Buchengasse (Vienna)
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| place | Vienna |
| District | Favoriten (10th district) |
| Created | 1872 |
| Cross streets | Absberggasse , Schrankenberggasse , Laimäckergasse, Hausergasse Steudelgasse, Gellert alley Waldgasse, Herndl alley Wielandgasse , Favoritenstraße , Leibnizgasse, Senefeldergasse, Columbusgasse, Mührengasse, Laxenburger Straße , Jagdgasse, Siccardsburggasse, Leebgasse , van der Null Gasse, Alxingergasse , Herzgasse, Neilreichgasse , Karmarschgasse, Fernkorngasse, Sonnleithnergasse, Bernhardtstalgasse, Malborghetgasse, Gussriegelstrasse , Zur Spinnerin, Knöllgasse, Triester Strasse |
| Places | Reumannplatz , Laubeplatz |
| Buildings | Parish Church Thrice Admirable Mother of God , Church of Peace |
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| User groups | Pedestrians , bicycle traffic , car traffic |
| Road design | one way street |
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| Street length | approx. 2490 m |
The Buchengasse located since 1874 in the 10th Vienna district, favorites . It was named in 1872 when the alley east of Laxenburger Strasse still belonged to the 4th district and west of it to the 5th district. Beech forests are said to have been located here at the foot of the Laaer Berg and the area was used as hunting and grazing grounds. In contrast, however, according to the lexicon of the Viennese street names by Autengruber, the tree species beech (Fagus sylvatica) should not be native to the Laaer Berg. Buchengasse was extended in 1875 and 1912.
Course and characteristics
Buchengasse is a very long alley with 178 house numbers, which stretches over almost the entire width of northern Favoriten. It begins in the east on Absberggasse and runs, one block further south, parallel to Quellenstrasse to Triester Strasse in the west. For the most part, it is run as a one-way route - to prevent through traffic, with changing direction of travel. Buchengasse is interrupted by Reumannplatz ; it has 20 blocks to the west of the square and seven to the east.
Buchengasse is completely lined with residential buildings and only touches a park at the Laubeplatz. There is no public transport, but it is close at hand everywhere. Especially in the eastern part of the alley, some houses date from the founding period at the end of the 19th century, otherwise from the beginning of the 20th century and, more in the west, from the period after 1945 and more recently.
Notable buildings
No. 7–9: Small apartment complex
This small apartment complex was built in 1912 according to plans by Otto Richter and Leopold Ramsauer . It consists of four transverse apartment blocks that are connected in the middle by a shop wing. What is remarkable is that this residential complex already anticipates features of communal housing from the interwar period, dispenses with the corridor kitchen system and the apartments are accessed from the stairwell.
No. 30: Stone relief with a hunting scene
At house number 30 there is a stone relief that refers to the presumed naming of Buchengasse and symbolizes the hunting and pasture areas that used to exist here.
No. 42: Relief Nativity
On the house located here, a stone relief with the birth of Christ can be seen. It was created in 1967 by G. Zauner .
No. 61: flower mosaic
The house located here has a large flower mosaic, drawn with LC Pfeffer .
No. 65: House with sculpture
On the house there is a sculpture of a blacksmith by Adolf Wagner von der Mühl from 1960.
No. 66: horse tram
At house number 66, a plaque by Mario Petrucci reminds us that the horse tram terminated here between 1873 and 1899.
No. 67: Red Court
At this point there was the Rote Hof , a Freihof and one of the oldest buildings on the grounds of Favoriten. The neighboring Rotenhofgasse was named after him. The dilapidated building was demolished in 1903.
No. 77: Post Office
The post office on the corner of Columbusgasse was built in 1928/1929 according to plans by Josef Aicher and Alfred Gerger . It is a remarkable cubic-block-like building, the five-storey, vertically structured fronts of which are set off against the elevated, horizontally structured staircase.
