Viennese Escapes Joseph Haydn's Birthplace in Rohrau, Lower Austria

Composer Joseph Haydn
White marble bust
in the courtyard
of his birthplace
at Rohrau
Lower Austria

It is through this
small window that light
falls into the bedroom
where Haydn's mother
gave birth to her son Joseph

The bedroom
where Joseph Haydn
arrived into this world
on March 31, 1732

Courtyard
of Haydn's birthplace

Another courtyard
view

Red roses
were blooming
in the frontyard
when I last visited

Haydn's birthplace
looks typical for the region, where
reed thatched farm houses are low-slung
and built along the street,
with small frontyards,
their courtyards hidden away beyond
wide gated entrances
large enough to allow for
horses and wagons

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Photographed
15 June 2010
Images and text
© 2010 by Merisi