Through house

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As Durchhaus is called an intended mostly for pedestrian traffic, overbuilt passage through a building or such a building itself. An old name for the passage was also Consistently .

In terms of urban planning , throughhouses are characterized by the fact that they allow direct routes without giving away built-up space. This means that one and the same parcel serves traffic and residential or commercial purposes at the same time, because through-houses are often designed as shopping arcades in inner cities .

Traffic function

The passage often connects two parallel streets, so that through-houses are attractive for pedestrian traffic because they save a detour around a city block.

Often a through-house only offers the way from the street to a shared inner courtyard of an entire block. Such passable porches are also considered gatehouses or vestibules. There are or were through houses with a narrow-gauge track to bring hand-pushed carts with goods from the street into the courtyards.

Through houses in different cities

Examples of through houses are the baroque Barthels Hof in Leipzig or the numerous through houses in Salzburg on both sides of Getreidegasse . In Vienna or Budapest , too, they are among the structural features of the inner city that are perceived as characteristic and contribute to the flair of these cities. There are also passages in Venice , where they are called Sotoportego .

Through houses in Vienna

Sign at Praterstrasse 42

There are around 700 through houses in Vienna, most of them within the belt. Even larger building complexes that take up most or all of their blocks (such as the Hofburg , the Schottenstift or the Old General Hospital ) often consist of several courtyards with passageways to adjacent streets. In addition, many residential buildings built in perimeter blocks (such as community buildings , but also e.g. the Amerlinghaus ) have several entrances to their courtyards.

In February 2018, the City of Vienna marked three through-houses as pedestrian routes for the first time:

  • Praterstrasse 42 - Czerningasse 7 / 7A
  • Gentzgasse 21 - Währinger Strasse 100
  • Sünnhof: Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 28 - Ungargasse 13

Walking times for the passage and opening times are shown on a blue sign with a yellow arrow at the courtyard entrance.

Selected throughhouses

Below is a table of throughhouses in Vienna, only buildings built before the First World War were taken into account. Passages whose access is restricted (hotels, restaurants etc.) or can no longer be used are also not considered.

district Name (if any) connection annotation image
1., Inner City Heiligenkreuzerhof Grashofgasse 3 - Schönlaterngasse 5 under monument conservation Heiligenkreuzerhof passage Vienna 1010.JPG
1., Inner City Palais-Ferstel-Passage Herrengasse 14 - Freyung 2 under monument conservation Palais Ferstl Passage Vienna 1010.JPG
1., Inner City Kleeblattgasse 9 - Kurrentgasse 10 under monument conservation Through house on Kleeblattgasse - panoramio.jpg
1., Inner City Michael passage Michaelerplatz 6 - Habsburgergasse 14 under monument conservation Michaelerplatz 6-IMG 9169.JPG
1., Inner City Van-Swieten-Hof Rotenturmstrasse 19 - Rotgasse 6 under monument conservation Van-Swieten-Hof - passage.jpg
1., Inner City Ensign Court Singerstraße 9 - Blutgasse 5 under monument protection
connection to house Blutgasse 3 and direction Grünangergasse
Vienna courtyard next to the Blutgasse stitched b 2009 PD.jpg
1., Inner City Canon Court Stephansplatz 5 - Domgasse 2 under monument conservation
1., Inner City Zwettlerhof Stephansplatz 6 - Wollzeile 4 under monument conservation Cathedral Museum Vienna.jpg
1., Inner City Tasting worm yard Wollzeile 5 - Lugeck 5 under monument conservation 2009-09-18-wien-by-RalfR-04.jpg
2., Leopoldstadt Hunter line Praterstrasse 42 - Czerningasse 7 / 7a Praterstr42passage.jpg
2., Leopoldstadt Czernin Passage Praterstrasse 52 - Czerningasse 9 Florianihofczerninpassage.jpg
2., Leopoldstadt Praterstrasse 60 - Czerningasse 17 Czerningasse17hof.jpg
2., Leopoldstadt Taborstrasse 8 / 8b - Große Mohrengasse 3 / 3b two separate passages Passetaborstr8.jpg
2., Leopoldstadt Product exchange Taborstrasse 10 - Große Mohrengasse 5 Productenboersepassage.jpg
3rd, country road Sünnhof Landstraßer Hauptstrasse 28 - Ungargasse 13 under monument conservation WienSuennhof.jpg
5th, Margareten Castle square Margaretenplatz 2–3 - Schlossgasse 21 under monument conservation Schlossgasse21.jpg
6., Mariahilf Raimundhof Mariahilfer Strasse 45 - Windmühlgasse 20 under monument conservation Vienna Windmühlgasse 20.jpg
6., Mariahilf Schoolyard passage Mariahilfer Strasse 101 - Schmalzhofgasse 14 the lower entrance on Schmalzhofgasse is currently not usable due to a construction site Vienna 06 Mariahilfer Strasse 101 Durchhaus b.jpg
7th, new building Adlerhof Siebensterngasse 46 - Burggasse 51 Adlerhofsiebensterngasse46.jpg
7th, new building Schott through house Neustiftgasse 16 - Lerchenfelder Straße 13 under monument conservation St Ulrich, Vienna, Austria - panoramio (5) .jpg
9., Alsergrund Schwarzspaniergasse 15 - Beethovengasse under monument conservation Schwarzspanierstraße 15 House where Beethoven died Detail.jpg
18th, Währing Gentzgasse 21 - Währinger Strasse 100 Passewaehringerstr100.jpg

