Memorial
Memorial to the Victims of the Ringtheater Fire
Mahnmal für die Opfer des Ringtheaterbrands
Vienna, Austria
About Memorial to the Victims of the Ringtheater Fire
The Ringtheater fire occurred on 8 December 1881, in the popular Viennese Ringtheater, named after the road it was located at, the Schottenring. Before the fire, the privately run theater, with capacity for an audience of about 1700, had been suffering from financial problems. Officially, 384 people perished in the fire, though there are higher estimates. For example, the Prussian-born author and encyclopedian Ludwig Julius Eisenberg (1858–1910) claims that up to one thousand could have been killed.
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