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Spitalgasse 2, Hof 9 (9.)
(Altes AKH Uni-Campus)

Hermann Franz Müller

(Wien 1866 - Wien 1898)
young doctor in Vienna. After an accident with plague germ two nurses and a hospital servant came down with this deadly disease. Dr. Müller and two other nurses took care of them and after a while he was infected too and died short time later

Richard Kauffungen
1899

Description

Bronze bust on a pedestal with a relief, "marcus curtius / opfert sich selbst / um seine vaterstadt vor / verderben zu retten" - Marcus Curtius was a mythological young Roman who sacrificed himself to the gods of Hades.

Inscription(s)

Doctor
Hermann Franz Müller
geb. 23. October 1866
gest. 23. October 1898

Signature

r. kauffungen / 1899

Sculptor

Richard Kauffungen (1854-1942), Austrian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Eva Berger, Historische Gärten Österreichs Bd. 3: Wien (Wien 2004), p. 214.
Austria Lexikon, Hermann Franz Müller.
Stadt Wien, Kulturgut.

Locatie (N 48°13'2" - E 16°21'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atwi129; Photograph: 11 September 2012
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