LOST PASSPORTS ABROAD COST BRITS £5 MILLION A YEAR Thousands of British nationals pay for emergency travel documents every month as last-minute passport replacements. More in “Consular Corner” in TTTheThe Supplement Volume 12 Issue 9 Business Name Serving the British Community in Vienna September 2013 TTThehehe BCA News Inside Rainer’s Walking Tour in August The BBBCCCAAA News By Wolfgang Geissler Kirche am Steinhof, also called the Section 1 3-27 Church of St. Leopold, is the Roman Calendar & Programme Catholic oratory of the Steinhof Psychiatric Hospital. The building Section 2 28-38 designed by Otto Wagner is considered one of the most important Art Nouveau Classified churches in the world Theatre News Important Information Kirche am Steinhof The church, situated 310 metres (1,020 ft) above sea level, dominates Contact Details A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S and forms part of the Steinhof DREAM Psychiatric Hospital; previous official Announcements By Wolfgang Geissler title was Niederösterreichische Landes- NEW Heil- und Pflegeanstalt für Nerven- und Now with Geisteskranke 'Am Steinhof' (Lower The SupplementSupplement....... Austrian State Healing and Care Institution for the Neurologically and Scottish Ladies’ Mentally Sick, 'Am Steinhof'). It is Heurigen located on a hillside (the Baumgartnerhöhe) below the By Wolfgang Geissler Galitzinberg in the 14th Vienna district, Penzing. It has a separate status as Once again ladies of Scottish part of the surrounding hospital and birth met at this renowned Heurigen in leafy Baden, does not form part of the Archdiocese “Streiterhof”, run by the Family of Vienna. Märzweiler, am Leesdorfer Domplatz. More in TTTheThe Supplement Shakespeare in the Park of Open House Theatre Company, Schloss Pötzleinsdorf 8th August 2013. Organised and sponsored by the A Midsummer Night’s Dream deals with the universal Austro British Society. theme of love and its complications: lust, disappointment, confusion, marriage. The plot focuses on three parallel stories: the trials and experiences of two sets of lovers camping in a magical forest, the world of the Fairy King and Queen and their elves, and a group of rough craftsmen attempting to stage a production of “Pyramus and Thisbe” for the wedding of the Duke of Athens. Let the party begin! More in TTTheThe Supplement Puck, Fairy & Bottom re-united More in TTThe Supplement “““The“The SupplementSupplement”””” is the new title for the editorial attachment tototo the monthly The BBBCCCAAANewsNews.... www.bca-vienna.com The BCA News IMPRESSUM The BCA News The Supplement. The monthly Journal for The British Community Association of Vienna Serving the British Community in Vienna since 2001 www.bca-vienna.com _______________________________________ Chairman: Steve Read [email protected] Editor: Wolfgang Geissler BCA Publicity (Editorial, Programme, Public Relations & Advertising) [email protected] BCA Event Coordinator If you wish to organise an event or regular activity or inform us of an English language/British event that may be of interest to the membership please contact Maureen (Mo) Haigh: [email protected] BCA Publicity If you have items to sell, are in search of information, wish to publish an article or photographs please contact Wolfgang Geissler: [email protected] BCA Membership For questions relating to membership fees, directory entries or to introduce a new member please contact Jennie Ratcliffe: [email protected] If paying for your Membership by Netbanking please put your Full Name in Purpose Column. Unicredit Bank Austria: Account Number 01364707800 BLZ 12000 IBAN: AT31 1100 0013 6470 7800 BIC: BKAUATWW. The fees are as follows: Single €10 / Couple/Family € 20 Circulation: 150 copies (August 2013) Editor’s Note We welcome contributions to The Supplement. If you want to publish an article or a photo report please send them to me at [email protected]. Please send Photographs as jpgs. The copy deadline for contributions as well as programme events for the October edition is Saturday, 28th September. Volume 12 Issue 9 2 September 2013 Section www.bca-vienna.com 1 The BCA News Calendar & Programme Pages 3-27 September 2013 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 26 August 27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August 31 August 1 September Walking Walking Sailing on the Winzer- Group Group Alte Donau wandern in Sooß 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Walking Pub Night Walking Group Group Sailing on the Pillichsdorfer Alte Donau Kellergassen Fest 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Walking Rainer’s Walking Sailing on the Buskers Buskers Buskers Group Walking Tour Group. Alte Donau Festival Festival Festival Expat Centre 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Walking Sailing on the Wiesenfest