Description: Ischl from the Imperial Villa Original wood engraving from a letter from 1879 (no reprint) One sheet printed on the reverse.Stitch size approx. 23x15cm. Condition: paper slightly browned due to age, otherwise good - see scan! Of course, the shipping is fast and packed securely! Questions, please send a mail - Questions, please send a mail.Please also consider my other auctions ! I offer many more lithographs and engravings - use the shop search. Shipping costs are only charged once for multiple items purchased! Documentation: Ischl's heyday begins, despite its economic significance, in the 19th century. Century. In 1821, the Viennese doctor Franz Wirer came to Ischl and found out about the successes of the salt flats physician Josef Götz, who had been testing the effects of brine baths on sick salt flats workers since 1807. The first about 40 (external) spa guests appeared in 1822. The following year the number of guests doubled. 1823 can be seen as the actual founding year for the first Ischler spa as a brine bath. The brine bathing room (Tänzelbad) built by the salt pan cashier Michael Tänzl in his house on the Traun had to be expanded as early as 1825. Ischl soon rose to become a health resort of European importance. The number of guests who came to Ischl - including State Chancellor Metternich and Archduke Rudolf - grew steadily. In 1827 the archducal couple Franz Karl and Sophie, the parents of the later Emperor Franz Josef, took their first cure here. In 1827/1828 Franz and Magdalena Koch built the Posthof (Gasthof zur Post), the first hotel in the Salzkammergut. The high point of Ischl's heyday was the period from 1849 to 1914 as an imperial summer residence under Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1853 Franz Joseph became engaged to Elisabeth (Sisi) in Bavaria in what was then the Seeauerhaus, which is now the museum of the city of Bad Ischl. From the summer of 1863, the important composer Anton Bruckner always came to Ischl for the Emperor's birthday and for other festive occasions of the imperial family as court organist. Bruckner liked to describe himself as the "emperor's organist". He played on 31. July 1890 for the wedding of Archduchess Marie Valerie with Archduke Franz Salvator on the organ Variations on the Imperial Hymn, combined with the Hallelujah from Messiah by George Frideric Handel. Bruckner was then invited to dinner at the Hotel Post. On 2. On August 18, 1890, Bruckner gave his own organ concert. He often visited his friend Attwenger. A commemorative plaque on the parish church commemorates Bruckner's stays. There is also an entry by Bruckner in the guest book of the Zauner confectionery. Ischl was the summer residence of many other popular composers, above all Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár and Johannes Brahms, but other musicians from the turn of the century also regularly spent the summer here; many of them were probably also looking for the proximity of the court that was staying on site. This is how Ischl developed during the time of the Danube monarchy as a meeting place for artists of world renown. Operetta weeks are still held every year during the summer months in the Kurhaus. In 1906 Ischl was renamed Bad Ischl. on the 18th On July 1, 1914, Emperor Franz Joseph wrote the manifesto An Meine Völker! in the Imperial Villa in Bad Ischl, in which he declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia. This was to be the start of the First World War. In 1920, Bad Ischl was designated a health resort by the state government. After the July Putsch, the National Socialist activists Franz Unterberger and Franz Saureis were arrested in Bad Ischl for possessing explosives. At the trial in the Vienna Regional Criminal Court they were found guilty, on 20. Sentenced to death and executed in August 1934. During the Nazi era, they were honored with a grave of honor at the Bad Ischl cemetery. In 1940 Bad Ischl was elevated to the status of a town. After the end of the Second World War in 1945, Bad Ischl was part of the American occupation zone in occupied post-war Austria. A DP camp was set up by the American military administration to accommodate so-called displaced persons. The camp was administered by UNRRA. Source: Wikipedia Ischl's heyday begins, despite its economic significance, in the 19th century. Century. In 1821, the Viennese doctor Franz Wirer came to Ischl and found out about the successes of the salt flats physician Josef Götz, who had been testing the effects of brine baths on sick salt flats workers since 1807. The first about 40 (external) spa guests appeared in 1822. The following year the number of guests doubled. 1823 can be seen as the actual founding year for the first Ischler spa as a brine bath. The brine bathing room (Tänzelbad) built by the salt pan cashier Michael Tänzl in his house on the Traun had to be expanded as early as 1825. Ischl soon rose to become a health resort of European importance. The number of guests who came to Ischl - including State Chancellor Metternich and Archduke
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