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Addresses

In Schubert’s time, it was normal to number buildings not in street numbers, but in building numbers within the district. Where known, this table translates from the building numbers used in the notes, to street numbers and, if different, today’s addresses. The majority of street numbers come from Schöny, but there are several inconsistencies, as noted previously in notes.

Building no. Address
Alsergrund 12 now Vienna IX, Wickenburggasse 10.
Alsergrund 22 now Vienna IX, Wickenburggasse 19.
Alsergrund 111 now Vienna IX, Alserstraße 29.
Alsergrund 149 now Vienna IX, Alserstraße 18.
Alsergrund 172 Vienna IX, Berggasse 17.
Alsergrund 204 Vienna IX, Währingerstraße 7 or 17.
Alsergrund 224 Vienna IX, Währingerstraße 23.
Alsergrund 225 Vienna IX, Währingerstraße 25.
Alsergrund 276 Vienna IX, Währingerstraße 22.
Alsergrund 262 Vienna IX, Alserbachstraße 6.
Alsergrund 318 now Vienna VIII, Florianigasse 9
Althangrund 10 now Vienna IX, Althanstraße 20.
Favoritenplatz Südtirolerplatz
Himmelpfortgrund 10 "Zum schwarzen Rössel", Vienna IX, Säulengasse 10 (now no. 3).
Himmelpfortgrund 11 now Vienna IX, Nußdorferstraße 33
Himmelpfortgrund 42, up to 1796: "Zum roten Krebsen", Vienna IX, Nußdorferstraße 54
Himmelpfortgrund 72, after 1796 "Zum roten Krebsen", Vienna IX, Nußdorferstraße 54
Hundsturm 79 Later no 87, now Vienna V, Schönbrunnerstraße
Lichtental 125 Vienna IX, Wiesengasse 38
Lichtental 152 "Zum goldenen Ring", Vienna IX, Badgasse 20
Neue Wieden 694 Firmiansgasse "Zur Stadt Ronsperg", later Wieden 714, now Vienna V, Kettenbrückengasse 6.
Roßau 71 now Vienna IX, Pramergasse 23.
Roßau 77 now Vienna IX, Pramergasse 6.
Roßau 147, the ‘School on the Roßau’. Vienna IX, Grünentorgasse 11: the original building no longer stands, its replacement is the ‘Schubert School’.
Roßau 172 now Vienna IX, Berggasse 17.
St. Ulrich 20 now Vienna VII, Burggasse 16
Spitalberg 216 now Vienna IX, Waisenhausgasse 3
Währing 115 now Vienna XVIII, Marsanogasse 1.
Währing General Cemetery "General graveyard outside the Währing Boundary" or "Cemetery outside the Nußdorf Boundary", later the "General Cemetery in Währing", now Währing Park and cemetery in Vienna XVIII, 63 Semperstraße.
Währing, Ortsfriedhof Vienna XVIII, 123 Währingerstraße, "Schubertpark

Places

Many place names mentioned in this document have changed since Schubert’s time, often because the Germanic names have been replaced with names in the local language. In the area of Moravia (now in the Czech Republic) where the Schubert family originated, the names in the Czech language in Schubert’s time are not necessarily today’s names. For example, Neudorf (literally ‘New Village’), was Nová Ves, today this is Vysoká, and Waltersdorf which was Valterovice, is now Zleb. Where known, this table presents contemporary names with modern names.
Place Modern Name
Breitenlee now Vienna XXII
Brüx, Bohemia Most, Czech Republic
Brünn, Moravia Brno, Czech Republic
Cilli Celje in Slovenia
Hernals now Vienna XVII
Hohenseibersdorf, Moravia Vysoké Zibridovice, Czech Republic
Könniggrätz Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Kratzdorf Chrastice, Czech Republic
Marburg Maribor, Slovenia
Maros-Vasarhely Tirgu Mures in Rumania
Neudorf, Moravia Vysoká, in the Staré Mesto district of the Czech Republic.
Ottakring now Vienna XVI
Philippopel Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Pötzleinsdorf now Vienna XVIII
Preßburg Bratislava, Slovakia
Reichenburg Liberec, Czech Republic
Stubenseifen Stubenice
Währing now Vienna XVIII
Waltersdorf Zleb, Czech Republic.
Wieden, Vienna now Vienna IV
Woitzdorf Vojtískov, Czech Republic
Ziegenhals Glucholazy, Poland
Zuckmantel Zlaté Hory, Czech Republic