Concordiaplatz (Vienna)
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna |
| District | Inner city |
| Created | 1880 |
| Confluent streets | Tiefer Graben , Börsegasse , Neutorgasse, Heinrichsgasse, Salzgries, Am Gestade |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , bus routes 2A, 3A |
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| Square area | 1479 m² |
The Concordia Place is located in the first Viennese district of Inner City . It was laid out in 1880 and named after the Concordia writers' association , which had its seat in the nearby Werdertorgasse.
history
In the Middle Ages, the curtain wall of the Viennese city fortifications with the Werdertor and the tower on the Goldsmit extended diagonally across today's Concordiaplatz . When the Vienna city wall was redesigned, the arsenal was built at this point in 1558–1561. On the city side of the former ring wall, there was a row of houses that stretched from Salzgries to today's parcels Concordiaplatz 4 and 5 to the former confluence of the Tiefen Graben . For them the names Beim Werdertor (1371), Niederhalber Unser Frauen Stiegen (1378), bei dem Wernertor (1563–1587), bei dem Werner- or Neue Tor (1642) and bei dem Neuen Tor (1664) are documented. Then this section was counted as the Tiefen Graben until the houses disappeared at the same time as the arsenal was demolished in 1873–1875. The area gained was re-parceled out and Concordiaplatz was created in 1880.
Location and characteristics
The rectangular Concordiaplatz is located below the Maria am Gestade church and the Stiege Am Gestade between Börsegasse in the southwest and Neutorgasse in the northeast. Most of it is used as a car park (access from Neutorgasse); it is separated from a street-like area by a row of trees, which can only be used by regular buses and bicycles. A green strip visually separates the parking lot from Börsegasse.
Bus line 2A runs via Concordiaplatz, which also has a stop called Tiefer Graben in this area , while bus line 3A only touches Concordiaplatz. Their stop at the beginning of the Salzgries is called Concordiaplatz .
The original historical building was largely destroyed by the effects of the Second World War. Half of the houses on Concordiaplatz therefore date from the post-war period. Together with its use as a parking lot, Concordiaplatz gives a very heterogeneous impression. It is not very inviting for pedestrians.
Buildings
No. 1: rental house
The historicist building, built by Wilhelm Stiassny from 1880–1881, is located on the corner of Börsegasse and was rebuilt with a simplified facade after the war. It has a square corner projecting stone and aedicule window . Today, departments of the Ministry of Education are housed here. In the 1880s, Stefan Zweig lived here with his parents as a child.
No. 2: Office building
The building on the corner of Neutorgasse was built in 1953 by Hans Muttone and Friedrich Novotny. Here there are offices and an exhibition room for the Federal Chancellery.
No. 3: corner house
The acute-angled corner house between Heinrichsgasse, Concordiaplatz and Salzgries is a striking eye-catcher. It was built in 1881 by Heinrich Claus and Joseph Gross. The architects particularly emphasized the sloping corner of the house facing Concordiaplatz. It is divided into two-story arcades and a banded upper floor, above which a balcony rises on consoles . Above it are giant Corinthian pilasters , between which gable windows and a figural niche can be seen. On the parapet balustrade there are four large eagles and corner domes with obelisks .
No. 4, 5: Concordiahof
The Concordiahof forms a whole block between Concordiaplatz, Salzgries, Marienstiege, Passauer Platz and Am Gestade. It was built in 1952 by the architects Max Fellerer , Eugen Wörle , Felix Hasenörl and Bruno Doskar. There is a parking garage on the Concordiaplatz side.
The building is located at the main address Passauer Platz 5.
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. 34
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Concordiaplatz. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 589 ( digitized version ).
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City . Verlag Berger, Horn 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , p. 662
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 49.3 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 10.7" E