Baden bei Wien or Baden near Vienna is located 25 kilometers south of Vienna, on the vine-covered slopes of the Vienna Woods. The 36 ° C warm sulfur thermal springs in Austria's most important spa town have been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times. An imperial spa for centuries, Baden experienced its heyday between 1796 and 1938. The spa facilities such as spa parks, baths and theaters are embedded in the beautiful Biedermeier town. In the extensive villa belt, the rich and famous of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy met with great minds and artists. Seldom do city and nature flow together so harmoniously as in Baden. The world health resort is a candidate for a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Great Spas of Europe.
By plane
The best way to get to Baden by car
from Vienna-Schwechat Airport (IATA Code: VIE) is via A4-S1-A2; by
public transport with the S-Bahn line S7 to Wien-Rennweg - go to the
other side of the central platform - and continue with an S-Bahn or
a regional train towards Baden or Wiener Neustadt. Caution: some
S-Bahn trains to Wiener Neustadt run on the Pottendorfer line and
therefore do not pass Baden. You have to take an S-Bahn line with a
single-digit number (S1, S2 or S3). Travel time approx. 1:15 h, fare
for four zones in the VOR (Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region), that is 8.40
euros as of 1/2015.
For sports pilots, about 10 km southwest
of Baden is the Vöslau airfield (LOAV) with an 869 meter long
asphalt runway http://www.loav.at
In the street
Baden is
on the A2 E59 Süd Autobahn (Vienna-Graz), exits 21 Baden and 24 Bad
Vöslau. The drive from Vienna city center takes about 30-60 minutes,
depending on the traffic situation.
Coming from the west
(Linz, Salzburg) it is best to take the A1 E60 West Autobahn to the
Steinhäusl junction, change to the A21 E60 Wiener Außenring Autobahn
(signposted: Wien Süd / Ost, Graz, Budapest) and follow it to the
exit 17 Mayerling. Turn right onto the B11 and after 2 km in the
village of Alland turn left onto the B210. You can reach Baden
through the beautiful Helenental valley from the west. Caution: No
drive through for trucks.
Coming from the south-east
(Eisenstadt, Sopron) take the A3 to exit 9 Ebreichsdorf West and
follow the B210 westwards directly to Baden. Caution: No drive
through for trucks.
Coming from Mödling, you can also take
the beautiful panoramic route through the vineyards on the eastern
edge of the Vienna Woods, via Gumpoldskirchen and Pfaffstätten.
By train
Baden is easily accessible via the Südbahn with
S-Bahn and regional trains from Wiener Neustadt and Vienna (S-Bahn
main line, including access in Meidling, main station below,
Wien-Mitte and Praterstern) and Mödling.
In addition, Baden
is connected to Vienna by the Vienna-Baden local railway, which
operates as a tram in Vienna and Baden and only uses its own track
structure on the overland route. The travel time from Vienna with
the "Badner Bahn" is significantly longer than with the regional
trains, but you have a free connection from city center to city
center. Furthermore, the local train stops among others. also in
Traiskirchen, Guntramsdorf, Wiener Neudorf and Vösendorf.
The
fare from Vienna to Baden is - regardless of whether you take the
S-Bahn or the Badnerbahn - three zones in the Verkehrsverbund
Ost-Region (VOR) that is 6.80 euros as of 10/2015. Anyone who
already has a valid ticket for the '' 'Vienna core zone' '', which
ends at the Vösendorf-Siebenhirten station, must buy a connecting
ticket to Baden from there.
The manageable size of the city, in particular the central pedestrian zone in the old town and the historic park, make a visit on foot advisable. The urban area is also relatively well developed by 3 city bus lines.
Baden is an important spa town due to the hot sulphur springs. These
sulphur springs have been known for thousands of years. The oldest
sulfur spring is located in a tunnel under the casino. Today, the water
comes from fourteen springs, which are among the most sulphurous in
Austria. In addition to the springs, Baden is also a climatic health
resort due to its good air conditions.
