Love, Death and the Plague ? Life in Medieval Vienna

Medieval Vienna was one of the largest cities in Europe, by today?s standards it was extremely small. It had about 25,000 residents living in some 1,000 buildings within the walled city. Streets were very narrow and unpaved, and space was at a premium. The ground floor generally housed the artisans? workshop with living quarters on the upper floors. Lack of hygiene and clean water, unimaginable sanitary conditions, epidemics and insufficient medical care resulted in a low life expectancy and a high mortality rate, especially among children. Disease was viewed as a punishment or the work of the devil.
On this walk discover daily life in the Vienna of the early Habsburgs and what it was like to be an artisan, a surgeon or a scribe (notary). We also trace the course of medieval streets and squares, and explain the remains of medieval buildings.