Late night public transportation in Vienna

You would take the U1 subway line to Karlsplatz and exit the station by following the signs to Oper. Once above ground, your hotel will be one block away. The last subway leaves at 12:24.

As for a cab fare, I would guess about 8-10 Euro?

Note - No one has a clue what Schiller Park is. I’d never heard of it and had to look it up. If you take a taxi, just tell the driver your are staying at the Meridien on the Ring.

Thanks, Emily! Your postings are always helpful.

No one has a clue what Schiller Park is.

That is adjacent "Schillerplatz" (Schiller Square) between the Ring boulevard and the Academy of Fine Arts.
In the middle of Schillerpark is the Schiller monument.

Well I guess you have a clue! I’ve walked through that square dozens of times and had no idea what it was called. Not a particularly noteworthy site, but I’m sure Schiller was a cool dude somehow.

but I’m sure Schiller was a cool dude somehow.

Schiller & Goethe are for the German speaking world what Shakespeare is for the English speaking world.

The monuments of Schiller and Goethe face each other across the Ring.

Of particular note , at the base of the Schiller monument is a bronze medallion depicting tragedy with comedy hidden in tragedy' s hair . A perfect icon representing the Viennese dilemma. As for Schiller , he is well known , if for no other reason as providing the poetry which comprises the finale of Beethoven's ninth symphony , The Ode to Joy . A " cool dude " , indeed .

Good hotel choice! I stayed at Le Meridien a couple of years ago and it was one of my favorite hotel experiences ever, lovely room and excellent service. The U was extremely simple to use with my rolling suitcase, exited at Karlsplatz, came up and saw the Opera house in front of me and headed left on Opernring for a couple of blocks and there it was. I did take a taxi to the Hauptbahnhof one morning when I was running late for a train and recall it wasn't very expensive.

The famous Goethe and Schiller monument is in Weimar located am Theaterplatz. The Nationalmuseum on Schiller is near Stuttgart in Marbach am Neckar, which can reached using the S-Bahn from Stuttgart Hbf. That same Goethe and Schiller monument is in SF too.

@ Steven...on Schiller's words: the Nazi propaganda Minister Goebbels in his total war speech given a few weeks after the German disaster at Stalingrad (and also the Allied demand for unconditional surrender in January) co-opted for his obvious political purposes the famous Schiller's words, "Volk steht auf, Sturm bricht los."

Fred , wrapping things up for the next ten days in Munich , probably trying to go to Nurnberg tomorrow , good to hear from you .

@ Steven...may be it's too late. In Munich time permitting, go to the Feldherrnhalle, if you want more history, that is. That's where the Hitler Putsch took place in 1923. It's located next to the Odeonplatz, where in 1914 Hitler was among the throng of people cheering for the war as in all European cities, ie, that close-up photo of him. I saw the last Feldherrnhalle last in June, only two commanders are featured there, of whom Wedel is one, and was beaten by Napoleon after he switched sides.

Fred , just down at Odeonsplatz yesterday , there is a further commemoration of the resistance to the Nazis in the pavement of Visgardigasse , and a descriptive plaque , as a well .

@ Steven....Thanks for the information. I'll look for that historical plaque on the next trip, which certainly includes a couple of nights in Munich since Munich is an EN night train hub, ie, very useful to me in getting around. I'm interested in reading how that plaque historically is worded. That "archway" from the Marienplatz to the church, Ie where all the quotations plus their dates are (I"m sure you've seen it often), written in Fraktur and Latin script has a tribute to US troops on the liberation of Munich in 1945.

only commanders are are featured there, of whom Wedel is one, and was beaten by Napoleon after he switched sides.

You probably mean the Prince of Wrede. Yes, he was defeated by Napoleon at Hanau in fall 1813 but he had his share in the victorous battle of La Rothière in early spring 1814. He was rewarded with the residence Ellingen, where a part of the Wrede family still lives today.

At the Feldherrnhalle the two represented are Tilly and Wrede. The credit for the Allies inflicting a set-back on Napoleon at La Rothiere goes to Blücher, not a corps commander like Wrede. Keep in mind too that the French were still able withdraw in good order after being distinctly outnumbered at La Rothiere, still it was a success for the Allies.