The 2nd-half of my big travel journey was begins: on travel day 46, Euro day 45, Vienna day 12.
Sievering is a neighbourhood in northwest Vienna against the city’s foothills. A warm summer Saturday is ideal to move among the quiet residential streets, far from the marauding masses within the city centre. I found remnants of a 17th-century siege, evidence of Hedy Lamarr as a young woman growing up in Vienna, a sculpture dedicated to a goose, and a gravesite for a man who wrote one of the most unique themes for a landmark film.
3 cannon balls at Sieveringer Straße 99, which gave the building here its name “Dreikugelhaus” (house with 3 cannon balls).
The inscription at the bottom of the centre ball states that a witness sighted cannon balls in the house in 1683 during the 2nd Ottoman Siege of Vienna.
Private residences at Sievering Straße 135. But the gate tells another story.
The space used to be film studios for Sascha Film, and later, Wien Film. A teenaged Hedwig Kiesler dropped out of high school, joined the studio as a “script girl,” and soon joined on-set ensembles for minor film roles. She would become Hedy Lamarr after moving to L.A.
Memorial to Lilli the goose. Until 1970, streetcar route 39 went up Sievering Straße. Near this location a goose would park itself comfortably on the rail. The tram driver would stop, and attempt to nudge the goose away for the tram to go through. The memorial is symbolic representation of small-town idyll.
Friedhof Sievering cemetery.
Decent view across town to towers in the 22nd district, including the Donauturm and Donau-City Tower 1.
Karolina (“Lina”) Loos: 1882-1950, actress and journalist.
Karas family, including Anton Karas who not only owned and operated a Vienna heuriger (wine tavern), but also was famous for composing the zither-instrument theme for the 1949 Carol Reed film “The Third Man.”
The south perimeter of the cemetery nestles against the verdant vineyards on Hackenberg.
I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 22 Jun 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
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