Vienna, Austria

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M. The Vienna River from the Stadt Park, cut from a double illustration.

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K. Plan, the Western part of the Inner Town and Ringstrasse. (Reproduced by kind permission of the T.P.Review).

Scope and Contents From the sub-sub-series: The items in this series were originally formed of two large composite sheets. The first sheet (Coll-1167/A/7/1-17) contained two double illustrations and 15 single illustrations was dismembered prior to its transfer to the University of Edinburgh Archives and is now made up of one small sheet (containing double illustrations) and one large sheet (cut at left hand side) containing 15 illustrations. The second sheet (Coll-1167/A/7/18-35) was originally one large sheet showing 23 illustrations...

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WIEN. Gedr. V. G. Reiffenstein nach d. Nat. gez. P. Inch U. Wage.

Scope and Contents The items in this series were originally formed of two large composite sheets. The first sheet (Coll-1167/A/7/1-17) contained two double illustrations and 15 single illustrations was dismembered prior to its transfer to the University of Edinburgh Archives and is now made up of one small sheet (containing double illustrations) and one large sheet (cut at left hand side) containing 15 illustrations. The second sheet (Coll-1167/A/7/18-35) was originally one large sheet showing 23 illustrations...

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Photographic reproduction of Coll-1167/A/6/12. Typed label attached to mount reads "C.R.9 12 Vienna 1857 From the Cities Exhibition." Additional red lable reads "VIENNA". Additional text reads "The shaded blocks show the buildings erected on the glacis after 1857, the dotted parts are the inner and outer towns which existed before 1857. Public buildings are shown black". This was an original exhibit in Geddes' 1917 Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.

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Reproduction of a plan of Vienna in 1832, originally published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1833, (as were items in Coll-1167/A/5/15 - Harbour Towns). Hand coloured, with river coloured blue and glacis green. A glacis is a bank sloping down from a fort which exposes attackers to defenders' missiles. Text on the physical item reads "Note the two rings of fortification with the inner girdled by gardens."

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Reproduction, cut from a publication, of a plan of the Ringstrasse and inner town of Vienna, showing buildings erected on the glacis of the inner ring of Fortifications after 1857. Text reads "These erstwhile fortifications provided a site for the Ringstrasse, now the leading street in Vienna: affording sites for all the main public buildings." Pencil notes on mount, "enlarge to 10 x 9" and "30" in red pencil (see Coll-1167/A/7/35). No date given and unattributed.

Scope and Contents Schematic Diagram of Vienna in 1910 possibly by Camillo Sitte (1843-1903). This shows 1. the inner Ringstrasse as described in Coll-1167/A/6/11; 2. the middle ring street further out, marked "Girdle line" on the plan, which follows the line of more recent fortifications (presumably the outer ones on Coll-1167/A/6/11) and 3. "The recently acquired Wood and Meadow girdle. This new area includes the beautiful hills of the west of the city and affords endless opportunities for the development of...

Scope and Contents Duplicate diagram of Coll-1167/A/6/14a. Schematic Diagram of Vienna in 1910 possibly by Camillo Sitte (1843-1903). This shows 1. the inner Ringstrasse as described in Coll-1167/A/6/11; 2. the middle ring street further out, marked "Girdle line" on the plan, which follows the line of more recent fortifications (presumably the outer ones on Coll-1167/A/6/11) and 3. "The recently acquired Wood and Meadow girdle. This new area includes the beautiful hills of the west of the city and affords...