The Ringstraße Walk... Enjoying Architectural Gems of Vienna [EN-DE]

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St. Stephen's Cathedral

Hello dear Hivers and Wednesday Walkers!

My walk this time had been a tour of the area around the Ringstrasse in the 1st District of Vienna. I took the chance to go to the center when the sun appeared at about lunchtime. It has been raining for weeks, so last Monday, I grabbed the chance to make my short journey just to exercise my leg muscles, and it had been a good tour.

Hallo liebe Hivers und Wednesday Walkers!

Mein Spaziergang war diesmal eine Tour durch die Gegend um die Ringstraße im 1. Ich nutzte die Gelegenheit, ins Zentrum zu gehen, als sich um die Mittagszeit die Sonne zeigte. Da es wochenlang geregnet hat, habe ich letzten Montag die Gelegenheit genutzt, um meine Beinmuskeln zu trainieren, und es war eine gute Tour.

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In this post, I am sharing some amazing architectural gems Vienna could offer to those visiting the city. The construction of St. Stephen's Cathedral began during the medieval time... other structures located inside and outside the Ring began its construction by the mid 19th Century.

In diesem Beitrag stelle ich einige erstaunliche architektonische Perlen vor, die Wien seinen Besuchern bieten kann. Der Bau des Stephansdoms begann im Mittelalter... andere Bauwerke, die sich innerhalb und außerhalb des Rings befinden, wurden ab Mitte des 19.

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Perspective plan of the Ringstraße in 1887 Source

History of the Vienna Ringstraße (Ring Road)
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The Vienna Ring Road (German: Ringstraße, lit. ring road) is a 5.3 km[1] (3.3 mi) circular grand boulevard that serves as a ring road around the historic Innere Stadt (Inner Town) district of Vienna, Austria. The road is located on sites where medieval city fortifications once stood, including high walls and the broad open field ramparts (glacis), criss-crossed by paths that lay before them.

It was constructed after the dismantling of the city walls in the mid-19th century. From the 1860s to 1890s, many large public buildings were erected along the Ringstrasse in an eclectic historicist style, sometimes called Ringstraßenstil ("Ring Road style"), using elements of Classical, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture.

Geschichte der Wiener Ringstraße (Ringstraße)
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Die Wiener Ringstraße (deutsch: Ringstraße) ist ein 5,3 km[1] langer, kreisförmiger Prachtboulevard, der als Ringstraße um den historischen Bezirk Innere Stadt in Wien dient. Die Straße befindet sich an den Stellen, an denen einst die mittelalterlichen Stadtbefestigungen standen, einschließlich der hohen Mauern und der breiten, offenen Feldwälle (Glacis), die von den davor liegenden Wegen durchzogen waren.

Sie wurde nach dem Abbau der Stadtmauern Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts errichtet. Von den 1860er bis 1890er Jahren wurden entlang der Ringstraße viele große öffentliche Gebäude in einem eklektizistischen historisierenden Stil errichtet, der manchmal als Ringstraßenstil bezeichnet wird und Elemente des Klassizismus, der Gotik, der Renaissance und des Barock verwendet.

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Am Graben

I used to work Am Graben, in the building fronting the Green Penthouse on the left of the above image. The city center is always jam packed with tourists, some come as individuals, in groups and by the buses. Almost all important attractions are in the Ringstrasse´s inner and outer areas.

Ich habe früher Am Graben gearbeitet, in dem Gebäude gegenüber dem Grünem Penthouse auf der linken Seite des obigen Bildes. Das Stadtzentrum ist immer voll mit Touristen, manche kommen als Einzelpersonen, in Gruppen und mit Bussen. Fast alle wichtigen Attraktionen befinden sich in den inneren und äußeren Bereichen der Ringstraße.

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Entrance and Front of St.Stephen's Cathedral

St. Stephen's Cathedral is the main attraction in the city center, it is I should say the heart of Vienna. And tourists would normally visit the cathedral as first in their list of tourist spots. Some visit the catacomb below the church where macabre skulls of pest victims are kept. The catacomb is also the resting place of some noble personalities of the Habsburg Dynasty as well as that of the church.

