky like slingshot, needless to say, I screamed “FUCK” the whole time). After returning to the hostel, me, Fran, Courtney, Maddy and Kristina met up with Kristina’s friend Ann who’s a nanny in Vienna, at a board-game cafe, before calling it a night at 11pm. (I did wander into the hostel bar and was goaded into playing beer pong, which I royally blew at). 

Sunday morning I woke up early, well 8ish, to pack up my stuff and enjoy a leisurely breakfast. The group met up at 10:40, metroed, then bused to the hills on the outskirts of the city, to explore the Viennese countryside and go to a wine tasting at the Grinzing Vineyard. (We also briefly stopped at the Karl Marx Hox, a notable public housing development). The 20 minutes bus-ride up the hill was very crowded, but I managed not to elbow anybody in the face, so it was a success. We spent a 30 minutes at the lookout point at the top of the hills, and I got a really good apple cake, the apple was super fresh and cake was super light. We then spent a little over an hour hiking through the Viennese countryside, which was beautiful, I felt that I stumbled into somewhere far removed from 2017. Unfortunately the hills were rather steep, and it was rather hot, so I was ‘glistening’ by the end of the hike, to say the least. We arrived at the Grinzing Vineyards, which is small winery that has been family owned for 4 generations, at around 1:30pm. In the afternoon flew by in a haze of delicious wine, bread, fancy cheese, much laughter and many selfies. We sadly left the Winery, after struggling to figure out to split the bill, grabbed our bags at the hostel and arrived at the train-station with 5 minutes to spare before our train left. I spend the train ride back discussing an ad hoc project with Vera, getting a head start on the week’s reading and watching Francesca and Mike tease each other over the rival Olympia high schools they attended. 

And that, is the end of my *brief* stay in Vienna, I may add another post with more details on the last two days if I have time/energy to do so, but I will definitely add a post with pictures in the next day or so. 

Czeching out, 

                -Kate 

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Das Blechmobiliendepot unter der Südosttangente

Das Blechmobiliendepot unter der Südosttangente

Wieder unter der Südosttangente. Hier gibt es ein Parkhaus für die zur Bewegungslosigkeit bestimmten Autos. Die müssen ja nun irgendwo parken, wenn sie nicht gefahren werden. Eine solche Autoverwahrstelle liegt direkt unter der Südosttangente. In unmittelbarer Nähe der großen Rinderhalle von St. Marx wurde ein Parkhaus errichtet.

Wenn man auf dem Generalstadtplan von Wien von 1904 und 1912nachsie…

[nomadmatan]

St. Marx Cemetery #Vienna #Wien #Vacation #StMarx #StMarxCemetery #Mozart

St. Marx Cemetery #Vienna #Wien #Vacation #StMarx #StMarxCemetery #Mozart

St. Marx Cemetery #Vienna #Wien #Vacation #StMarx #StMarxCemetery #Mozart

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SANKTUS MARXIANUM, Alexander Hauff, Karic Mahir

Da St. Marx sehr abgeschottet im Raum von Wien liegt, wird das Gebiet als ein eigener Kontinent dargestellt. Die Entwicklung der Stadt wird als Kampf aufzeigt auf dem ein Gegensatz von ALT vs. NEU vorherrscht. Um die Struktur und Geschichte des Areals besser zu erfassen, wurden Altkarten von Wien aus dem frühen 20. Jahrhundert als Vorlage herangezogen. Vorgestellt werden 2 Tourismuskarten die, die aktuelle Lage und geschichtliche Entwicklung des Gebietes darstellen und mit Parodiewerbungen bezogen auf St. Marx ergänzen.