Bruno-Kreisky-Gasse
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| place | Vienna |
| District | Inner city |
| Created | 1986 |
| Cross streets | Schauflergasse |
| Places | Ballhausplatz , Minoritenplatz |
| Buildings | Wasserwellen-Lebens-Brunnen , Federal Chancellery |
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| User groups | pedestrian |
| Road design | Pedestrian zone |
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| Street length | approx. 67 m |
The Bruno Kreisky Gasse is on the 1st Viennese district of Inner City . It was named in 1991 after the former Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky , who had died a year earlier and whose long-term official seat, the Federal Chancellery , is on Bruno-Kreisky-Gasse.
history
The site originally belonged to the complex of the Minorite monastery founded in 1224, which ceded part of its land to the emperor in the 16th century. From 1717–1721 the State Chancellery, today's Federal Chancellery, was established here. Since the other side remained undeveloped, Ballhausplatz , to which today's Bruno-Kreisky-Gasse belonged, and Minoritenplatz were directly adjacent to one another, and together they formed a large open space. The construction of the Federal Office building in 1986 resulted in a lane between the two squares, which was named after Bruno Kreisky in 1991.
Location and characteristics
Bruno-Kreisky-Gasse runs from Ballhausplatz in a northerly direction to Minoritenplatz. It is connected to the local pedestrian zone . The alley is in the middle of the government district with its official buildings, with a historic baroque building on the left and a modern building from the end of the 20th century on the right. In the middle of Bruno-Kreisky-Gasse runs a long, continuous strip of green with a fountain at the beginning at Ballhausplatz. The alley is paved with granite slabs.
Buildings
Water wave life fountain
→ see main article Water wave life fountain
This unusual fountain was created by the sculptor Hans Muhr after this largest known monolith made of lapis lazuli with a weight of 18.3 tons was dismantled in the Chilean Andes in 1993 at a height of 3700 meters. After the fountain was first shown at the World Exhibition in Lisbon in 1998 , it has stood on a three-tiered base at the beginning of Bruno-Kreisky-Gasse since 2000.
No. 1 office building
Since 1903, the site of today's office building has not been built. Since the design remained unclear, the Ballhauspark park was laid out here in 1914 . In 1937/38 Clemens Holzmeister began building the shell of the front house for the Fatherland Front ; the project was not pursued after their disempowerment. After several failed competitions after the Second World War , today's postmodern office building for the Federal Chancellery, the Foreign and Interior Ministry was built by the architects Alexander Marchart and Roland Moebius in 1982–1986 . Only then was today's Bruno-Kreisky-Gasse between the office building and the Federal Chancellery. The façade, broken several times, between Schauflergasse and Minoritenplatz has a pillar base, is banded and shows an additive structure of the windows.
The building is at the main address Minoritenplatz 9.
Federal Chancellery
→ see main article Federal Chancellery (Austria)
In the Bruno-Kreisky-Gasse is the side of the building of the former State Chancellery, built by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt in 1717–1721 . The house, court and state archives were added to the rear at Minoritenplatz in 1900–1903 . The high baroque palace is artistically very remarkable, but above all it has an eminent historical significance for the history of Austria. It is at the main address Ballhausplatz 2.
literature
- Bruno-Kreisky-Gasse in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City. Verlag Berger, Horn 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 31.6 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 51.5 ″ E