Vienna Walking Group Alte Donau Aspern/ Shopping Vienna Group Shopping Street Festival Masters 2013 Vienna Street Masters 2013 Festival/ Vienna Masters 2013 Masters 2013 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Walking Hedy Lamarr Group lecture/ Walking Sailing on the The World’s Pass Egal/ Group Alter Donau Biggest Coffee Wagner Morning Exhibition Men’s Beisl Tour How the weather on the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8th) does behave, so it should be for an additional four weeks. Wie sich's Wetter an Mariä Geburt (8.) tut verhalten, so soll sich's weitere vier Wochen noch gestalten. Volume 12 Issue 9 3 September 2013 www.bca-vienna.com The BCA News PUBLIC HOHOLIDAYSLIDAYS SEPTEMBER NONE What’s on in September? Pub Night Tuesday, Flanagan’s Irish 3rd at Flanagan’s Irish Pub Pub September Schwarzenbergstra 7 pm FIRST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH!!! sse 1-3 Vienna, 1st district Tram D, 2 to New Members Welcome! Schwarzenbergerpl atz, U1, U2, U4 Karlsplatz This is the BCA 's Shop Window! A chance for members to bring along friends and for new arrivals to try out the BCA. If you are able to attend it is a great way to catch up with old friends and to greet new friends. Meet in the “Post Office”, to the left as you enter. This month’s hosts: Monika Waddell. Please note that ALL the following events are ALWAYS for BCA members and their guests unless otherwise indicated! Volume 12 Issue 9 4 September 2013 www.bca-vienna.com The BCA News SATURDAY, 777TH SEPTEMBER 2013 AT 14.35 OBERSDORF SS----BAHNBAHN STATION Volume 12 Issue 9 5 September 2013 www.bca-vienna.com The BCA News Open cellar doors in one of the largest continuous Kellergasse in Central Europe: FREE ADMISSION. At the bottom of the Kellergasse or directly at Stefan Schmid’s stand you can buy a tasting glass for ONLY €9,-, (special price for our Group-otherwise €10, arranged under the name of GEISSLER) which, if you have the stamina, you can also use on Sunday (!) because this glass is the key to all the wines you can taste free of charge offered in every cellar! I would like to invite you, as a group, to join me on Saturday, 7th September 2013 to meet at 2.35 pm at Obersdorf S-Bahn Station, (see time table) where we will be met by Stefan Schmid with his tractor and trailer and taken to the Pillichsdorfer Kellergasse! You are of course free to explore the cellars in the Kellergasse and taste their wines at your leisure until we settle at Stefan Schmid, the vintner most of you already know from last year, with whom I have negotiated a special deal so that we ultimately can sit together and enjoy the Food and Wine: His offer consists of: 1. Lift from the S-Bahn Station by Stefan Schmid with his tractor and trailer. 2. Reservation of Tables for our Group 3. A FREE Welcome Drink (Wine or Soft Drink) 4. A Voucher of 10% Discount per Box of 6 bottles of wine with free Delivery 5. 10 Minute introduction/exploration of the Kellergasse in English. Please reply to Wolfgang by latest 2nd September 2013. [email protected] Volume 12 Issue 9 6 September 2013 www.bca-vienna.com The BCA News Station Datum Zeit Prognose Steig Verkehrsmittel Wien Meidling 07.09.2013 ab 13:50 3 Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz (ÖBB) ab 13:53 Wien Hbf (Bahnsteige 1-2) ab 13:56 Wien Quartier Belvedere ab 13:57 Wien Rennweg ab 14:01 Wien Mitte-Landstraße ab 14:04 Wien Praterstern ab 14:08 Wien Traisengasse ab 14:10 Wien Handelskai (Bahnsteige 1-2) ab 14:13 S 2 Wien Floridsdorf ab 14:16 Wien Siemensstraße ab 14:19 Wien Leopoldau ab 14:22 Gerasdorf b.Wien ab 14:26 Kapellerfeld ab 14:29 Seyring ab 14:32 Obersdorf NÖ (Bahnsteige 1-2) an 14:35 2 Bemerkungen: S-Bahn Richtung: Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel Fahrradmitnahme: Begrenzt möglich; nur 2. Klasse; Zustieg im Nahverkehr (REX, R, S-Bahn) nur mit gültiger Fahrkarte Dauer: 0:45; fährt nicht täglich, 12. Aug bis 14. Dez 2013 29 Tarif km Volume 12 Issue 9 7 September 2013 www.bca-vienna.com The BCA News Tuesday Start will be at 10th Rainer’s Walking Tour in September exactly 3 p.m. at the station of September 3 pm – the bus 92A at 6 pm Visit to the “Lion of Aspern“, the “Napoleon“ “Platz der Museum and the St. Martin’s Church Vereinten and Nationen“ next Supper to the U1 . station Kaisermuehle n/VIC. Please be there at 2:45 pm. This event has been especially Guided tour in English to Aspern, a historically very important planned place on the northeast outskirts of Vienna. The French emperor for ABICS Napoleon was defeated there for the first time in 1809: A magnificent monumental lion sculpted by Fernkorn reminds visitors and BCA at it. We will also see the small but excellent “Napoleon” Museum members which is well stocked with original pieces. Very interesting. Last but not least visit of the St.