At 3 Trinity Street, Dr Bevan, Ludwig Wittgenstein’s physician, had his practice. As his cancer symptoms worsened, Wittgenstein visited him there. He spent the final months of his life at Dr Bevan’s house at 76 Storey’s Way, where he passed away on 29 April 1951.

Sources:

Schmidt, A. (Hrsg.). (2023). „I think of you constantly with love …“: Briefwechsel Ludwig Wittgenstein – Ben Richards 1946–1951. Haymon Verlag

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

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The former location of the Palais Wittgenstein was on Alleegasse, today’s Argentinierstraße 16, in the 4th district of Vienna, not far from the Karlskirche. Contrary to a possible assumption, the Palais Wittgenstein was not the flag-adorned building on the right side of the image (the current Greek Embassy), but was located on the site of the unassuming building next to it on the left. Unfortunately, the Palais, like the birthplace of Ludwig Wittgenstein in Neuwaldeggerstraße, no longer exists today.

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

External link: Wittgensteins Orte der Kindheit (Wien Museum Magazin)

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The Wittgenstein family tomb is located at the Vienna Central Cemetery. The parents of Ludwig Wittgenstein and some of his siblings are buried here.

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s final resting place is in Cambridge.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein’s house in Norway, once known to the locals as “Østerrike” (Norwegian for “Austria”), now stands once more on its original site. Thanks to the efforts of the local Wittgenstein Foundation (Stiftinga Wittgenstein i Skjolden), the building – dismantled in 1958 – was reconstructed and re-erected in its original location. Since its reopening in 2019, the house has grown steadily in popularity, drawing an increasing number of visitors each year. In 2022, we too had the privilege of visiting Skjolden and viewing the house. We were kindly invited to share our impressions with the Stiftinga Wittgenstein.

Wittgenstein designed the house himself following his first stay in Skjolden in 1913, and it was completed as early as 1914. However, due to his service in the First World War, he was only able to make full use of it several years later.

P.S. I’m building myself a little house here in solitude.

Ludwig Wittgenstein, letter to Bertrand Russell, April 1914

Throughout his life, Wittgenstein sought out places of retreat that would allow him to concentrate undisturbed on his philosophical work. What he valued most about Norway was its “quiet seriousness,” as he noted in a letter from 1936.

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In Strathaird, Lady Margaret Road, Cambridge, Ludwig Wittgenstein repeatedly stayed with Georg Henrik von Wright, who later became his successor at Trinity College. It was here, in 1950, that the last known photographs of Wittgenstein during his lifetime were taken, showing him sitting in front of the veranda, already visibly marked by his cancer. Today, the building is part of Lucy Cavendish College.

External links:

• Old photo of Strathaird (British Wittgenstein Society)
• Photo of Wittgenstein at Strathaird (Trinity College Library Cambridge)

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

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Skjolden on the Sognefjord – the place that captivated Ludwig Wittgenstein, seen from a bird’s-eye view. In the centre of the image, the Klingenberg House can be seen, where Wittgenstein initially lived.

Eidsvatnet, the lake on whose shore Wittgenstein later had his own house built, stretches for just over a kilometre eastward from the edge of the village. The Eidselvi river forms the connection between the lake and the fjord.

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