The cityscape is strongly
influenced by the Biedermeier period, in the early 19th century the city
experienced a strong economic upswing and first cultural flourishing due
to the bathing tourism from Vienna. Baden is a member of the Association
of Small Historical Towns.
Since 2012, the festival "Bathing in
white" has been held annually over a weekend in the summer.
Since
2018, in cooperation with the French municipality of La Gacilly, the
photo festival of the same name has been taking place throughout the
entire territory of the city during the summer months. The exhibitions
of the past years were:
2018: I love Africa
2019: Hymn to the
Earth
2020: A lot of new things in the East
2021: Viva Latina!
Theatre
Baden's theatrical life is mainly characterized by
operetta performances. Performances take place throughout the year in
the Stadttheater (built 1908-1909 by Ferdinand Fellner the Younger,
office Fellner & Helmer), during the summer also in the Sommerarena
(built 1906 by Rudolf Krausz).
Casino Baden
The casino in
Baden was built according to the plans of the architects Eugen
Fassbender and Maximilian Katscher in the years 1884 to 1886 as a new
spa house. The building was built in the Neo-Renaissance style instead
of the old Theresienbad in the Kurpark. After several renovations, it
was reopened in 1995 as the largest casino in Europe, including a
congress and event center. The casino is regularly used for cultural
events (readings, concerts and especially balls), and the Ave Verum
International Choir Competition is also held there.
City Library
The Stadtbücherei Baden was founded in 1940/41. At that time it had
3,000 volumes and 22,332 loans for 1,349 readers (including 300 spa
guests). in 1959, she moved to the Kaiser-Franz-Ring 9 location, the
Zellerhof, where the registry office is also located. The Weikersdorf
branch was opened in 1964 with a free-hand collection of books, and the
main library was also designed as a free-hand library in 1973-1975. In
2008, the library had 52,480 loans for 26,095 visitors, it included
31,303 media (26,602 books, 1,184 magazine issues from 43 subscriptions,
3,517 audio/video media).
Museums and exhibition halls
Arnulf-Rainer-Museum
Beethoven House
House of Art
The
Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Museum
Doll museum
Rollettmuseum
Buildings
Bathing aqueduct
Scharfeneck Castle
Bürgerspital
Rauheneck Castle ruins
Rauhenstein Castle ruins
Frauenkirche
Imperial family
Parish Church of Baden-St. Stephen
Parish Church
of Baden-St. Christoph
Parish Church Baden-Leesdorf
Sauerhof
Leesdorf Castle
Weikersdorf Castle
The Synagogue of Baden
Theresienwarte
Villa Eugen
Beethoven-Kino Baden
Cemetery
Stadtpfarrfriedhof Baden
Helenenfriedhof
Jewish Cemetery Baden
Derelict buildings
Central Hotel
Sanatorium Gutenbrunn
Weilburg Castle
Site design
As part of the European
competition "Entente Florale Europe", Baden was awarded a gold medal in
the city category in 2005.
Theme parks
Kurpark Baden near
Vienna
Doblhoffpark with rosarium and monument to Rudolf Geschwind:
The former castle park of Weikersdorf Castle is named after the noble
Doblhoff family, who owned the castle and park from 1741 until the
purchase by the municipality of Baden in 1966. In 1969, a rosarium was
opened in the approximately 8-hectare park in cooperation with the
municipality, the Austrian nurseries and the architect Viktor
Mödlhammer.
Gutenbrunner Park
Weikersdorfer Park
Helenental
Königshöhle
Sport
ASV Baden - Football Club
1. Badener
Beach Volleyball Club (BBV)
Badener Tennis Club
Badener Beach
Volleyball Club
Badener AC – the oldest and most successful sports
club in the city consisting of several branch clubs
Black Jacks -
Basketball Club
Fecht Union Baden
SG-Baden (Schützengesellschaft,
since 1560)
Thermal beach bath
Trabrennplatz
The first archaeological finds from the royal cave near the Rauheneck
castle ruins can be dated almost 3000 years BC
Later finds
testify to the presence of Celts in the territory of Baden.