Through houses in Salzburg

In Salzburg there are 13 through-houses in the left old town , which lead from Getreidegasse either to the south to Universitätsplatz or to the north to Griesgasse or Ferdinand-Hanusch-Platz. Their names mostly correspond to the respective old house names.

Surname connection annotation image
Treasure thru-house
Getreidegasse 3 - Universitätsplatz 16 In the courtyard there is a junction with a through-house to Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 6. Salzburg Getreidegasse 3 Schatz Durchhaus-9151.jpg
Roittner-Durchhaus Getreidegasse 7 - Universitätsplatz 15 Salzburg Durchhaus Getreidegasse7 02.jpg
Holiday thru-thru Getreidegasse 13 - Universitätsplatz 12
Kron-Durchhaus Getreidegasse 14 - Griesgasse 15
Azwanger through house Getreidegasse 15 - Universitätsplatz 11 Without a courtyard. Salzburg - Old Town - Getreidegasse 15 passage - 2019 07 26 - View 1.jpg
Down through house Getreidegasse 22 - Griesgasse 17 The open interior is called Niederleghof . The former Niederleghaus was a municipal warehouse for goods.
The houses at Getreidegasse 18, 18A and 20 are only accessible from the courtyard area.
The courtyard is used for gastronomic purposes: In house Getreidegasse 18 there is an Indian restaurant and house Getreidegasse 20 is the traditional Wilder Mann inn.
Salzburg - Old Town - Getreidegasse 22 courtyard side - 2019 07 26 - 1a.jpg
Stadtkoch-Durchhaus Getreidegasse 23 - Universitätsplatz 7 Without courtyard; also called jewelry passage . 20190128 Getreidegasse 8934 (46634105154) .jpg
Lamberg through house Getreidegasse 24 - Griesgasse 19 The house Griesgasse 19A is only accessible from the courtyard area. Getreidegasse 24a.jpg
Auditorium through-house Getreidegasse 25 - Universitätsplatz 6
Sternbäck-Durchhaus Getreidegasse 29 - Universitätsplatz 4
Ennsmann-Durchhaus Getreidegasse 31 - Universitätsplatz 3 Without a courtyard.
Stockhamer-Durchhaus Getreidegasse 33 - Universitätsplatz 2 In the small inner courtyard is the Balkan Grill , founded in 1950 , where the Salzburg sausage specialty Bosna was probably invented.
Sternbräu -through house Getreidegasse 34 and 38 - passage between Griesgasse 21 and 23 Large courtyard area with entrances from two houses on Getreidegasse. The house at Getreidegasse 36 is only accessible from here.
The courtyard also serves as the Sternbräus guest garden.

The houses with the addresses Griesgasse to No. 19 are open to the Salzach and are perceived as delimiting Ferdinand-Hanusch-Platz.

There are other passages between the houses in Getreidegasse and on Universitätsplatz, but these are not considered public passages, for example in the Hotel Blaue Gans (Getreidegasse 43 to Universitätsplatz 3). Furthermore, there are often private entrances to the rear buildings inside the grain alley houses.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann August Eberhard: Synonymic Dictionary of German. 1910, accessed August 20, 2019 .
  2. Vienna describes abbreviations for pedestrians from orf.at, February 11, 2018, accessed February 11, 2018.
  3. ^ City of Salzburg: Getreidegasse - through houses and passes. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .