District Museum Brigittenau

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The Brigittenau district museum is the district and local museum dedicated to the 20th district of Vienna , Brigittenau . It is located at Dresdner Straße 79.

history

District museum Brigittenau in the Bertram-Schlössl

There was already a relevant local history museum on Wallensteinplatz in the 1930s. At the beginning of today's district museum there was a private collection of Brigittenau district inspector Heinrich Zwicker (1919–1991), which was shown with the support of district chairman Karl Michal in the 1950s in the building Wallensteinplatz 5–6 (later location of the Vindobona (cabaret) ). For decades, Zwicker collected materials on his tours as a police officer and also spread the history of the district in slide shows in restaurants.

View at night

From 1960 the collection was shown as the “Brigittenauer Heimatmuseum” in the premises of the Volkshochschule Brigittenau at Raffaelgasse 13 (in the block of the municipal district office); Zwicker worked as curator, and Anton Raschka took over the management of the museum, who had been very committed to founding the museum. The Brigittenau Museum Association was founded in 1966.

Heinrich Zwicker later withdrew from the project with his collection. A new collection therefore had to be built up for the museum. From April 1984 it was housed for ten years at Engerthstrasse 60-74 in what used to be health insurance rooms.

Location

In May 1994 the museum was opened in a building erected in 1889 in the style of historicism , later the villa of the factory owner Friedrich Bertram (the so-called "Bertram-Schlössl"). A memorial plaque in the building notes: The building of today's museum at Dresdner Straße 79 was originally built by the Friedrich and Anna Schmidt family in 1889 as a house on the foundations of a ferry house, which was later bought by the industrialist Bertram and used as an office and residential building. Before that there was the company Friedrich Weichmann's Witwe, II. Factory of signaling and lighting objects for railways at the address .

Engineer Karl August Czeija (1843–1909) founded a workshop for mechanics and telegraph construction in Vienna in 1880. In 1884 the electrical engineer Franz Nissl (1852–1942) took a stake in the company, which was now called "Telephon- und Telegraphenfabrik Czeija, Nissl & Co." The company played a major role in the development of the telephone network of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and built the first radio transmitters and radios in series from 1923. The company had been located on Dresdner Straße since 1907 and used the Bertram-Schlössl, among other things. From 1957 the company was called "Standard Telephon- und Telegraphen-AG Czeija, Nissl & Co. (STT)", which in 1970 became " ITT Austria GmbH" (since 1987 " Alcatel Austria AG", currently " Alcatel-Lucent ") and which moved out of the area in the late 1970s.

The villa, which has been vacant since 1981, and the factory area behind it at Dresdner Strasse 75–79, were purchased by the City of Vienna and restored over two years. The total area is around 600 m², 200 m² of which are in the attic. On the ground floor there is a lecture hall with a stage for 80 people, a meeting room and archive, offices and a cloakroom. The showrooms are on the first floor.

The District Museum is located near the stop Wien Traisengasse the Vienna S-Bahn and the station of the same name of the traffic passing through the Dresdner Straße tram 2 . Bus stops for bus lines 5A and 37A are also nearby.

Permanent collection

The museum documents the development of the district using exhibits, pictures, views, models, plans and many photos. Some subject areas are summarized in permanent exhibitions. There are also special exhibitions of various sizes, most of which are located in the lecture hall on the ground floor or in the anteroom on the first floor. Old views and plans relating to the district can be seen in the stairwell.

The other four rooms on the first floor, some of which are artistically decorated with stucco work, contain the basic exhibition on the industrial, social and political development of the district. The layout changes depending on the current focus of the exhibition. In the first room on the street side, exhibits on everyday history can currently be seen. One area shows the "Brigittenau before 1900". The arc stretches from the meadow to the industrial area to the residential area. Another room shows the technical development of the telephone and of Austria's earliest radio station, Radio Hekaphon . The company "Czeija, Nissl & Co", a leading high-tech company in its time, conducted radio test operations in 1923/1924 at what is now the WUK (cultural center) until Radio Verkehrs AG (RAVAG) began regular operations.

In the district history it goes u. a. about transportation. A model of a forerunner of the tram in Vienna , the Brigittenauer Pferdebahn, can be seen. A large model shows the north-west station near the museum in its time as a passenger station. A Robert Blum plaque commemorates the life of this 1848 revolutionary who was executed in Brigittenau. The exhibition "Brigittenau in the Resistance" commemorates the time of National Socialism and the victims of the Holocaust in the district. The Red Vienna and the Brigittenau, the once well-known Brigitta-Kirtag around the Brigittakapelle that entertainment establishments "Colosseum" and "Universe" , which Brigitta Hospital and the men's home in the Meldemannstraße 27, in which Adolf Hitler temporarily lived - his registration form is still available - are also part of the exhibition.

The permanent exhibition "Brigittenau - location for trade, commerce and industry" illustrates the economic development of Brigittenau with images and objects. The spectrum of the companies put together so far ranges from gingerbread models to stovepipes. The company headquarters are marked on a large district map. The following companies are currently on display:

No. Surname Branch active in the 20th district Location
03 Jurany & Wolfrum mechanical engineering 1899-1990 Pasettistraße  29-31
08 Hofbauer chocolate factory confectionery 1958-1994 Brigittenauer Lände  168
13 Radiator and metal goods factory Metal processing 1918– Stromstrasse  26-28
14th Hardy brothers Hydraulics / pneumatics 1889-1942 Höchstädtplatz  4
15th WABCO Westinghouse Hydraulics / pneumatics 1963-1998 Höchstädtplatz 4
19th Viennese bridge construction and iron construction company Steel / vehicle construction 1920-1938 Engerthstrasse  115
20th Globus publishing house Newspapers 1945-1993 Höchstädtplatz 3
25th North Sea German deep-sea fishery Fish and seafood 1899– Northwest Station
27 Bertrams Stovepipes 1876-2014 Handelskai  100
28 Capo Cycles 1930-2017 Wallensteinstrasse  33
29 Anna u. Hans Dögl Food Friedrich-Engels-Platz  17-18
30th Erwin Fellner Butcher 1931– Klosterneuburger Strasse  29
32 Fross - Büssing Buses / trucks 1909-1945 Nordwestbahnstrasse 53
35 Robert Kammerer Lebzelterei 1938– Dammstrasse  39
37 Kremenezky , Mayer & Co Light bulb factory 1909-1931 Dresdner Strasse  55-57
38 + CERTEC + Elements GmbH KROMUS - STAHL steel construction 1907-2010 Dresdner Strasse 107
40 Walter Mantl - Mussak Confectioner 1912– Marchfeldstrasse  12
42 s :: can Messtechnik GmbH ( start-up) measuring technology 1999– Brigittagasse  22
43 Shipbuilding Research Institute (SVA) / Vienna Model Basin Ltd Research institute 1912– Brigittenauer Lände 256
44 Tmej Rudolf GmbH - Factory for technical springs techn. feathers 1946– Nordwestbahnstrasse  77-79
45 United ice cream factories and cold stores in Vienna Artificial ice production 1898– Pasettistrasse 76
47 Vienna public kitchen operating company (WÖK) / Wigast Exit 1919– Friedrich-Engels-Platz  7–9
49 Sugar aunt eU Monika Erhart Confectionery shop 1922– Klosterneuburger Strasse 30
50 Leonardelli La Gelateria Ice cream parlor 1890– Klosterneuburger Strasse 50
51 Hut & Stiel - The Viennese mushroom culture (start-up) Mushroom growing 2015– Innstrasse  5

The development of the Danube is shown in an adjacent building . It plays a very important role for Brigittenau, which is located on an island between the Danube Canal and the Danube River. Topics are the floods, the history of the Viennese Danube regulations , the first from 1870 and the second from 1972, which led to the construction of the New Danube . A central piece of the exhibition is the Danube Atlas from 1996, a unique technical and cultural-historical documentation with 280 maps and plans from Korneuburg to Fischamend . Furthermore, it is about shipping, the Danube fishing or electricity construction work.

In addition to the exhibitions, the museum offers further information. There is a library, negative image material, a slide archive, video documentation and a collection of magazines and documents. The museum also has materials on Eastern history from the time of Austria-Hungary . The district museum also publishes publications on the district history, such as museum papers, the brochure "Brigittenau - from the Au to the residential district", "Brigittenau - yesterday, today, tomorrow", "Brigittenau - museum and district history".

Special exhibitions

  • 2019: Day of the District Museums - Beislkultur. (in planning)
  • 2018: Day of the District Museums - sacred buildings in Brigittenau. Part of the cross-district exhibition Sacred Buildings in Vienna
  • 2017: Zuagrast interesting facts about migration in the past and present
  • 2017: Trade - Trade - Industry (became a permanent exhibition)
  • 2017: Day of the District Museums - Municipal Housing
  • 2016: District Museums Day - Sports
  • 2015: Free time - free time?
  • 2015: Day of the District Museums - Sounding Vienna
  • 2014: Peace without Frontiers - Alfred Hermann Fried
  • 2014: Day of the District Museums - Vienna in 1914
  • 2013: Homemade - handicrafts between must and want
  • 2013: Day of the District Museums - Fire Brigade
  • 2012: District Museums Day - Markets
  • 2011: District Museums Day - Big City Children
  • 2010: Day of the District Museums - Sunken Worlds of Work
  • 2009: The north-west station over three centuries
  • 2009: With us in the 20th 35 years of area support
  • 2009: District Museums Day - fun is a must
  • 2008: In memory of Robert Blum
  • 2008: The resistance against the reign of terror of the Nazis
  • 2008: Day of the District Museums - Lines that connect
  • 2007: Pesterzsébet , the 20th district of Budapest
  • 2007: Day of the District Museums - Personalities
  • 2005: The Swedes before Vienna
  • 2004: 10 years of the Brigittenau District Museum on Dresdner Strasse and Brigittenau during this time
  • 2003: Child in Brigittenau
  • 1995: Vienna vacates on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vienna