With
the spread of Rome to Pannonia, the city came into intensive contact
with Roman culture. The Romans actively used the warm sulfur springs,
which are already dated in local directories at that time. Local
viticulture was also intensified.
During the reign of Emperor
Claudius (41-54 AD), the settlement was given the name Aquae (English:
baths), which directly indicates its important role as a spa even then -
estates, several temples and also a Roman barracks were built in the
era. The local population mixed with Roman immigrants and became
increasingly Romanized.
In 869 the place was mentioned again as
"Padun".
Baden was granted market rights in 1341 and city rights
in 1480 by Frederick III (as the only town between St.
Pölten-Vienna-Bruck an der Leitha and Wiener Neustadt-Ebenfurth until
the 19th century).).
In 1488, the Hungarian Queen Beatrix visited
the city to cure her childlessness.
The Saxon elector, later King
of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, August the Strong secretly
converted to the Catholic faith on June 1, 1697 in the Catholic court
chapel, today's Frauenkirche (see August the Strong). The Turkish
invasions with the destruction of Baden in both 1529 and 1683, the
turmoil of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the plague in 1713
and a major fire in 1714 were decisive events in the life of the city.
Before the adoption of the tolerance patents for the Jews in Vienna
and Lower Austria by Joseph II at the end of the 18th century. if for a
long time no people of the Jewish faith were able to settle, they were
also largely prevented from visiting the municipal baths. As a result of
the tolerance patents, however, a small center of Jewish culture was
found at Bäckerstraße 363 (today Breyerstraße 3) from the 19th century
and a Jewish community was established. Until the Second World War, the
community continued to grow and in 1934 it was even the third largest
Jewish community in Austria.
Emperor Franz I spent every summer
in Baden from 1796 to 1834 and made the city his summer residence. As a
result, Baden became an important spa resort. In the wake of the court,
the upper social class also came in the summer to relax in Baden and go
on a summer vacation.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a frequent
guest between 1773 and 1791. The "Ave Verum Corpus" for the Baden
schoolmaster Anton Stoll was created in 1791 in today's Mozarthof in
Renngasse and premiered in the parish church. Mozart also conducted the
Missa brevis in B (KV 275), which he had written, there in the same
year. Parts of his operas "Die Zauberflöte" and "La clemenza di Tito"
were also demonstrably created in the spa town.
After the great
city fire in 1812, the city was rebuilt in the Biedermeier style
according to plans by Joseph Kornhäusel and received its cityscape,
which by and large is still preserved today.
Ludwig van Beethoven
came to Baden frequently in the following years and composed, among
other things, the 4th movement of his 9th symphony with the "Ode to
Joy", today's European anthem. Significant parts of the "Missa
Solemnis", the "Eroica" and the "Pastorale" have also been created in
the city.
In 1832, an unsuccessful assassination attempt on the
imperial heir to the throne, Ferdinand, who was already crowned king of
Hungary at that time, occurred in the city by the retired captain Franz
Reidl with a pistol. The Crown Prince was only slightly injured.
in 1850, the then neighboring villages of Leesdorf and Gutenbrunn were
incorporated.
Katharina Schratt, the most important lover of
Emperor Franz Josef, was a native of Baden and became one of the most
important Austrian actresses of her time.
In 1876, Alfred Nobel
met his long-time lover and partner, Sofie Hess, in Baden.
Bathing was provided with electric current very early. Already in 1894,
the second electric railway in Austria was opened with the Baden tram,
which from 1895 connected neighboring Bad Vöslau with Baden. As a
result, the Badner Bahn (Vienna Local Railway), which still exists
today, was built in 1907.
in 1912 the town was united with
Weikersdorf and expanded to the present municipal area.
In the
First World War, the city also played an important role: in 1916, the
Army High Command, the command center for all units (incl. k.u.k.
Kriegsmarine) of the Armed Forces of Austria-Hungary, moved from Teschen
in Austrian Silesia to Baden, to the Imperial House, and stayed here
until the end of the war in November 1918. In addition, Baden was even
officially the residence of the k.u.k. court from February to June 1918.
