Rudigerhof

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The Rüdigerhof, seen from the south from the Right Wienzeile; front right: Hamburgerstrasse 20; by the trees on the left: continuation of the right Wienzeile
Rüdigerhof seen from the Wien River, view of the long side in the right Wienzeile 67

The Rüdigerhof is under monument protection standing Nouveau -Wohnhaus in Vienna - Margareten (5th district). The building is located at Hamburgerstrasse 20 (Rechts Wienzeile 67).

Surname

The courtyard is named after the alley that branches off diagonally opposite the building from Hamburgerstrasse, which since 1862 has been named after the general Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638–1701); from 1680 he was Vienna city commander and head of the defense of Vienna during the second Turkish siege in 1683 and was appointed field marshal by Emperor Leopold I in gratitude .

location

The building stands in an approximately 250 m long section of the Wiental , in which the western entrance to Vienna is not on the right Wienzeile, which runs to the right of the river and the subway incision , but in Hamburgerstraße, which cuts a river curve.

The right Wienzeile, previously Hauptstraße, continues to the left (or northwest) of the Rüdigerhof, which is preceded by a green area, as a footpath that turns into a ramp. From there, the Margaritensteg leads directly in front of the northwestern facade of the Rüdigerhof diagonally over the subway incision to the parking lot on the Wienfluss vault west of the Naschmarkt . (The ramp and footbridge are in the 5th district, access and bicycle access from the parking lot to the footbridge are in the 6th district.) Hamburgerstrasse forms the southeastern front of the house. The Rüdigerhof lies in a wedge shape in between.

Immediately to the north of the Rüdigerhof, next to the Margaritensteg, begins the northeast and east-facing vaulting of the Wien River and the underground cut-out that extends to the city park. The Vienna flea market takes place on the part of the vaulting closest to the Rüdigerhof or it serves as a parking lot.

Building description

The Rüdigerhof was built in 1902 by the architect Oskar Marmorek . The interesting detail of this building is that different types of plastering were used, e.g. B. the fine wave plaster in the base zone . Due to the different decors , the building is visually divided into three horizontal zones, with the residential floors having an identical floor plan.

The narrow side, which is only two window axes to the southwest (the house is more than twice as wide on the north-eastern narrow side to which the neighboring houses are connected) is provided with a semicircular, five-wing porch on the ground floor. The “Café Rüdigerhof” is located here (see below).

The well-known Wienerlied singer and composer Ernst Arnold lived in the house and is remembered by a plaque on the facade. The cultural journalist Harald Sterk (1938–1991), who campaigned for the renovation of the Rüdigerhof, also lived here . ( Sterkgasse in the same district is named after him and his father .)

Café Rüdigerhof

In the Rüdigerhof café

Café Rüdigerhof , which has existed since April 1903, is part of the Rüdigerhof . The café was and is a popular meeting place for artists, intellectuals and Viennese coffee house lovers. The furnishings date from the 50s and 60s and have only been changed minimally since then.

It is worth mentioning the large pub garden with a view of the Vienna River, located on three terraced terraces with old maple trees. The café is open until 2 a.m. in the summer.

The 55 cm high penguin figure made of painted stone, missing since February 22, 2014, was searched for via Facebook for a finder's fee . For 53 years she stood next to the now lonely, larger mother penguin, from whose beak a small jet of water trickles into a basin below at the corner of the terrace. In May 2016, the stolen figure was brought back by strangers that night.

literature

Web links

Commons : Rüdigerhof  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2633735/ Facebook search for Pinguin, ORF.at from February 28, 2014
  2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202679291817899&set=a.1147756348542.22980.1666571484&type=1&stream_ref=10 A very important search message, Facebook, Thomas Holzinger> Chronik-Fotos, accessed on February 28, 2014
  3. ↑ The Return of the Lost Penguin. In: kurier.at. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 43 ″  N , 16 ° 21 ′ 18 ″  E