verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message cafe central in vienna austria caf central is a traditional viennese caf located at herrengasse 14 in the innere stadt first district of vienna austria . the caf occupies the ground floor of the former bank and stockmarket building today called the palais ferstel after its architect heinrich von ferstel . 1 contents 1 history 2 gallery 3 references 4 external links history edit the caf was opened in 1876 and in the late 19th century it became a key meeting place of the viennese intellectual scene . key regulars included peter altenberg theodor herzl alfred adler 2 egon friedell hugo von hofmannsthal anton kuh adolf loos leo perutz alfred polgar and leon trotsky . in january 1913 alone josip broz tito sigmund freud adolf hitler vladimir lenin and trotsky the latter two being regulars were patrons of the establishment . 3 until 1938 the caf was called the chess school die schachhochschule because of the presence of many chess players . the vienna circle of logical positivists held many meetings before and after world war i. citation needed a well known story is that when victor adler objected to count berchtold foreign minister of austria hungary that war would provoke revolution in russia even if not in the habsburg monarchy he replied and who will lead this revolution perhaps mr. bronstein leon trotsky sitting over there at the cafe central 4 the caf closed at the end of world war ii . in 1975 the palais ferstel was renovated and the central was newly opened however in a different part of the building . in 1986 it was fully renovated once again . today it is both a tourist spot and a popular caf marked by its place in literary history . gallery edit cafe central in vienna interior near entrance with statue of peter altenberg cafe central in vienna interior near portraits of empress elisabeth of austria and franz joseph i of austria references edit marboe ernst wolfgang 1989 . caf central . vienna verlag m ller . isbn 9783900784065 . hoffman edward 1994 . the drive for self alfred adler and the founding of individual psychology . reading ma addison wesley pp. 52 77 85 86 101 thunder at twilight vienna 1913 1914 frederic morton . a. j. p. taylor in the struggle for mastery in europe 1848 1918 1980 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to caf central vienna . caf central website coordinates 48 12 37 n 16 21 55 e 48.21028 n 16.36528 e 48.21028 ; 16.36528 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title caf central & oldid 682615728 categories caf s in vienna1876 establishments in austriabuildings and structures in innere stadtvienna circlejews and judaism in viennahidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2015all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidatacoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages aragon s boarischdanskdeutsch espa ol fran aisitalianonederlandsnorsk bokm lportugu s svenska edit links this page was last modified on 24 september 2015 at 21 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view