!!!Sophiensäle Sophiensaele, in Vienna's 3%%sup rd/% district: a Russian steam bath was built on the site in 1838; it was replaced by Sophienbad bath, built after the plans by E. van der Nuell and A. Sicard von Sicardsburg between 1845 and 1849; its large hall served as an indoor swimming pool during winter and a dance-hall during summer. Extended and altered in 1870, in 1886 and in 1899; since 1986 plans have been underway to adapt it as a hotel. !Literature H. Kretschmer, Landstrasse, 1982; F. Czeike, Landstrasse, Wiener Bezirkskulturfuehrer, 1984. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Sophiensäle|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]