Franz Grillparzer

By : Viennese Girl Vreni (Vienna Daily Photo by Vreni) | Published on Tuesday, August 17, 2010

This monument to Austrian writer Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872) is located in Volksgarten. Grillparzer, who graduated in law and was for a long time director of the archives at the Imperial and Royal Hofkammer, became famous in 1817, after the first performance of his tragedy "The Ancestress". This monument (the photo shows only a detail) was designed by architect Karl Hasenauer and opened in 1889.

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