Description of the attraction
The Beethoven House is located in the historic center of the Austrian city of Baden, in the immediate vicinity of the city theater, the spa park and the Arnulf Rainer Museum of Art. Despite the fact that the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven lived here, the authentic furnishings in the rooms have not survived. The full address of this house is Rathausgasse 10.
The house itself is of great historical interest, as it is located in the oldest city quarter. This low, irregular, two-storey structure dates back to the 16th century and has remained unchanged since then. The facade of the building was finished in the same century in the Baroque style.
In the 18th century, the area was transformed into a cozy green area called the Kupferschmiedgarten (Coppersmith's Garden). Distinguished guests stayed in these houses, for example, in the neighboring house, located on Beethovengasse Street, Empress Maria Theresa lived with her daughter-in-law for some time.
In the house on Rathausgasse, Beethoven stayed for three consecutive summers - from 1821 to 1823. It occupied three small rooms on the second floor, all facing a busy avenue. Interestingly, Beethoven sometimes did not have enough paper, and he had to write notes on the window shutters of his office. Last summer, the owner of the house demanded from the great composer to pay a certain amount of money for the damaged shutters. It is known that it was here that Beethoven began work on his famous Ninth Symphony.
In 1870, a large bakery was opened in this house, in the former premises of which an antique shop is now located. A memorial plaque in memory of Ludwig van Beethoven was installed on the facade of the house back in 1872. In 1965, the rooms previously occupied by the composer were restored and converted into a museum.