The last emperor, Charles I, who held the military command in contrast
to his elderly predecessor Franz Joseph I. therefore, he stayed
frequently in Baden throughout his reign.
The opening of the
casino in 1934 secured Baden's status as the most important health
resort in Austria.
In the course of the November pogroms in 1938,
the interior of the synagogue was destroyed, the building was then taken
over by the National Socialist People's Welfare.
A bombing raid
on April 2, 1945 – in the penultimate month of World War II – destroyed
individual buildings.
The city once again played an important
role in the post-war period: from 1945 to 1955, Baden was the
headquarters of the Soviet occupying power in Austria. Especially in the
first period of the occupation, looting, rapes and shootings occurred by
soldiers of the Red Army. Some of those imprisoned (and sometimes
tortured) in the Nikoladonivilla (Schimmergasse 17) in Baden were
deported to the USSR.
After 1965, the entire tourist
infrastructure of the resort was renewed. Today Baden is again
considered one of the most important health resorts in Austria (see also
Tourism in Austria#Spa and wellness tourism).
"A memorial was
erected in Baden (on Josefsplatz) in memory of the people persecuted and
murdered by the Nazi regime," reports ORF. The project of the
municipality, the Jewish community of Baden and civil society was
completed in April 2017.
In July 2021, Baden was included in the
UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the major spa cities of Europe.
See also: History of Lower Austria, history of the Vienna Woods
The majority (62.7%) of the inhabitants of Baden are Roman Catholic.
The most famous church is the parish church of St. Stephen.
8.3%
are Protestant and 3.6% are Orthodox. 4.0% profess Islam. 16.8% are
without religious confession. The small (0.1%) Jewish community made
efforts to renovate the synagogue in Baden through its synagogue
association. The renovation was completed in 2005 and the Baden
Synagogue was re-consecrated. The building, originally built in 1873,
and the Vienna City Temple are today the only two Jewish religious
buildings in Austria from the period before 1945 that stand in their
original use.
The southern railway runs through Baden, the city is the terminus of
the Badner Bahn, which connects Baden with Vienna. Due to the proximity
to the Südautobahn, Baden is conveniently located from a traffic point
of view.
The Baden tram existed from 1873 to 1951.
The economy is characterized on the one hand by the spa and conference business, on the other hand by the casino (a location of Casinos Austria and at the same time the largest casino in Austria). In addition, there is the viticulture operated in the area.
In the densely built-up area, Baden is almost completely open to biogenic district heating, which is generated in the biomass combined heat and power plant Baden. The public buildings, such as schools, offices, also spa companies and large-volume residential buildings are supplied with district heating. Baden is one of the e5 municipalities that is undergoing an international test to achieve climate targets. Baden does not yet have the highest award, as 24 other municipalities in Austria (as of March 2019) can achieve. However, this highest standard will be sought in the upcoming tests. In addition, Baden is trying to positively influence climate change at the municipal level through urban planning competitions. In future tenders of the city in the construction sector, climate policy approaches should be given special consideration.
As the administrative center of the Baden district, the city is the
seat of regional authorities and other public institutions such as
schools and health facilities.
