Sophie's Esplanade Inscription

Starting in 1830, Dr. Wirer had an alley of ash trees (today there are so-called Imperial Lime Trees) laid out on the banks of the Traun River and named it “Sophie’s Esplanade”, after Archduchess Sophie, née Princess of Bavaria. At the same time, he also had this memorial stone built. Wirer had come to Ischl years earlier, while travelling through the Salzkammergut with some medical colleagues. At that time, brine cures were already known in Germany, France and England. Archduchess Sophie was also prescribed fertility-promoting cures, which brought about the birth of Emperor Franz Joseph.

Latin inscription:
SOPHIAE NOMEN

DECVS VIAE AVSPICIO

KNOWN EXACTAE

Translation:

Sophie’s name

is the adornment of the trail that was commissioned by

a well-known man.

(known man = Wirer, trail = esplanade)

The Latin inscription contains a chronogram. (= The capitalized letters are numerals, which, starting with the largest number, result in the year of erection of the monument.)