Memorial places and important places in Austria for Lehár's life

Bad Ischl

Upper Austria. City (1940). Health resort in the heart of the Salzkammergut, confluence of Traun and Ischl.

From 1854 to 1914, summer resort of emperor Franz Joseph I and the composers Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Johann Strauß Son (1825-1899), Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953), Franz Lehár (1870-1948).

Sights:

Lehár villa
Haenel-Pancera museum
Imperial villa with landscape garden
Ischler Salzberg (680m) with show salt-mine near Perneck
"Ischl operetta weeks" from July to September

Kurpark

Franz Lehár monument by Heinrich Zenz (1958)

Cemetery

Franz Lehár's tomb

Lehár-Villa
Lehár-Kai
A - 4820 Bad Ischl
Phone: 43-6132-26992, 43-6132-23341/14

Vienna

Franz Lehár was holder of the ring of honor of the city of Vienna (awarded in 1940).

Wien 1., Stadtpark

A Franz Lehár bust by Franz Coufal (unveiled in 1980) is near the Kursalon.

Wien 6., Lehárgasse

On November 16th 1948, the culture committee of the municipal council of Vienna gave to the then Dreihufengasse the name of the composer Franz Lehár.

Wien 6., Theobaldgasse 16

Franz Lehár lived here from 1919 to 1931.

Wien 6., Wallgasse 18-20, Raimundtheater

A Franz Lehár bust is at the foyer of the upper circle.

Wien 19., Hackhofergasse 18, „Schikaneder-Lehár-Schlössel"

In 1932, Franz Lehár bought this house, where he lived already since October 1931. Today it houses a private museum.

Schikaneder-Lehár-Schlössel
Hackhofergasse 18
A - 1190 WIEN
Phone: 43-1-3185416 (Mrs. Hermine Kreuzer)