Vienna - Griechenbeisl (inn)

This historic inn with the figure of "lieber Augustin" on the facade gives rise to the story that some anonymous ballad singer wrote the mocking song "Lieber Augustin" during the plague in 1679 having survived spending the night drunk in the plague grave. In the 15th C. it was called "Zum roten Dach" becoming "Griechenbeisl" in the 18th C. Among the many famous persons to frequent the inn were Wagner, Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss, Brahms, Waldmüller, Grillparzer, Nestroy, Schwind and Count Zeppelin. It has been proved that Mark Twain wrote "The Million Pound Note" in a room at Griechenbeisl. The walls of the Mark Twain Room are completely covered with the autographs of famous artists.