Admonterhof (Graz)

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Admonterhof

The Admonterhof is a Graz noble farm between Badgasse and Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai in the Inner City district . The Attems aristocratic palace is directly connected to the structure of the courtyard. Opposite is the former Ursuline convent and the current school sisters convention .

history

Between 1280 and 1290 the Admont abbot Heinrich II, who also held the office of the Styrian governor, had the courtyard built on the northwest corner of the medieval Graz city wall. Abbot Henry II was. Financial advisor to the Duke Albrecht I . From then on, the Admonterhof served the abbot of the Upper Styrian monastery Admont and the Benedictine monks as a noble abode and residence in Graz. The first written mention of the building is dated 1317. Abbot Albrecht II had the Admonterhof enlarged in the course of a renovation in 1381; Until the city fortifications were built by the fortress builder Domenico dell'Allio, the court played an important strategic role as it was part of the old city wall along the banks of the Mur.

Around 1550 Abbot Valentin Abel redesigned it - in 1555 Dell'Allio built the west wing. Stefan di Gandria took over the construction management in 1557, but in 1568 the east wing collapsed in part. Another expansion took place as early as 1580; An armory was added around 1600. Abbot Urban Weber, the renovator of the Admont Abbey and builder of Röthelstein Castle , commissioned the builder Peter Vasol to add floors to the west wing. Abbot Marian had the east wing extended in 1705/06, a refectory , two dormitories and two study rooms set up. This time the master builder was Joachim Carlone .

Under Abbot Matthäus Offner (1751–1779) the Admonterhof experienced its heyday through the redesign of the Rococo state rooms. From 1787, the Imperial and Royal State Property Administration owned the premises. The Benedictine monks were only allowed one apartment. In the 19th century the Edelhof housed tenants and from 1878 a well-known wine bar. The adjacent Kastner & Öhler department store acquired the building in 1935 and set up an office and warehouse. A bomb hit during the Second World War destroyed parts of the west wing in 1945, whereby wall paintings and sgraffiti were uncovered in the course of the demolition work . The war damage had already been removed in 1948/49.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry about Admonterhof (Graz) on Burgen-Austria
  2. ^ Woisetschläger, Krenn: Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz). P. 57f.

Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 19.7 ″  N , 15 ° 26 ′ 8.1 ″  E