Churhausgasse

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Churhausgasse
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Street in Vienna Inner City
Churhausgasse
Basic data
place Vienna Inner City
District Inner city
Created after 1309
Cross streets Singerstrasse
Places Stephansplatz
Buildings House of the German Order , Archbishop's Churhaus
use
User groups Foot traffic
Road design Pedestrian zone
Technical specifications
Street length approx. 36 meters

The Churchill House Lane is on the 1st Viennese district of Inner City . It was named in 1862 after the Churhaus located here .

history

The Churhausgasse area was originally built with the priest's house. On the other hand , where the Teutonic Order House is today, there was a small alley that provided access from Singerstraße to the Stephansfreithof (Stephansfriedhof). Only when the city of Vienna ceded part of the priestly house and the alley to the Teutonic Order in 1309 did the Churhausgasse come into being. The Teutonic Order extended the existing Teutonic Order House by the area of ​​the previous connecting street, the priest's house was reduced, and a new connection from Singerstraße to Stephansfreithof was created on its flank - today's Churhausgasse. But it remained nameless until 1862. Between 1674 and 1788, at the confluence of what will later become Churhausgasse and Singerstrasse, the Hütten- or Stephanstor was one of the entrances to the Stephansfreithof. In 1862 it was named after the Churhaus built in the 18th century in place of the old priest's house.

Location and characteristics

Churhausgasse seen from Stephansplatz, on the left the Teutonic Order House
Churhausgasse from Singerstraße towards Stephansplatz

The short Churhausgasse runs from Stephansplatz in a south-westerly direction to Singerstraße. It is part of the pedestrian zone of Stephansplatz and covered with granite slabs. There are shops throughout the street. Because of its central location, the alley is frequented by numerous pedestrians, tourists and locals alike. The building consists of historical buildings from the church environment, which are presented today in baroque form. They are all listed .

building

No. 1: Teutonic Order House

→ see also main article Deutschordenshaus (Vienna)

The Teutonic Order House, Deutschherrenhaus or German House consists of the Teutonic Order House, the Teutonic Order Church and rental houses and forms a large building complex between Singerstraße, Churhausgasse, Stephansplatz and Blutgasse . It was first mentioned in a document in 1222 and rebuilt in 1326 by the master builder Jörg Schiffering. From 1667 the buildings were renovated and expanded by Carlo Canevale in the Baroque style. The building is at the main address Singerstraße 7.

The confluence of Churhausgasse in Stephansplatz with the Archbishop's Churhaus

No. 2: Archbishop's Churhaus

The name is derived from the Latin cura animarum and denotes the pastoral care of St. Stephen . In the Middle Ages, the Citizens 'School (mentioned for the first time in 1237) was located here, the only higher school in Vienna until the university was founded, and the St. Stephan building works, where the stonemasons' guild had their ark. The respective cathedral builder also lived here. After the bourgeois school was relocated in the 16th century, facilities of the archbishopric were in its place. Between 1738 and 1740 the Churhaus was built according to plans by Daniel Christoph Dietrich and Johann Gottfried Pock, whereby the so-called Kirchengassel , another entrance to the Stephansfreithof from Stock-im-Eisen-Platz, disappeared. The work was probably completed by Mathias Gerl . Louis Montoyer added one floor to the building in 1806. From 1759 to 1919 there was also an alumni here . On October 8, 1938, there was an incident in which National Socialist youths stormed and ravaged the house. The Churhaus, which was damaged in World War II, was restored in 1948 by Hans Petermair .

In addition to diocesan institutions such as the Catholic Education Center , the theological courses , the Academy at the Cathedral and the Archbishop's Office for Schools and Education, the Churhaus now houses the parish rooms, the apartments for the cathedral priest and the cur priests, the church master's office as well as the cathedral secretariat and the administration of the donation associations .

The monumental building complex is freestanding on three sides between Stephansplatz, Churhausgasse and Singerstraße. Its main address is Stephansplatz 3 and 3a.

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Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 28.2 ″  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 23 ″  E