Innere Stadt in Wien, Austria — Central Europe (Eastern Alps)
Mark Twain
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 14, 2017
1. Mark Twain Marker
von Oktober 1898
bis Mai 1899 der grosse
amerikanische Schriftsteller
Samuel Longhorne Clemens
(1835-1910)
bekannt als
Mark Twain
from October 1898
until May 1899 the great
American author
Samuel Longhorne Clemens
(1835-1910)
also known as
Mark Twain
Erected 2010.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
Location. 48° 12.347′ N, 16° 22.244′ E. Marker is in Wien. It is in Innere Stadt. Marker is at the intersection of Neuer Markt and Donnergasse, on the right when traveling north on Neuer Markt. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Neuer Markt 5, Wien 1010, Austria. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Leopold Auenbrugger (within shouting distance of this marker); Café Frauenhuber (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Wiener Aero-Club (about 150 meters away); Matthias Sindelar (about 150 meters away); Antonio Salieri (about 150 meters away);
this page online
Regarding Mark Twain. "Now, thanks to the support of the U.S. Embassy, a plaque will be unveiled on Apr. 21 on the outside wall of the Hotel Ambassador, where Twain stayed between October 1898 and May 1899. He had also stayed at the Hotel Metropole on Morzinplatz in the 1st District from September 1897 to May 1898 and spent the summer in the Villa Paulhof in Kaltenleutgeben, where his wife and daughter Jean received treatment in the cold water spa there. He and his daughter Clara did not. Twain spent much of his time writing while he was there, because as soon as he went walking in the hills, he quipped, "It rained often.... I viewed the mist, and missed the view.”
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 14, 2017
2. Mark Twain Marker - Wide View
The marker is located to the right of the entrance to the Ambassador Hotel (lowest of the three plaques visible).
circa 1920
3. Hotel Krantz Ambassador
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 14, 2017
4. Hotel Ambassador today
In addition to Mark Twain, according to the Hotel's website, other celebrity guests have included: Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford III, Charles A. Lindbergh, Thornton Wilder, H. C. Artmann, Marlene Dietrich, Romy Schneider, Josephine Baker, Maria Jeritza Seery,Martha Eggerth, Svatoslav Richter, Jan Kiepura, Franz Lehár, Robert Schumann, Louis Trenker, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Emperor Haile Selassie I, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Infanta Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, Wilhelm Erbprinz von Hohenzollern, Princess Helen of Greece, and Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh.
Photographed By Edward Penfield, Harper's Weekly, 1898
5. Stirring times in Austria described by Mark Twain in Harper's March
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 14, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 219 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 14, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
