Strudlhofstiege
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The Strudlhofstiege is an outdoor staircase in the Viennese
district of Alsergrund
.
Opened on November 29, 1910. It was built by a design of Johann Theodor Jaeger and is regarded as an important Jugendstil work. It was renovated in 1984 and 2009.
Like the street on which it can be found, it is named after the sculptor and painter Peter Strudel
, who owned property on the street above the staircase.
The 1951 novel
Die Strudlhofstiege oder Melzer und die Tiefe der Jahre (The Strudlhof Steps or Melzer and the Depth of the Years), written by the Austria
n author Heimito von Doderer
, is named after the staircase, around which some central plot points take place.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
district of Alsergrund
Alsergrund
Alsergrund is the ninth district of Vienna, Austria . It is located just north of the first, central district, Innere Stadt. Alsergrund was incorporated in 1862, with seven suburbs. The area is densely populated, with a lot of government-built housing. According to the census of 2001, there were...
.
Like the street on which it can be found, it is named after the sculptor and painter Peter Strudel
Peter Strudel
Peter Strudel or Peter Strudl was an Austrian sculptor and painter. His work forms the transition of Austria to the high baroque style.Strudel was born in Cles, Trentino....
, who owned property on the street above the staircase.
The 1951 novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
Die Strudlhofstiege oder Melzer und die Tiefe der Jahre (The Strudlhof Steps or Melzer and the Depth of the Years), written by the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n author Heimito von Doderer
Heimito von Doderer
Heimito von Doderer was a famous Austrian writer.- Life and work :...
, is named after the staircase, around which some central plot points take place.