Frankl's Vienna
These places have special significance in Viktor Frankl's life and can still be visited today.
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Czerningasse 6 / 2nd District
Frankl's birthplace and home from 1905 to 1942 (memorial plaque on housefront).
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Kleine Sperlgasse 2C / 2nd District
Highschool, dubbed "Sperlaeum" by students. Another well known graduate was Sigmund Freud.
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Baumgartner Höhe / 14th District
Frankl was head of Pavilion no. 3, also called "Suicidees' Pavilion", from 1933 to 1937.
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Währinger Gürtel 97 / 18th District
Former grounds of the Rothschild Hospital. Frankl was head of its neurological department
from 1940 to 1942. Today the place is taken by the buildings of the Wirtschaftsförderungsinstitut
(Chamber of Commerce).
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Mariannengasse 1 / 9th District
Viktor Frankl’s former residence from 1945 to 1997 (commemorative plaque on the façade).
In the same building, there is a centre dedicated to Frankl’s work, which includes an exhibition and seminar facilities.
A Museum in the original apartment is currently in
preparation: www.franklsammlung.eu
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Mariannengasse 10 / 9th District
Frankl was head of Neurology from 1946-1971.
The building is not used as a hospital any more; the historic front has been preserved.
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Central Cemetery / 11th District
Gate 11, Old Jewish Cemetery
(Left 20 meters, then right 10 meters).
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Rax Mountain Range / Lower Austria
Payerbach-Reichenau / Raxbahn / Bergstation / Ottohaus / Seehütte / Preinerwand
For many decades the Rax was Frankl's refuge and climbing resort .
(Reichenau/Rax: Viktor Frankl Straße / Several climbing trails are named after him).
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The following places and buildings were named after Viktor Frankl
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Zirkusgasse 52 / 2nd District
"Viktor-Frankl-Hof": Municipal apartment house, built 1998 (commemorative panel).
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Mariannengasse 10 / 9th District
The historically and architecturally interesting Poliklinik Auditorium, where Frankl
lectured through four decades, was demolished in 2006 to make room for apartment and
office houses. The municipality gave the name
"Viktor Frankl Park" to the courtyard between the new buildings.
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Spitalgasse 2, University Campus / 9th District
The "Viktor E. Frankl Weg" leads through the grounds of the historic "Allgemeines Krankenhaus" (General Hospital)
which now serve as a campus for the University of Vienna.
