Cafe Adami

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Report in the “Wiener Viewer”, a “magazine for the educated”, 1847

The Café Adami was a known Viennese coffee in the Rotenturmstraße 25 in the first district of Vienna .

history

The house on the corner of "Rabensteig 4" can be traced back to its first documented mention in 1355. After the owner of the house was unable to pay his debts in the middle of the 17th century, it was judged to be awarded to the “Gods Corpus Christi Brotherhood”, which however sold it again after a short time. The municipality of Vienna acquired the house for the purpose of enlarging the Rabenplatz and the extension of the Rabenstein. Approx. In 1815 the house was united with conscription number 646 ("Zur Gans"). It ran in 1774 and 1777 under the name "Kupferschmiedische Haus" and remained the property of the municipality until 1839.

Around 1700, the inn "Zum Schwarzen Elefanten" was located in the building, also known as "Zur kleine Mehlgrube". It was particularly popular with Tyrolean raftsmen and boatmen. In the pre-March here the "Café Adami" set up.

The coffeehouse can be verified for the first time in 1728. It was from which since 1827 Trent coming Dominik Adami operated. It developed into a meeting place for intellectuals, writers and artists. In 1830 Adami wanted to relocate his café to the Regensburger Hof , but had to make do with premises in Bäckerstraße , with a second entrance from Wollzeile. After his death, the company passed to Josef Heinrich Adami , who restored it and sold it to Michael Karré in 1849 . The rooms had a low, vaulted ceiling that barely let in daylight. Only a large window on the rear facing an atrium lit the room. Opposite this window stood the Empress's throne. Adami, who was a writer, usually sat at a table reserved for special guests, went about his work and gathered the literary society around him. As a critic of the "Bäuerliche Theaterzeitung" he was very influential. He was visited by poets and composers, among whom were Otto Nicolai , Josef Dessauer , the Greek banker Tirka and art patron Nikolaus Dumba . In addition to the typical “ Viennese coffee house billiards”, the café had its own billiards university, where so-called “professeurs” gave lessons for a fee. After another change of ownership in 1866, the chamber trade was deleted and the coffee house operations stopped.

Dominik Adami

Dominik Adami was born in Trento on October 8, 1777; he was married to Anna (* May 1, 1781, † July 28, 1847). Since 1827 Adami had been licensed to trade the coffee brewer and ran the coffee house, which billiard players, artists and writers liked to visit.

He died on October 5, 1847 Vienna in his house "Am Heumarkt 7". His grave is, like that of his wife, in the St. Marxer Friedhof .

Web links

Commons : Café Adami  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Christian Michlits: Café Adami. Vienna History Wiki, August 14, 2018, accessed on October 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Christian Michlits: Rabensteig 4. 1., Rabensteig 4 (conscription numbers 485 and 647), Rotenturmstraße 25. Vienna History Wiki, October 9, 2018, accessed on October 27, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Bernhard Krabina: Dominik Adami. Vienna History Wiki, December 17, 2014, accessed on October 27, 2018 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 41 ″  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 32.3 ″  E