Haoda and Ava in District.9

In this picture, the area bounded by the red lines is the 9th district of Vienna, Alsergrund. It is located north of the first district. When we first went there, we found the houses here are really regular and normal. According to the online resources, those are government-built housing.  It is a very peaceful area without too many people and cars. I think this is because many departments of University of Vienna are located here. This district also associated with many notable names of Viennese art and science. Here is the birthplace of Romantic composer Franz Schubert and Berggasse 19 is the former house and office of Sigmund Freud from 1891 to 1938, when he was expelled from Vienna. There is a Sigmund Freud Museum in his former house, which is on the second floor in an old building.

Having read a lot of Freud, it is mysterious for us to visit the old place of the antecedent of psychology. His place was occupied by Nazi army during the WW2 and later by local tenants. Though most of the furniture and collection were gone, Anna Freud, the offspring of Sigmund Freud, contributed Sigmund’s museum by donating. Stepped into his old house, we saw the famous waiting hall for his patience. We are also able to closely examine some of his old objects like suitcase, walking stick and hat in the hall. Freud’s hobbies are famous. Traveling, smoking cigar and reading. In the exhibition room hanged the writing of him from postcards, letters and travel journals. From this collection we can tell his zeal about traveling. He had been traveling to Italy more than ten times during his lifetime. For him, Italy was the origin of myths, the center of human civilization.

In his living room stands the collection of Sigmund Freud. He is fascinated by collecting antiques. His collection ranged from Roman relics to ancient Chinese sculptures. He thought from investigating the old he could be able to tell the true of human thoughts. On the wall hanged his certification of Honor Citizen of Vienna which was given to him for his outstanding accomplishment in psychoanalysis. Unfortunately due to the unrest society and the frequent house moving of Freud, no more history was left in this house. He escaped from this dark house into another place in courtside for his mental sickness.