Hochreith (also known as Hochreit), located in southern Lower Austria, was the summer residence of the Wittgenstein family. The estate includes a masonry hunting lodge (sometimes called a hunting castle), a red timber house, and several outbuildings in the surrounding area. The estate was furnished by the Wiener Werkstätte (Josef Hoffmann).

In the nearby village of Hohenberg (Ludwig Wittgenstein’s letters bear the header “Hochreit, Post Hohenberg, Lower Austria”), the Wittgenstein forestry administration still exists today, including an administrative building and a staff residence, both also designed by Hoffmann.

In the nearby town of St. Aegyd, where Karl Wittgenstein owned steelworks, a small Protestant church (the “Waldkirchlein” or “Forest Chapel”) still stands today. This church was donated by Karl Wittgenstein and built by Hoffmann.

Sources:

• Eigner, P. (2023). Die Wittgensteins: Geschichte einer unglaublich reichen Familie. Molden.
• Leinfellner, E., Windholz, S. (2005). Ludwig Wittgenstein. A primary school teacher in Lower Austria. Sutton.
• Monk, R. (1991). Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. Vintage.
• Wittgenstein, H. (2015). Familienerinnerungen (I. Somavilla, Ed.). Haymon Verlag.
• https://www.filmchronisten.at/filme/hoffmann-und-wittgenstein
• Personal research and correspondence with the municipal office of Rohr im Gebirge.

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In 1919, after hastily leaving his lodgings in Untere Viaduktgasse, Ludwig Wittgenstein stayed temporarily with the Sjögren family, with whom he was on friendly terms, in Vienna’s 13th district. He later moved to Kriehubergasse to live with his friend Ludwig Hänsel.

Source: Janik, A. S., & Veigl, H. (1998). Wittgenstein in Wien: Ein biographischer Streifzug durch die Stadt und ihre Geschichte. Springer.

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From 1919 onwards, Wittgenstein attended the Teacher Training College in Kundmanngasse (formerly Sophienbrückengasse), where he trained to become a primary school teacher.

The college, which still operates today as a College Preparatory School, is located directly next to the Haus Wittgenstein, which Wittgenstein designed from 1926/27 onwards in collaboration with Paul Engelmann for his sister.

The classrooms of the Teacher Training College were located on the second floor, including those facing Geusaugasse – the side from which this photograph was taken.

Sources:

Baumann, X., & Students of the College Preparatory School Kundmanngasse in Vienna. (2023). 1919–1920: “To a teacher’s training college to become a teacher.” In R. Schweitzer (Ed.), Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Odyssey: The Great War and the Writing of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (pp. 153–167). DoppelHaus Press.

Monk, R. (1991). Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. Vintage.

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Wittgenstein lived here in the 3rd district at the beginning of his teacher training in 1919. The educational institution was within walking distance.

Sources:

Janik, A.S., Veigl, H. (1998). Wittgenstein in Wien. Ein biographischer Streifzug durch die Stadt und ihre Geschichte. Springer Wien/New York.

Monk, R. (1991). Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. Vintage.

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