No. 95–97 former Luzzatto machine factory
The former M. Luzzatto machine factory is located between Siccardsburggasse and Leebgasse . It was built in 1906/07 according to plans by Ludwig Schmidl . The exposed brick building houses a three-aisled factory hall with galleries. The fronts of the nave and transepts are gabled and windowed. The roof areas are partly glazed. Inside there are wooden tram ceilings on cast iron stands. The building is a listed building
No. 108: Parish Church Our Lady of the Three Miracles
Countess Wenckheim bought a house here in 1910, which served as a home for homeless girls. Inside was a chapel dedicated to the Mater Ter Admirabilis . In 1931 the General Wiener Kirchenbauverein took over the house with the now dilapidated chapel. In 1933 the architects Robert Kramreiter and Leo Schmoll built today's new church. In 1942 the church was elevated to the parish church of Our Lady of the Three Miracles .
The simple gable front has a high, round arched portal niche that shows a stepped exposed brick wall. Above the portal there is a mosaic picture with a cross and a dove of the Holy Spirit. Next to the entrance is a wooden crucifix from the construction period. On the adjacent rectory, two more mosaic pictures can be seen showing Saint Christopher and the Alpha and Omega.
The interior consists of a small rectangular hall with an organ gallery. The high altar is made of Carrara marble . Round windows show saints, a pieta and the Annunciation to Mary, the lunette window the Madonna and Child. The artistically valuable Stations of the Cross is a Val Gardena carving by the sculptor Amler. On the gallery there is a Russian icon of Mary and a picture of Mary from the former chapel, both from the 19th century. The church is a listed building.
No. 131–133: residential complex
This residential complex was built in 1974 according to plans by the architect Herbert Ursprunger . The lively street facade is accentuated by balconies, loggias, bay windows and roof terraces as well as by the coloring. The entire property covers 1700 m².
No. 139: Mosaic picture
On this house there is a large mosaic picture (36 m²) by Wolfgang Hutter from 1958. It shows plants and stars and is a listed building. Buchengasse 17 Brunnen Wander
No. 158: Church of Peace
In 1914 a pastoral care station was built here, which was converted into an emergency church in 1922. In 1924 the Pallottines took over the church and in 1934/35 arranged for today's new building, which was built according to plans by Robert Kramreiter. In 1935 it was raised to the status of a parish church dedicated to Mary Queen of Peace. The interior was created from 1942.
The building was constructed using reinforced concrete and organically connects the church with the monastery, the parish hall and the parish office. The church itself is divided into a portal structure, a central nave with lower aisles, the presbytery with a lateral choir gallery and a wide apse. There is a theater and cinema hall under the presbytery. The towers flank the entrance portal as pylons. Since the side aisles are not separated by supports, the interior gives the impression of a hall. The altar is raised and clearly visible from all sides. Behind it is a fresco depicting Christ the King of the World , created by Albert Ferenz in 1948 . On the left side altar is the painting The Good Shepherd by Alfred Gottwald from 1942, on the right side altar the high altar picture of the old church, Mary, Queen of Peace , by Wilhelm August Rieder from 1851. Glass windows depict the nine choirs of angels , the glass windows below the seven sacraments. Charlotte Klima created the mosaic paneling of the pulpit, depicting the divine logos. The wooden paintings above the confessionals are also noteworthy. The church parish church Queen of Peace is a listed building.
In front of the church or in front of the house number 141 opposite is a fountain by Wander Bertoni from 1959.
No. 155–157: terrace house
In 2004/08 a large new and innovative residential complex was built on part of the former Tarbuk grounds. It stands out due to its varied shape and intense color scheme.
gallery
Buchengasse 7-9 (1912)
Buchengasse 30
Buchengasse 42 (1967)
Buchengasse 61
Buchengasse 65
Buchengasse 66
Buchengasse 67
Buchengasse 77 (1928/29)
Buchengasse 139 (1958)
Buchengasse 141 (1959)
Buchengasse 155–157
Buchengasse 155–157
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Individual evidence
literature
- Herbert Tschulk: Viennese district culture guide favorites . Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-224-16255-4
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Buchengasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 490 ( digitized version ).
- Dehio-Handbuch Wien X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996
- Peter Autengruber : Lexicon of Viennese street names . Pichler Verlag, Vienna 2007 6th edition
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 30.5 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 16.4 ″ E