Family Henckel von Donnersmarck, Family Leitenberger – At Home

Two Viennese Ringstraßen-Family-Palaces can be explored here: Radisson SAS Palais Hotel, Parkring 16.
I had the chance and enough time to see them – the two grand staircases, one with paintings made by Dutch painters during the 14th century, the Ball Room, the noble dark Smoking Parlour, the Pink Hall, the Golden Hall with its wainscot and three ceiling frescos and the Tea Parlour (photo), once a sleeping room. Three days I have been working in this extract of the Viennese history at a Conferene. For many of the participants it was their first trip to Europe and we were proud to present Viennese past.

Hugo, Count Henckel von Donnersmarck did a lot to develop industry, agriculture and forestry in the 19th century. His Ringstraßen-Palace

Jaromir Mundy – Rescue!?

Who is the deplorable man commemorated with a memorial at one of the places in Vienna where traffic roars most? I wondered about this quite often near the Danube channel, Urania, Stubenring on my way to the airport.

There in the triangle of Radetzkystraße 1 / Obere Weißgerberstraße 2 the architects Ferdinand Hrach and Franz Gruber built the first central station of the „Wiener Freiwilligen Rettungsgesellschaft“ (Viennese Voluntary First Aid Association)

Erwin Perzy I, II, III – Made in Vienna

Made in Vienna: awfully sweet & heavy cake, musik on New Years’ Day, wine from the world largest inner-city vineyards (700 hectare) and, and, and…
And – a patented „Glass Globe with Snow-Effect“. A safe Viennes world to take away. Did you know this?

My snow globes today are the nearly unaltered Canaletto-View or the view from Leopoldsberg and, and, and…