Domherrenhof (Graz)

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Domherrenhof Graz, front view (Bürgergasse)
Canon's court of Graz, portal by Veit Königer

The Domherrenhof is a Graz city ​​palace on Bürgergasse in the Inner City district . In the immediate vicinity are the Graz Cathedral , the mausoleum , the Graz seminary and the Graz Castle . The Domherrenhof is part of the so-called Graz City Crown.

history

Detail of the portal with a portrait of Archduke Charles II.
Domherrenhof Graz, side view

The canon court in Graz was founded in 1576 at the instigation of Archduke Charles II . The Jesuit College took over the management of the Konviktes and accepted students. In 1595 Archduke Ferdinand acquired a neighboring house from the property of Sigmund von Gleispach and adapted the premises for the Konvikt. A fire in 1627 destroyed large parts of the house, in which 127 pupils lived at that time. Only one year later, the building was enlarged in the course of the reconstruction, until in 1762 Regens Franz Schmelter arranged for a complete renovation. He had the formerly small house chapel expanded into a two-story sacred building. The decoration of the main portal from 1763 comes from the South Tyrolean artist Veit Königer , and the Baroque style of the canon court is due to the builder Joseph Hueber .

Regens Schmelter wanted to set up a Theresianum for noble students. Halls decorated with frescoes , which were used for dance and fencing events, bear witness to that splendid time. In 1773, Empress Maria Theresa approved the designation of the school as the Kollegium Nobilium . Two years later, the Jesuit order of Graz was abolished , and the Konvikt was moved with the two other Jesuit foundations Ferdinandeum and Josephum to the former Jesuit college building opposite, which currently houses the seminary. The unused building was now under military use until the General Command moved to the Palais Kees on the Graz Glacis . In 1878 the Seckau cathedral chapter acquired the building and adapted it for the apartments of the canons, who gave the canon court its name. The chapel, which was used as a registry under military ownership, was able to resume its function as a religious site. The current owner (as of the 2010s) of the Stadtpalais is the diocese of Graz-Seckau .

Architecture and design

The cathedral courtyard consists of four floors and a partially developed attic and is located on the southwest corner of the mausoleum forecourt, opposite the Graz Cathedral. The front side with the late baroque magnificent portal is in the Bürgergasse. The creator of the signed building is the South Tyrolean artist Veit Königer . The basket arch portal is flanked by two sandstone allegories, Religion and Science. The cartouche at the top of the portal is held by two angels, it is crowned by a representation of the Styrian ducal hat . In the cartridge there is a relief of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria. The original lead cast was replaced in 1950 by a copy made of artificial stone, since the original was lost in 1945. The gate leaves are made of wood, the skylight grille is made of wrought iron. Both elements date from 1763.

The square inner courtyard of the city palace can be reached via a paved and square vaulted driveway. On the south side, Heracles stands in a niche as a sandstone fountain figure while killing the Lernaean Hydra . The depiction is an allegory on the fight against heresy (heresy) and also comes from Veit Königer. In the house chapel, which is consecrated to Saint Barbara, the stucco decorations by Heinrich Formentini and the fresco decorations by the Viennese theater painter Johann Caspar Fibich (around 1770) are noteworthy. Veit Königer also created the marble tabernacle with a relief of St. Barbara (1762/64).

Literature and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry about Domherrenhof (Graz) on Burgen-Austria
  2. ^ Kurt Woisetschläger, Peter Krenn: Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) . Schroll, Vienna 1982, pp. 60f. ISBN 3-85028-439-5 .
  3. ↑ Image of the fountain on omnia.ie, accessed January 25, 2020.
  4. ^ Woisetschläger, Krenn: Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz). P. 61.

Web links

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Coordinates: 47 ° 4 '17.3 "  N , 15 ° 26' 32.4"  E