Politics

Franz Joseph I of Austria

1830–1916Local figure

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

  • Commemorated here

    Bebelplatz

    A central Berlin square framed by the State Opera, historic palaces, the Alte Bibliothek and St. Hedwig’s Cathedral. Its older name, Opernplatz, still lingers in local speech.

Traces in other cities

Vienna
Hofburg Palace
Vienna
Imperial Crypt — The emperor was interred here after his death in 1916.
Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna
Schönbrunn Palace — Franz Joseph was born at Schönbrunn in 1830, used it as a principal residence, and died there in 1916.

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