Café Griensteidl

Café Griensteidl was a traditional Viennese café located at Michaelerplatz 2 across from St. Michael's Church and St. Michael's Gate at the Hofburg Palace in the Innere Stadt first district of Vienna, Austria. The cafe was founded in 1847 by former pharmacist Heinrich Griensteidl.[1][2] In January 1897, the original building was demolished during the course of the renovation of Michaelerplatz.[1] During the early twentieth century, the café was frequented by many artists, musicians, and writers, including Hugo von Hofmannsthal,[3] Arthur Schnitzler, Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Zemlinsky,[3] Hermann Bahr,[3] Friedrich Eckstein,[4] Rudolf Steiner, Hugo Wolf, and Stefan Zweig.[1]

Café Griensteidl in Vienna, Austria (2007)

In 1990, the café was reopened and became a popular location among the Viennese coffeehouse culture. As they could not afford the rising rents any more, Griensteidl closed in June 2017. [5]

  • Old Café Griensteidl, before 1897
  • Old Café Griensteidl interior, before 1897
  • Café Griensteidl, printing by Reinhold Völkel, 1896

See also

References
  1. "Das Cafe". Cafè Griensteidl. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. Eisenschmid, Rainer (ed). Baedeker Vienna. Ostfildern: Verlag Karl Baedeker. p. 254. ISBN 9783829768085.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. Moskovitz, Marc D. (2010). Alexander Zemlinsky: A Lyric Symphony. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press. p. 9. ISBN 9781843835783.
  4. Friedrich Eckstein's reminiscences, published as Alte, unnennbare Tage , page 122 , republished by Severus, Hamburg, 2010. ISBN 3942382199
  5. Kurier ("Cafe Griensteidl has to close", in German)

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