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| place | Vienna Inner City |
| District | Inner city |
| Created | 1314 |
| Newly designed | 1937 |
| Hist. Names | On our women stairs, on the Fischerstiege, on the Gstetten and others |
| Connecting roads | Börsegasse (northwest), Passauer Platz (east) |
| Cross streets | Marienstiege, Schwertgasse, Tiefer Graben |
| Places | Concordiaplatz |
| Buildings | Hannakenbrunnen |
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| User groups | Foot traffic |
| Road design | Stairs, pedestrian zone |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | about 60 meters |
Am Gestade is the name of a square-like traffic area and stairs in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City .
history
The designation Gstetten or Stetten has been used for this area since around 1200 . In 1314 there was a first staircase on the edge of the terrain to Tiefen Graben , along which a lane was built. With their help, the steep drop of the geological city terrace , which can be traced back to a landslide in the 3rd century, could be overcome. At its upper end was the Gothic church of Maria am Gestade , at the lower end towards the north the southernmost arm of the Danube and towards the west the Ottakringerbach . The upper part of the alley was called Bei Unser Frau auf der Stetten (1360), the middle section was called An Unser Frauen Stiegen (1378) and the lower part was called Beim Werdertor (1340). The name An der Fischerstiege is also attested between 1473 and 1499 . After that, the names changed relatively often, in 1664 the street Gässel was called by our women`s stairs , in 1795 and 1848 Auf der Gestetten and An der Gstetten respectively . In 1862 the name Am Gestade, which is still valid today, followed . The term Gstetten has meanwhile been associated in Viennese with a neglected and neglected area and therefore no longer appeared in keeping with the times. In 1937 the stairs and square were redesigned by the architect Hubert Matuschek .
Location and characteristics
The traffic area Am Gestade today consists of a square that adjoins Börsegasse to the south-east, and a set of stairs that overcomes the step to the church of Maria am Gestade further to the south-east and leads up to Passauer Platz . Both sections can only be used by pedestrians, as the lower square-like area is separated from Börsegasse by a low wall.
The location of the street in a very old part of the city is still reflected on the western side by its medieval-early modern construction. The eastern side, on the other hand, is characterized by a single, large building block from the 1950s. The design of the 1930s led the view from Börsegasse, along the stairs, to the Maria am Gestade church at the top. A fountain was built on the east side of the lower square, but it does not obstruct the view of the stairs and the church. Trees were planted next to it and benches were created.
Both the fountain and all buildings on the western side (No. 1, 3, 5, 7) are listed as historical monuments .
Building
No. 1 late Renaissance town house
The house dates from the 1st quarter of the 17th century, but was changed by Jakob Hainz in 1823 and given a new facade. After the building suffered severe war damage in 1945, the decision was made to completely rebuild the interior and restore the facade in a historicizing manner. This is bent several times and has stone-framed windows with profiled sills . The cellar vault with stitch caps is from the original construction period.
No. 2-4 Concordia-Hof
The Concordia Hof takes up the entire eastern side of the street. It dates from 1952 and is located at the main address Passauerplatz 5. The house entrance is a bronze sculpture salt Schiffer by Franz Barwig the Younger from the year 1958th
No. 3 Renaissance town house
The remarkable Renaissance town house was built in the 2nd half of the 16th century. A previous building is documented as early as 1381. In 1948 the heavy war damage was repaired. In 1973, during a total renovation, some changes were made to the interior, especially on the ground floor. The facade is structured with plastered corner blocks and cornices . The ditch roof and the double gable sit on a strong cornice. The windows are stone-framed and have profiled sills. Inside, the foyer with groined vaults and the stone spiral staircase are remarkable.
No. 5 Renaissance town house
This Renaissance town house is slightly smaller than its neighboring buildings. It was built in the 1st half of the 16th century. During the total renovation in 1973, the interior was partially changed, but above all the ground floor. A double-axis central bay window on consoles is striking on the facade, while the plastered corner blocks and cornices structure the front. The windows are stone-framed and have profiled sills. The baroque pawlatschen aisles in the courtyard date from the 1st half of the 18th century. Their wrought iron stands are remarkably lavishly designed. In the interior, the stone spiral staircase and the needle cap barrels on the ground floor are particularly important.
No. 7 community center
The core of the town house comes from the Renaissance and was changed in the Baroque and in 1803 by Ernest Koch , who added two floors. The building on the corner of Tiefen Graben has an irregular floor plan and a curved and stepped facade, the lower two floors of which are grooved as parallelepipeds . The windows are stone-framed with profiled sills, the facade structured by simple cornices. On the side of the Tiefen Graben there is a baroque stone statue of Maria Immaculate from the 1st quarter of the 18th century in a semicircular niche with rich aedicular framing . Inside, the barrel-vaulted driveway with a stone well, the spiral staircase, needle cap barrels from the 16th century on the ground floor and baroque barrel cap barrel in the basement are particularly noteworthy. There are pawlatschen passages in the inner courtyard. In the courtyard, which is bordered at the rear by the edge of the terrain, remains of the medieval city wall from the Babenberg era have been preserved. The Polish Cultural Institute has been housed in the building since 1974.
Hannakenbrunnen
In 1937 , the sculptor Rudolf Schmidt built a fountain based on plans by the architect Hubert Matuschek in the open space below the stairs . It is a massive, octagonal, stone basin on a flat pedestal, in which there is a group of figures. It depicts a scene from a legend according to which the so-called Hannakenkönig , a bather , deliberately brought people down at night in order to subsequently earn money from their treatment.
literature
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): On the shore. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 85 ( digitized version ).
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City . Verlag Berger, Horn 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '48 " N , 16 ° 22' 9.5" E