In 1920, after completing his training as a primary school teacher, Ludwig Wittgenstein briefly worked as a gardener’s assistant at the Klosterneuburg Monastery near Vienna. He then took up his first teaching post in Trattenbach, Lower Austria.

Sources:

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Gesamtbriefwechsel/Complete Correspondence (2nd Release). Innsbruck Electronic Edition 2013, InteLex.

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

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After his time as a primary school teacher in Lower Austria, Ludwig Wittgenstein briefly worked as a gardener’s assistant at a convalescent home run by the Brothers Hospitallers in Vienna-Hütteldorf (Linzer Straße [4]66).

Sources:

• Janik, A.S., & Veigl, H. (1998). Wittgenstein in Wien. Ein biographischer Streifzug durch die Stadt und ihre Geschichte. Springer.
• Ein Heim in Hütteldorf / Wittgenstein als Gärtner (B. Veinfurter)

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