Terrible crimes in Vienna, hidden secrets of the inner city

Capuchin monastery: discovery of the monastery dungeon by Father Innocentius; were in these dungeons
Monks sometimes locked up for decades. The reasons for these incarcerations were
partly absurd: unauthorized afternoon walks, one-time abuse of one
Monastery officials and so on. Father Innocentius announced the dungeon to Emperor Joseph II, who held the dungeon
closed and transferred him to Lviv for his own safety. He later became a Protestant,
Freemason and advisor to the tsar.

Jaroszynski murder case, famous mainly for the involvement of the actress
Therese Krones. She was drawn into a murder case she had little to do with, and hers
Career was destroyed. Rumors that her extravagant desires had drawn Jaroszynski to despair and crime. In reality, Jaroszynski was just addicted to games and
heavily in debt.

Palais Bathory: city palace of Elisabeth Bathory - either one of the most dangerous
Serial killers of all time or the target of a violent intrigue to a countess of dubious
To eliminate loyalty. Known as the "blood countess" and alleged murderer of over 600
Virgins, who are also said to have bathed in the blood of their victims in order to enhance their youth and beauty
receive.

Place of the Demel, whose authorized signatory was Udo Proksch in the 1970s; the Lucona-
The affair was planned here: a far overinsured freighter was chartered for Asia
an explosive charge hidden on board. This conspiracy eventually led to mass murder and
massive insurance fraud. The investigation of the affair took years since Proksch had relationships in
had all directions.

Ferstel Palace:
Former location of the “Zu den Fünf Morden” house, site of the most notorious
Mass murder of medieval Vienna. The perpetrator became, probably unique to Vienna,
impaled because his deed - five murders, including a seven-year-old - as special
was considered terrible. The executioner was not very experienced in this type of execution, so the execution
took extremely long.

Former Hotel Klomser (opposite Palais Ferstel):
The place where Colonel Redls' suicide ended the greatest spy affair of the monarchy. This affair could have been a decisive factor for the First World War. The discovery of Redl's espionage activity destroyed the reputation of the army and exposed the vulnerability of the completely underfunded "Evidenzbureau" (secret service).

Anna Gaugisch murder, dismembered by her boyfriend Raimund Lewisch in 1861
has been. Some of her body parts were found in the Danube, some in the one located here
Wrought. In this way, Raimund Lewisch wanted an uncomfortable woman whom he made pregnant
get out of the way. Before that he was the other blacksmiths by dissecting one
Cat noticed.

Lynch murder of the war minister Theodor Baillet de Latour in the course of the revolution year
1848. One of the rare cases of political violence in Vienna, and the beginning of the “Wiener
October Revolution ”, the far more violent last section of this revolution, the finally
ended with a real recapture. The civil arsenal is in the same place,
that was looted during the revolution.

Hannakenkönig, the surgeon who caused broken bones himself to be
To improve business. He set out trip hazards to provoke injuries, which he then
could heal. The Hannaken were a minority in Moravia, often looking for work in Vienna
came. The fountain shows two men who take an injured comrade to the "Hannakenkönig"
bring.

Section of the city wall on which the Zahlheim case took place; Paying home
last wheeled in Vienna. This death penalty for murderers was extremely cruel and became too
this time in most countries. Particularly noteworthy because of this
happened at the time of Joseph II, who usually rejected the death penalty. The facts in this
Fall forced him to make this decision.

Thekla Riener, played by her husband Anton Grünborn with instruments from the
Courthouse was tortured here. She was supposed to betray her supposed lover, but there was
not him at all. It was the culmination of a series of insane acts driven by his
Jealousy of imaginary lovers. He accidentally killed her, her parents became
insane.

Alleged “standard bread loaf” by the city of Vienna, symbol of brutal
Quality assurance measures in the Middle Ages. True part of the legend: "baptism of bakers" for bad
Baker. Bakers were put in a cage and dipped several times into the Danube; a far
widespread punishment. In English-speaking countries there was a similar punishment for women in dispute
intended.

Former place of the Malefizspitzbubenhaus (executioner's apartment
and dungeon). The only witch burned in Vienna, the Plainacher, was held here
and tortured. She had been charged, her epileptic granddaughter bewitched, and demons summoned
to have. Witch persecutions were not common in Vienna, but here the city judge had to go
Avoid public pressure.

Former place of the Himmelpfort monastery, in which a nun was walled in in 1319
because she didn't want to part with her lover whom her father hated. Practically one
Viennese variant of "Romeo and Juliet": the mayor and his archenemy, whose children are good
Friends are. When the mayor's son asks for Anna's hand, her father condemns her
a life as a nun instead of agreeing to the connection.