Café Griensteidl was a traditional Viennese café located at Michaelerplatz 2 across from St. Michael's Church and St. Michael's Gate at the Hofburg Palace in the

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first district of Vienna, Austria. The café was founded in 1847 by former pharmacist Heinrich Griensteidl. In January 1897, the original building was demolished during the course of the renovation of Michaelerplatz. In autumn 1898, it was succeeded by the Café Glattauer. During the early twentieth century, the café was frequented by many artists, musicians, and writers, including Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Arthur Schnitzler,

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, Alexander Zemlinsky, Hermann Bahr,

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. In 1990, the café was reopened as Griensteidl again and became a popular location among the Viennese coffeehouse culture. But the owners closed in June 2017, citing rising rents.Kurier
("Cafe Griensteidl has to close", in German)

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File:CafeGriensteidl Michaelerplatz.jpg, Old Café Griensteidl, before 1897 File:CafeGriensteidl vor1897.jpg, Old Café Griensteidl interior, before 1897 File:Cafe-Griensteidl-1896.jpg, Café Griensteidl, printing by Reinhold Völkel, 1896

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