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Vienna Prostitution History Tour: Explore Taboos and Bizarre Facts from the 19th Century
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Wien
Discover the reasons behind the dismemberment and sale of Napoleon’s privy member, the peculiar taste of an intellectual’s seed, or the most profitable locations for soliciting in 19th century Vienna. Sex work was a common aspect of life, irrespective of whether you were an imperial ruler or a commoner. This unconventional city tour knows no boundaries!
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Helmut-Zilk-Platz - Topics: Maria-Christina / Albert of Saxony-Teschen / Isabella of Parma / Joseph II - lesbian, letters.
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Vienna State Opera - Topics:
Gustav Mahler / Alma Mahler-Werfel (1879 - 1961), genius sperm tastes different, Klimt courted her in 1896, then affair with music teacher Zemlinsky, 1902 marriage to Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
1910 Walter Gropius affair (1883 - 1969) - Bauhaus
1912 Oskar Kokoschka affair (1886 - 1980), pregnant, abortion against his will, 1915 - 1920 marriage Walter Gropius, 1917 Franz Werfel affair (1890 - 1945), 1918 Kokoschka sex doll Munich doll maker Hermine Moos - disappointed, doll destroyed, 1919 - 1945 Before Franz Werfel. - Josefsplatz - Topics: Statue of Joseph II (1741 - 1790) (Isabella of Parma note husband), Joseph often a customer on the Spittelberg (140 houses, 70 of which were brothels), strict emperor, chastity commissions, whores had to sweep streets - as a result of riot or crowd, then work inside, not outside in public.
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Augustinerkirche - Topics:
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (12 rings) per procurationem
Napoleon and Marie-Louise, per procurationem, meeting March 1810 Compiegne, marriage in a carriage
accomplished, she liked it. Napoleon (1.69 meters) to Josephine don’t wash up, I’ll come soon,
1821 Napoleon’s death, St. Helena, British autopsy, penis cut off, 1927 $3000 sold, 1977 $100,000 private property, only 10 people seen since 1977! :) - Stallburg - Topics: Hüsteleck - prostitution in the 19th century
- Michaelerplatz - Haydn 1797 imperial anthem here, bad marriage, 11 years affair with Luigia Polzelli, bad voice, good lover, her husband bad violinist, Haydn protection.
- Looshaus - Modernism - Adolf Loos (1870 - 1933), 1928 trial, 4 months probation.
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The Hofburg - Topics:
Franz Joseph I (1830 - 1916) and Sisi (1837 - 1898) (Franz Joseph I nickname of old Prochaszka) Elisabeth Countess Ugarte (1822 - 1896) = one of the hygiene councils = name for sex teachers Anna Nahowski (15 at the first contact! And already married) 1860 - 1931 FJ at first contact “But you walk diligently,” her daughter marries Alban Berg = Helene Berg. -
Graben and Kohlmarkt - Topics:
Wallnerstrasse 3 “Kaiserhaus”, Palais Franz Stephan as emperor, financially successful, fathered 16 children with Maria Theresia, still energy for further affairs - often in the Kaiserhaus, Maria Theresia very jealous.
1770 Casanova in Vienna. Reported on Viennese superstition = rub penis with bacon = no diseases! Prints educational pamphlets posted in the city, he recommends
Condom = English overcoat (sheep intestine), condoms prohibited until 1875. -
Graben - Plague column - 1679, 12,000 deaths, 15% population - Dear Augustin - sexual debauchery (impending death) common during the epidemics (Abraham a sancta Clara railed against it)
Magistrate drawn with a chalk line (= border) where pleasure trades / trench nymphs march. Therefore “go on the grain”. Ditch nymphs were expensive; often referred to as white seamstresses, famous matchmaker Johanna
Wolf. Customers: Crown Prince Rudolf, Wilhelm II, Edward VII
Prostitution: huge issue, huge need 70% men to 30 unmarried!
Around 1870 Vienna 600,000 inhabitants and approx. 20,000 prostitutes, now 3,500 at 1.9 million -
St. Stephen’s Cathedral - Topics: giant gate = pop art look, people thirst for colors and music. Regulations / prohibitions MA / modern times of dissolute things in the cathedral, playing, making music, whores,
Schachern etc. Note: song = evil.
Show penis / vulva on the west facade - fertility - superstition, women want to have children, penis side, men on vulva side. In MA - abortions or still births WITHOUT baptism! Found during excavations, hundreds of baby skeletons.
Mothers there illegally buried babies below the Speier Gargoylen on the ridge.
Fiaker: Up until 1888 there were also mustards in Vienna; Fiaker special porcelain tour = mobile hourly hotel.
What's Included
- Downloadable audio guide for smartphones
Location
Helmut Zilk Square
Albertinaplatz
When you get to the meeting point, look for Josef, a guide with yellow Prime Tours. Umbrella. :)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Thirza_c
Nov 13, 2022
No guide. - The tour guide didn't show up. So I didn't see anything. I waited for twenty minutes and ended up jumping on a Big Bus tour down the street.
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