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Hohe Warte 3 (19.) ☐
(Villa Hohe Warte)

Franziska Gräfin Andrássy

Franziska Countess Andrássy

Franziska Seraphika, née Hablawetz (1836-1902)
dedicated her villa as a girls' orphanage and founded the neighboring land (Hohe Warte 3) for the construction of a Christian boys' orphanage (opened in 1914).

Hans Bitterlich
1914

Description

Leaning over a four-sided pedestal with a relief of Franziska Andrassy is a statue of a female figure (also Franziska Andrassy?), holding protectively in her arms a child kneeling on the pedestal.

Inscription(s)

FRANZISKA
GRAEFIN
ANDRASSY

Sculptor

Hans Bitterlich (Wien 1860 - Wien 1949), Austrian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wien.at, Wien Kulturgut.
Wien Geschichte Wiki, Andrássydenkmal.

Locatie (N 48°14'42" - E 16°21'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atwi166; Photograph: 16 September 2016
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