Offices and authorities
District Court
Bezirkshauptmannschaft
District police command and
police inspection
Tax office
Lower Austria Agricultural District
Authority (branch office)
Stadtpolizei (Austria's largest municipal
police, about 40 police officers)
Surveying Office
Albrecht II (1897-1955), son of Archduke Friedrich of Austria-Teschen
Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck (1918-2017), military historian and
museum director
Louis V. Arco (1899-1975), actor
Gregor Aufmesser
(born 1988), jazz musician
Vincent Bach (1890-1976), founder of the
American manufacturer of brass instruments of the same name
Heinz
Becker (born 1950), politician, Member of the European Parliament
Peter Ludwig Berger (1896-1978), lawyer, party and trade union official
Wilhelm Bersch (1868-1918), chemist and agronomist
Hugo Bettauer
(1872-1925), writer
Ralph Wiener, born as Felix Ecke (* 1924),
Austrian-German lawyer, cabaret artist and writer
August Breininger
(born 1944), Mayor of the city of Baden near Vienna
Vesel Demaku
(born 2000), football player
Patrick Derdak (born 1990), football
player
Mario Dorner (born 1970), football player and coach
Daniel
Dunst (born 1984), football player
Klaus Eberhard (born 1956), ski
racer
Thomas Ebner (born 1992), football player
Rainer Egger
(1935-2009), historian, General Director-Deputy of the Austrian State
Archives
Willi End (1921-2013), Austrian mountaineer
Lucie English
(1902-1965), actress
Joseph Leopold Faistenberger (1764-1835),
musician and composer
Albert Figdor (1843-1927), banker and art
collector
Bert Fortell (1924-1996), actor
Josef Frank (1885-1967),
Austrian-Swedish architect
Paul Friedländer (1891-1942/43),
politician and journalist
Lukas Alfred Fuchs (born 1991), director,
video and film designer, cinematographer
Mizzi Griebl (1872-1952),
Austrian singer and actress
Paul Guttmann (1879-1942), actor,
director and stage manager
Carl Ludwig Habsburg (1918-2007), fifth
child of Emperor Charles I of Austria and of Empress Zita
Julius Hahn
(1890-1972), lawyer and politician, Mayor of Baden
Marianne Hainisch
(1839-1936), women's rights activist
Dorit Hanak (1938-2021), opera,
operetta and concert singer
Maria Hanau-Strachwitz (1922-2005),
writer
Gaby Herbst (1945-2015), actress
Erwin Hoffer (born 1987),
football player
Natalie von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst,
Ratibor and Corvey (* July 28, 1911; † March 11, 1989), second-born
daughter of Maria Henriette Archduchess of Austria
Georg Michael
Höllering (1897-1980), Austrian-British author and film director
Besian Idrizaj (1987-2010), football player
Sebastian Käferle (born
1996), basketball player
Helmut Karner (born 1947), manager,
management consultant and university lecturer
Jan Kirchmayer (born
2003), football player
Johann Baptist Klerr (1830-1875),
Kapellmeister and composer
Ludwig Klerr (1826-1882), Kapellmeister
and composer
Jakob Knollmüller (born 2003), football player
Veronika Kratochwil (born 1988), sports soldier and water jumper
Willy Kreuzer (1947-2019), composer and alpinist
Max Kuttner (1883
[or: 1880] - 1953), German opera, operetta tenor, record and radio
singer
Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943), discoverer of blood groups,
Nobel laureate
Heinrich von Lützow (1852-1935), Austro-Hungarian
diplomat
Hertha Martin (1930-2004), actress
Béla Mavrák (born
1966), Tenor
Thomas Mayer (born 1962), journalist
Johannes
Mayerhofer (1859-1925), artist and author
Heribert Meisel
(1920-1966), sports journalist and sports presenter on ORF and ZDF
Maximilian Melcher (1922-2002), visual artist and university teacher
Eduard Melkus (born 1928), violinist and violist
Sascha Merényi (born
1968) Actor
Gerald Messlender (1961-2019), football player
Leopold
von Meyer (1816-1883), pianist and composer
Eva Mückstein (born
1958), politician
Josef Müllner (1879-1968), sculptor
Rosa Papier