Further information

The museum was managed from 1959 to 1984 by Emmerich Urban and from November 1984 by Roland Herold. In 2012 this position was taken over by Adelheid Schwab. All functions are voluntary.

The museum is open twice a week, on Thursday (5pm - 7pm) and Sunday (10am - 12pm), but is closed during the school and public holidays. Guided tours are possible on request (registration by email).

literature

  • Roland Herold: 20th District Museum Brigittenau. (=  Viennese history sheets. Supplement). Association for the History of the City of Vienna, 2003, ZDB -ID 43529-6 .

Web links

Commons : Bezirksmuseum Brigittenau  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ page "District Museum Brigittenau". In: Vienna History Wiki . Processing status: September 29, 2017, 3:29 PM UTC. URL: Bezirksmuseum Brigittenau in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna (accessed: March 15, 2018, 9:36 pm UTC)
  2. ^ Roland P. Herold: Brigittenau. From the Au to the residential district. Mohl, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-900272-43-3 , pp. 69 .
  3. ↑ Municipality of Vienna: New District Museum Brigittenau . Ed .: APA OTS. May 20, 1994.
  4. ^ Notice board in the museum: History of the museum at Dresdner Strasse 79 , March 22, 2018.
  5. ^ Radiomuseum.org: Manufacturer - information and history: Czeija, Nissl & Co., Standard, ITT, Alcatel; Vienna. November 28, 2003, accessed April 1, 2018 .
  6. ^ A b Roland Herold: 20th District Museum Brigittenau. (=  Viennese history sheets. Supplement). Association for the History of the City of Vienna, 2003, ZDB -ID 43529-6 , p. 7 .
  7. ^ Brigittenau - location for trade, commerce and industry. vienna DISTRICT MUSEUM 20. brigittenau, accessed on March 31, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Between racing bikes and gingerbread figures. meinviertel.at, September 20, 2017, accessed on March 24, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Peter Mohilla / Franz Michlmayr: Danube Atlas Vienna. History of Danube regulation with maps and plans from four centuries. - Atlas of the Danube River Vienna. A history of river training on maps and plans of four centuries. Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85437-105-5 (German, English).
  10. ^ Municipality of Vienna : Day of the District Museums 2018: "Sacred Buildings in Vienna". APA OTS, March 2, 2018, accessed March 31, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Municipality of Vienna: Last day of the “Zuagrast” show in the District Museum, 20th APA OTS, June 28, 2017, accessed on April 9, 2018 .
  12. ^ Municipality of Vienna: End of the leisure show in the Brigittenau district museum. APA OTS, June 26, 2015, accessed April 10, 2018 .
  13. ^ Municipality of Vienna: District Museum 20: New exhibition "Peace without Frontiers". APA OTS, February 25, 2014, accessed April 10, 2018 .
  14. ^ Municipality of Vienna: Exhibition "Der Nordwestbahnhof" in the District Museum 20. APA OTS, January 15, 2010, accessed on April 10, 2018 .
  15. ^ Municipality of Vienna: District Museum Brigittenau: Commemoration of Robert Blum. APA OTS, December 3, 2008, accessed April 10, 2018 .
  16. ^ Municipality of Vienna: New exhibition "Resistance in the Brigittenau". District Museum 20 shows concentration camp jacket, judgments, leaflets. APA OTS, March 25, 2008, accessed April 10, 2018 .
  17. ^ Municipality of Vienna: Brigittenau: Exhibition "The Swedes before Vienna". APA OTS, May 10, 2005, accessed April 10, 2018 .
  18. ^ Community of Vienna: Jubilee exhibition in the Brigittenau district museum. APA OTS, May 25, 2004, accessed April 10, 2018 .
  19. ^ Municipality of Vienna: "Vienna cleans up" in the Brigittenau district museum . Ed .: APA OTS. March 30, 1995.

Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 3.2 ″  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 58.7 ″  E