Der Stephansdom ist die Hauptattraktion im Stadtzentrum, er ist sozusagen das Herz von Wien. Und Touristen besuchen den Dom normalerweise als erstes auf ihrer Liste der Sehenswürdigkeiten. Einige besuchen die Katakombe unter der Kirche, in der die makabren Schädel von Pestopfern aufbewahrt werden. Die Katakombe ist auch die Ruhestätte einiger adliger Persönlichkeiten aus der Habsburger-Dynastie und der Kirche.

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Cafe Aida

This cafe is a long standing patisserie shop serving their own made sweets and various coffee flavors, one of which is the Wiener Melange with lots of whipping cream.

Dieses Café ist eine alteingesessene Konditorei, die selbstgemachte Süßigkeiten und verschiedene Kaffeesorten anbietet, darunter die Wiener Melange mit viel Schlagsahne.

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Stephansplatz

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Kärntner Straße

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Cafes at Kärtner Straße

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Wiener Staasoper (Vienna State Opera)

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Alley to the "Schmetterling Haus"(Butterfly House)
Allee zum Schmetterling Haus

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Alley at the Rose Garden
Allee am Rosengarten

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Mozart Statue along the Ringstraße

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Horse carriage with tourists


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Burgtheater

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City Hall

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Side view of the City Hall...the weekend before had been the inauguration of the 2023 Vienna Festival Week at this Plaza

Seitenansicht des Rathauses...am Wochenende zuvor war die Eröffnung der Wiener Festwoche 2023 auf diesem Platz

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The last leg of my tour going to the VotivKirche

Die letzte Etappe meiner Tour zur VotivKirche

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Just a few meters away is the U2 Station which will take me back to my district. It has been a lovely walk and I was lucky that it did not rain until I got home. Walking is a good exercise and good for the immune system, let's keep doing it!

I thank @tattoodjay for his Wednesday Walk community and @elisacheng for her Make Me Smile initiative. Wishing everyone a good Wednesday and thank you for reading this post!

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Nur ein paar Meter entfernt befindet sich die U2-Station, die mich zurück in mein Viertel bringen wird. Es war ein schöner Spaziergang und ich hatte Glück, dass es nicht geregnet hat, bis ich nach Hause kam. Spazierengehen ist eine gute Übung und gut für das Immunsystem, lasst es uns weiter tun!

Ich danke @tattoodjay für seine Wednesday Walk-Community und @elisacheng für ihre Make Me Smile-Initiative. Ich wünsche allen einen schönen Mittwoch und danke euch allen, dass ihr diesen Beitrag gelesen habt!
xoxo,
Mers

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Those are as you have said architectural gems and thank you for taking us on the virtual walk.

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Thank you. Glad you like the images.... come to Vienna soon!

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It's in my bucket list, and hopefully, it will happen soon!

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I remember being in awe of the mazing buildings in that area, for sure a gem of an area

Thanks for joining the Wednesday Walk, its my pleasure to host it and see all the posts each week from all around the world, including yours, if you have time visit some of the other walks this week there are so many interesting ones

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Thanks @tattoodjay for visiting, the pleasure is mine too to use the Wednesday Walk community to show of the gems of Virnna. Have a lovely Friday!

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How beautiful the building! They looked like made of stones. Thank you for sharing your.place to us..

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You are welcome! You need to come here someday to see the buildings in its actual form. Thanks for dropping by.

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Tan, naisip ko punta kaya ako jan sa iyo🤣

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Those architectural beauties, the green picture perfect avenues all make this walk the most amazing one for me. Wish I could be there and experience all that.
Have a wonderful day @mers

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Thank you so much, I hope you could really make a visit one day and experience the beauty of the architecture here. Have a wonderful Friday!

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This is what we call a perfect walk. The buildings are stunning and I love the Alleys with all the green trees. Vienna is really amazing.

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Indeed, perfect walk. I took the time to slowly go on foot as this is a long Ring Road. But as you know that old people tend to get exhausted right awaym hahaha. Thanks to the benches available along the way. Thanks for dropping a note.

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Stunning show of structure! Those pictures were beautifully snapped! We appreciate you sharing and giving us a little virtual tour.

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Thank you so much for the visit. Indeed the structures are so lovely and enjoyable to look at.

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wow vienna is a really beautiful city!! i just can imagine the golden times of those architectures, i bet they were imposing

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They are very imposing, to think that the architects of those times had so much detailed ideas in designing their masterpieces.

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