Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna Inner City |
| District | Inner city |
| Created | 1865 |
| Newly designed | 1926 |
| Confluent streets | Wollzeile, Dominikanerbastei , Biberstrasse , Stubenring, Parkring, Weiskirchnerstrasse, Stubenbastei |
| Buildings | Palais Klein , Lueger monument |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , bus 3A, 74A, tram 2, underground U3 |
| Space design | One-way and pedestrian zone |
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| Square area | approx. 4640 m² |
The Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz is on the 1st Viennese district of Inner City . It was named in 1926 after the mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger .
history
In the Middle Ages, the city moat and the glacis in front of the Stubentor were located in the area of today's Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz . From 1561, the curtain wall was located here between the Brown and Dominican Bastions and the new room door that was moved to the outside along the Wollzeile. After this was demolished in 1858–1862, the Wollzeile was extended across the Ring to the Wien River in 1865 , which resulted in building sites for houses 1, 2 and 3 on the southern edge of today's square. Until it was demolished in 1901 , the free space north of Wollzeile on the new Stubenring was part of the Franz Joseph barracks, which were built outside the city wall until 1857 and then remained nameless for the time being. Historicist buildings have now been erected on the northern edge (houses no. 5 and 6) .
In 1926, under Mayor Karl Seitz , a decision was made to erect the Lueger monument, donated by a private committee, here; in the course of this, the square was given its current name. 1907–1926 the square in front of the Vienna City Hall, previously and later called Rathausplatz , had been named Lueger, but the Red Vienna found this address inappropriate because Lueger had prevented the workers from participating in Vienna's local politics. (In the Reichsrat , the national parliament, the general, equal, direct and personal male suffrage was introduced in 1907; Lueger refused to adopt this rule for Vienna.)
The block south of the square, on the corner of Parkring , until then provided with house numbers of the Wollzeile, was now given the house numbers Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz 1, 2 and 3. Beyond the Ringstrasse, the Wollzeile continued until this part 1932 was renamed Weiskirchnerstrasse ; Richard Weiskirchner was Lueger's closest associate as the magistrate director and in 1912 he himself became the last Christian Social Mayor of Vienna.
Location and characteristics
The Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz is in the east of the inner city. It is bounded in the east by the Stubenring and in the west by the Dominikanerbastei / Stubenbastei street. Other streets that lead to the square are Wollzeile in the west and Biberstrasse in the north. An important connection leads across the square from the inner city towards the country road , whereby car traffic is severely restricted.
In the center of the square there is a green area with benches, the Lueger monument and access to the Stubentor underground station . This station on the U3 underground line is under Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz; its name is reminiscent of the former city gate. Other public transport that operates here are bus line 1A and tram line 2, which stops on the Ringstrasse at Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz, but does not itself cross the square. The square is therefore an important transfer station for public transport and is heavily frequented by pedestrians. For them it is also one of the entrances to the historic old town.
The construction consists largely of historic buildings, in the west there is a building from the 1930s and an unadorned building from the post-war period, which, however, are not able to disturb the character of the ensemble. The Austrian Museum of Applied Arts is located opposite the square on the Stubenring and the Stadtpark on the Parkring .
Notable buildings
Lueger monument
The monument to Vienna's mayor Karl Lueger was created in 1913–1916 by the sculptor Josef Müllner and was originally intended to be erected on Rathausplatz. In 1926 it found its place on the new Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz. The late historical bronze statue of the mayor stands on a stone plinth, which is flanked at the corners by four stone statues that symbolize Lueger's achievements. It is a worker with a gas pipe who indicates the municipalization of the gas works, a farm worker who symbolizes the creation of the forest and meadow belt around Vienna, a grieving mother who points out the welfare of widows and orphans, and an old man, which represents the construction of the pension home in Lainz. In addition, there are reliefs on each side of the base, which also illustrate Lueger's achievements.
Because the eponym Karl Lueger used anti-Semitic populism as a politician , the University of Applied Arts Vienna announced a competition in 2009 to transform the monument into a “memorial against anti-Semitism and racism in Austria”. By April 2010, over 150 proposals had been received.
Natural monument
Behind the Lueger monument there is a large plane tree , which has been classified as a Vienna Natural Monument 756 since 1994 .
Remains of the parlor door
In the course of the construction of the Stubentor subway station , remarkable remains of the Stubentor , which was demolished after 1858, were uncovered from 1985 to 1987 . Parts of the former parlor bastion were bricked up in such a way that they are visible up to the surface of the square, while the floor plan of the parlor door is indicated on the roadway. Three information boards were attached to the wall of the parlor bastion, while in the underground station showcases with historical pictures provide information about the parlor gate. The station itself was opened in 1991 and planned by the architects Wilhelm Holzbauer , Heinz Marschalek, Georg Ladstätter and Norbert Gantar. In front of the remains of the wall on Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz stands a bronze model of the walled old town of Vienna, which was created in Italy in 1991. A memorial plaque was placed on the wall itself for the Baptist Balthasar Hubmaier , who was executed in front of the parlor gate in 1528.
No. 2: Palais Klein
In 1867, the architect Carl Tietz built the strictly historical Palais Klein for the industrialist family Klein on the middle lot of the block, next to house number 1 on the corner of Parkring . The rear wing of the building was destroyed in 1945, changes to the portal followed after the war. Particularly noteworthy are the well-preserved rooms on the piano nobile with ceiling paintings.
No. 4: Dominican monastery
On the west side of the square, part of the high medieval complex of the monastery buildings of the Dominican monastery extended to the Wollzeile. This wing was torn down in 1937 and replaced by a new building, whereby the richly furnished refectory was also lost. A passage leads through the new building to Postgasse.
No. 5: Former Post and Telegraph Directorate
On the north side of the square between the Dominikanerbastei and Biberstraße, the late historic building of the post and telegraph office was built on three sides according to plans by Leopold Simony . Influences from Otto Wagner are obvious. Balconies lead over the rounded corners of the house. There is a remarkable wrought iron gate at the portal.
No. 6: Café Prückel
Between Stubenring and Biberstraße there is a mighty late historical building, which was built in 1902/1903 by Jakob Gartner on behalf of the lawyer Adolf Gallia . The design of the rich facade took place in the neo-baroque style. The first floor is occupied by the Café Prückel , which opened in 1903 as the Café Lurion. In the 1950s, the interior was redesigned by Oswald Haerdtl . This design has been preserved in the front part of the restaurant to this day, while the rear area was given its Art Nouveau appearance in the 1980s.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Call for tenders to redesign the Lueger monument into a memorial against anti-Semitism and racism in Austria
- ↑ Lueger Memorial: Over 150 ideas submitted (ORF Vienna, April 6, 2010)
literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 2 . Kremayr & Scheriau 1993
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City . Verlag Berger: Horn 2003
- Aleida Assmann: Dr. Karl Lueger, in: dies., Forms of forgetting. Göttingen 2016. pp. 81–86.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 27 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 47 ″ E