(1859-1932), opera singer and vocal pedagogue
Herbert Pauli (born
1952), writer and filmmaker
Jakob Pazeller (1869-1957), composer
Karl Pfeifer (1928-2023), journalist
Othmar Pickl (1927-2008),
historian
Pia Maria Plechl (1933-1995), journalist and author
Felix Angelo Pollak (1882-1936), architect
Thomas Prazak (born 1980),
actor
Paul Prigl (1921-1988), politician
Arnulf Rainer (born
1929), painter
Fritz Reichl (1890-1959), architect
Max Reinhardt
(1873-1943), theatre director and artistic director
Franz Josef Reinl
(1903-1977), composer
Stefanie Reinsperger (born 1988), actress
Franz Reznicek (1903-1999), architect
Alexander Rollett (1834-1903),
physiologist and histologist
Georg Anton Rollett (1778-1842),
collector, naturalist and physician
Hermann Rollett (1819-1904),
Vormärz poet, art writer and city archivist
Maximilian Sax (born
1992), football player
Herbert Schambeck (1934-2023), Lawyer
Hermann Scheunemann (born 1940), Hamburg politician
Franz Xaver
Schmidt (1857-1916), master builder and architect
Katharina Schratt
(1853-1940), actress
Melanie Schurgast (born 1990), football player
Anton Maria Schwartz (1852-1929), Catholic priest, founder of the
Kalasantine Order
Ferdinand Sigg (1877-1930), Swiss entrepreneur and
manufacturer of aluminium household goods
Rudolf Steinboeck
(1908-1996), actor, director
Peter Klaus Steiner (born 1937),
geologist and writer
Alfred Stern (1899-1980), Austrian-American
philosopher and university lecturer
Norbert Anton Stigler
(1942-2020), religious priest of the Cistercian Monastery Heiligenkreuz,
pastor and university professor
Matthias Strebinger (1807-1874),
violinist, composer
Marlene Streeruwitz (born 1950), writer
Josef
Stummvoll (1902-1982), Director General of the Austrian National Library
Theodor Tomandl (born 1933), legal scholar
Thomas Vanek (born 1984),
ice hockey player
Ignaz Vitzthumb (1724-1816), composer
Wolfgang
Weiser (1928-1996), actor
Erik Werba (1918-1992), pianist and
composer
Ralph Wiener (1924-2024), cabaret artist and author
Elisabet Woska (1938-2013), actress
Robert Wuku (1853-1911),
clergyman, theologian and author
Peter Zumpf (1944-2003), writer
Rosa Albach-Retty (1874-1980), Austrian actress
Bernhard
Baumeister (1827-1917), German actor
Michael Lazar Biedermann
(1769-1843), Austrian wholesaler, Royal court jeweler, banker and
manufacturer
Franz Bilko (1894-1968), Austrian painter, draftsman and
commercial graphic artist
Jella Braun-Fernwald (1894-1965), Austrian
opera and concert singer
Anton Brenek (1848-1908), Austrian sculptor
Artur Graf von Bylandt-Rheidt (1854-1915), Austrian politician
Franz
Doppler (1821-1883), Austro-Hungarian composer
Vladan Đorđević
(1844-1930), Serbian physician, author and politician
Luise von
Eichendorff (1804-1883), lived in Baden after 1844
Anton Elbel
(1834-1912), Austrian engineer and locomotive designer
Wilhelm
Freiherr von Engerth (1814-1884), Austrian architect and mechanical
engineer
Heimo Erbse (1924-2005), German composer and opera director
Ernst Faseth (1917-2008), Austrian (television) chef
Richard Genée
(1823-1895), German-Austrian librettist, playwright and composer
Carl
Freiherr von Giskra (1820-1879), Austrian statesman
Hermann Goethe
(1837-1911), German specialist in viticulture, pomology and oenology,
founding director of the School of Viticulture Marburg an der Drau
(today: Maribor)
Karl Ludwig von Grünne (1808-1884), Austrian general
Moritz Güdemann (1835-1918), German-Austrian rabbi and theologian
Albert Paris Gütersloh (1887-1973), Austrian painter and writer
Christoph Hartung (1779-1853), physician and pioneer of homeopathy
Hans Holt (1909-2001), Austrian actor
Carl Holzmann (1849-1914),
Austrian architect
Judith Holzmeister (1920-2008), Austrian actress
Franz von Hopfen (1825-1901), Moravian landowner, banker and politician
Emil Jellinek (1853-1918), Austro-Hungarian businessman and diplomat
