Christinengasse
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna Inner City |
| District | Inner city |
| Created | 1865 |
| Newly designed | 1904 |
| Cross streets | Schubertring, Kantgasse |
| Places | Beethovenplatz |
| use | |
| User groups | Car traffic , bicycle traffic , pedestrian traffic |
| Road design | one way street |
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| Street length | approx. 55 meters |
The Christinengasse located on the 1st Viennese district of Inner City . It was laid out in 1865 and named after Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria in 1867 .
history
In the Middle Ages, the area of today's Christinengasse belonged to the suburb in front of the Stubentor . From the 16th century it was part of the glacis in front of the Vienna city wall . After its demolition, the Vienna Ringstrasse was laid out in place of the city walls , and Christinengasse, a side street of the Ringstrasse, was also built in 1865. It was named after Maria Theresa's daughter , Archduchess Maria Christina, who was married to Albert von Sachsen-Teschen , the founder of the Albertina . Her extraordinary tomb, created by the classicist sculptor Antonio Canova , is located in the Augustinian Church . The Christinengasse, which originally extended to Lothringerstraße, has ended at Beethovenplatz since 1904 .
Location and characteristics
Christinengasse runs from Schubertring in a south-easterly direction to Beethovenplatz. It is run as a one-way street . Today there is no more public transport in the street, but tram tracks continue to run over Christinengasse, which are part of a reversing loop. The tram line 71 had the final stop here at Schubertring / the corner of Schwarzenbergplatz . A cycle path also leads through Christinengasse . Since there are no shops or bars here, it is a quiet side street that is not particularly frequented by cars or pedestrians.
The construction of the alley is uniform and consists of representative residential and commercial buildings in the typical historic Ringstrasse style. They are all listed .
Buildings
No. 1: Palais oil tent
The remarkable building was built in the neo-Renaissance style from 1865–1866 by master builder Anton Ölzelt, based on a design by Anton Hefft . The corner projection has a columned oriel. The building is at the main address Schubertring 7.
No. 2, 4: Christinenhof
As a residential courtyard, the Christinenhof forms a separate block between Schubertring, Pestalozzigasse, Kantgasse and Christinengasse. It was built from 1863–1865 by Ludwig Zettl in the early historical style. The important group of buildings has a rich figural facade decoration. The building is located at the main address Schubertring 9–11.
No. 3: residential building
The remarkable building was erected by Friedrich Schachner in the form of the Viennese Neo-Renaissance between 1868 and 1869 . The exposed brick facade on the upper floors shows beautiful grisaille paintings in the attic zone . The building is at the main address Beethovenplatz 2.
literature
- Richard Perger: streets, towers and bastions. The road network of the Vienna City in its development and its name . Franz Deuticke, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-7005-4628-9 , p. 33
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Christinengasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 572 ( 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 ′ 7.1 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 33.5 ″ E