Baden Favorites

Favorite thing: It's a pretty place where very nice friends of mine live.
It is close to Vienna and my dear Ludwig stays here for a while...
We drove behind the church and I had this
Annapet Technique's shot.

Fondest memory: I was not there for long but something in the air says me there is culture there. Those concerts in the park I was told they have during summer
will be part -oneday- of MUST HEAR tips.

Favorite thing: I do apologize for the dark picture. This is the kind of spot I would like to go in my next visit to Baden. It is a coffeeshop if you will with a long history. A very free translation from their web site says:
"When the municipality established this forest hotel in the year 1881, it received first the name "mountain yard". But then, the wedding of Kronprinzen Rudolf with duchess Stephanie came about and the place since then was known as Rudolfshof."
With the beautiful view over Baden up to the Leithagebirge, this restaurant is a very popular.
To get here you need a car. But trust me, it is a
MUST SEE.

http://members.aon.at/grasmucka/

Favorite thing: Important buildings in Baden are the Town-Hall (Rathaus) and this cozy Gothic church of Saint Stephen, which you can partially see in the drive-by shoot.

Pay attention Rathaus is written in German. But if you are interested in the English meaning, here goes a tip: the houses for big rats are usually located in London and Oklahoma.

Favorite thing: It took me by surprise; it was early May and well "off the beaten path" in Baden I found a street with
a row of trees in full blossom. Later in the "super beaten path" area, close to the Casino, I saw flowers but not in the trees. As matter of fact there were not trees with flowers in the whole area. Only in this street that who knows the name and who knows it was located. I just drive through and
Annapet's technique did the rest.

Fondest memory: I missed the name of these street.

Favorite thing: Baden has its own life. In themornig you can hear music coming out from several house in the neighborhood. Time for reharsal. Piano, violin, viola, chello.. you say it. It is llike a big orchestra without director and everyone playing a different
"tune". But Baden is close to Vienna and I guess that for many people is becomming like a bed-town. You work in Vienna, you sllep in Baden.
The tram these "kids" were waitnig for is the one that tooks you in 60 minutes to the city centre.

Favorite thing: Here we are in the Hauptplatz (Main Square). This kind of columns are very common in Austria, and I
am not sure to have seen them in Germany or other European countries. They commemorates the victory over the plague. Here in Baden is called the Trinity Column, and it is written there that was built in 1714. It seems that the plague badly affected Vienna and surrondings in middle
1600's. I am wrtting the palgue but I should write
a plague, because Vienna appears affected several times, over the years, by plagues. The plague and the rats are closely related, do not forget it.

Favorite thing: Starting in 1804, Ludwig spent the summer season of fully 15 years in Baden. The house shown in the picture was his residence. Since Vienna was not far away (45 minutes in tram car and 20 minutes by car using the highway) he repeatedly moved back and forth between his residences in both cities. I a not sure he had a proper international drving license, but who cares he was a genius. My friend, a professional musician, mentioned that the rumor has that many of the Ludwig-chan's
important works (thus became CDs that you can buy if oyu have money) where composed in Baden. For example, most of his Ninth Symphony, and part of the "Eroica".

It is noteworthy the spirit of the genius, of the man who is not mean with others because he knows his strength is genuine: In 1812, Banden was consumed by a great fire. Ludwig organized a charity concert in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, to help the victims.

Fondest memory: Listening to the stories in every spot of this pretty town.

Favorite thing: This bronze of 1912 (I am a metallurgist by training so believe me) is located in the Kurpark of Baden. Close to the hills. The "Britonnica Encyclopaedia" says that this memorial in honour of Johann Strauss, father (because there is a Johann Strauss, son and probably also a Johann Strauss, Holy Spirit) and Joseph Lanner "remind the visitor that many melodies were inspired by the town of Baden"; which is a good thing ot say of any town. Baden is close to the famous "Vienna's Woods" were even the wood rats can dance Viennese Waltz.

Fondest memory: Back to the future: The summer concerts in the
Kurpark of Baden are cool!!!!