Wilhelm Karczag (1857-1923), Old Austrian theatre director and writer
Felix Kerl (1802-1876), manufacturer, wholesaler, shareholder and
entrepreneur
Anton Freiherr von Klesheim (1812-1884), Austrian poet
and actor
Karl Koller (1929-2009), Austrian football player
Josef
Kollmann (1868-1951), Austrian textile merchant and politician, mayor of
the city of Baden near Vienna
Karl Komzák (1850-1905), Austrian-Czech
composer
Tobias Krause (1965-2005), German-Austrian television
producer
Wilhelm Viktor Krausz (1878-1959), Austrian painter
Hans
Kuzel (1859-1922), Austrian chemist
Ernst Lauda (1892-1963), Austrian
physician
Sigi Maron (1944-2016), singer-songwriter
Paula Menotti
(1870-1939), Austrian singer
Alois Miesbach (1791-1857), Austrian
construction industrialist
Karl Millöcker (1842-1899), Austrian
operetta composer
Wenzel Müller (1759-1835), Austrian composer and
theatre bandmaster
Helene Odilon (1863-1939), German-Austrian theater
actress
Franz Olah (1910-2009), Austrian politician
Marika Rökk
(1913-2004), German-Austrian film actress
Rudolf of Austria
(1788-1831), Archduke of Austria, Archbishop of Olomouc, Cardinal
William of Austria (1827-1894), Archduke of Austria, High and German
champion
David Popper (1843-1913), Czech cellist and composer
Theodor Reuter (1837-1902), Austrian architect
Franz Sacher
(1816-1907), Austrian confectioner, inventor of the Sacher cake
Moritz Gottlieb Saphir (1795-1858), Austrian writer and journalist
Georg von Scheidlein (1747-1826), Austrian jurist and university
lecturer
Max Schönherr (1903-1984), Austrian composer, conductor and
music writer
Josef von Sedlnitzky (1778-1855), Austrian court
official, head of the police and Censorship court office under
Metternich
Johann Philipp von Stadion (1763-1824), Austrian statesman
Lilly Stepanek (1912-2004), Austrian actress
Felix Stika (1887-1971),
Austrian politician
Margarete Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten
(1893-1969), Austrian publisher, storyteller and women's rights activist
Heinrich Strecker (1893-1981), Austrian composer of operettas and
Viennese songs
Walter Varndal (1901-1993), Austrian actor, part of
stage and film
Vincenz August Wagner (1790-1833), lawyer and
university lecturer at the University of Vienna
Ferdinand Weiss
(1933-2022), Austrian composer, conductor and music educator
Carl
Zeller (1842-1898), Austrian composer
Fritz Zerbst (1909-1994),
Austrian Protestant theologian
Ernst Zwilling (1904-1990), Austrian
Africa researcher and travel writer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), composer of the Viennese
classical period, his Ave verum corpus was written here and premiered in
the parish church of Baden-St. Stephan
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827), spent his summers in Baden near Vienna for 15 years and
wrote essential parts of his 9th Symphony, today's European anthem,
here.
Wilhelm Malaniuk (1906-1965), lawyer
Robert Herzl
(1940-2014), director and theatre director
Bernhard Hollemann (*
1935; † 2020), German-Austrian painter and draftsman, lived and worked
in Baden until 2005
Gerda Rogers (* 1942), astrologer, has been
living and working in Baden since 2000
Willi Fuhrmann (1944-2018),
politician (SPÖ), municipal councilor, city councilor and vice mayor of
Baden
Gerhard Tötschinger (1946-2016), actor, artistic director,
author and television presenter
Helga Krismer-Huber (born 1972),
veterinarian, politician and Vice Mayor of Baden
Carmen
Jeitler-Cincelli (born 1980), entrepreneur and politician, City
councilor, Member of the National Council
Dorothy Khadem-Missagh
(born 1992), pianist
Stan Steinbichler (born 2002), actor
Rudolf Zöllner (1845-1926), Austrian musician, mayor of the city
Heinrich Grünbeck (1818-1902), Abbot of Heiligenkreuz Abbey
2016
Amadeus Hörschläger OCist, 2012-2016 Pastor of the parish church
Baden-St. Stephan
2016 Kurt Staska (* 1959), 2010-2016 Mayor of Baden