Desider-Friedmann-Platz
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| place | Vienna |
| District | Inner city |
| Created | 1990 |
| Confluent streets | Judengasse, meat market |
| Buildings | Kornhäuselturm |
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| User groups | Foot traffic |
| Space design | Pedestrian zone |
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| Square area | 251 m² |
The Desider-Friedmann-Platz is on the 1st Viennese district of Inner City . In 1990 it was named after Desider Friedmann , who was the first Zionist President of the Israelite Community of Vienna from 1933 to 1938 .
history
In the area of today's Desider-Friedmann-Platz was the Dreifaltigkeitshof (Trinity Court), which was documented as early as 1204. The houses at Judengasse 10 and 12 were demolished in 1910 and the square and the meat market steps were built in their place. They were added to the extended meat market , which until then only extended as far as Rotenturmstrasse . In 1990 the square was named after Desider Friedmann as a separate traffic area.
In 1981 there was an attack by Palestinian terrorists here.
Location and characteristics
Desider-Friedmann-Platz is located between Judengasse in the west and Jerusalemstiege in the east. There are several Jewish institutions in the immediate vicinity, such as the Vienna City Temple in Seitenstettengasse and a kosher restaurant in Judengasse. The square forms a pedestrian zone with a few adjacent alleys . In the middle there is a single tree (magnolia), as well as another one by the Jerusalem Staircase. The square is popular with tourists. The adjoining houses form a late classical and early historical ensemble from the first half of the 19th century and are under monument protection .
Buildings
No. 1: Kornhäuselturm
In the Middle Ages, the Jewish school of the oldest Jewish community in Vienna was first mentioned in 1204. The late classicist house is located between Seitenstettengasse, Judengasse and Desider-Friedmann-Platz. It was built in 1825–1827 by Joseph Kornhäusel . Particularly noteworthy is the nine-storey Kornhäusel studio tower, the so-called Kornhäuselturm. At that time it was the highest secular tower in Vienna. Kornhäusel himself lived and died in the house. Also Adalbert Stifter lived here 1842-1846, watching from the tower of the total solar eclipse. 1842
The building is at the main address Seitenstettengasse 2.
No. 2: Early historic corner house
The early historical building was built by Carl Högl in 1844 . It has five floors and is on the corner of Judengasse. The base of the house is grooved with round arches. The facade is structured by cornices and suspected windows, the parapets of which have decorative reliefs. The interior was completely changed in 1990 and is now a hotel.
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. 47
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Desider-Friedmann-Platz. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , p. 17 ( digitized version ).
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City . Verlag Berger, Horn 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , pp. 662-663
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 41.5 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 26.3 ″ E