Ebendorferstrasse
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna Inner City |
| District | Inner city |
| Created | 1873 |
| Cross streets | Felderstrasse , Grillparzerstrasse , Liebiggasse , Universitätsstrasse |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic |
| Road design | One way |
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| Street length | approx. 270 meters |
The Ebendorferstraße located on the 1st Viennese district of Inner City . It was named in 1873 after the theologian and historian Thomas Ebendorfer .
Location and characteristics
Ebendorferstraße is located in the area of the former parade and parade ground in front of the walls of Vienna. The street was opened in 1874 as part of the planned development of the area around the new town hall. The decision on the naming was made as early as 1873.
Ebendorferstrasse runs from Felderstrasse in the south to Universitätsstrasse in the north. It is run as a one-way street and has a cycle lane against the direction of travel.
The construction consists entirely of buildings in the style of historicism , most of which were built in the decade from 1882 to 1892. Only the new institute building of the University of Vienna at the end of the street is an exception.
Notable buildings
Number 1 Municipal Office
The office building was built in 1913-1918 by August Kirstein in a mixed style of historicism and Art Nouveau. It is located at Felderstrasse 6-8.
Number 2-6
The house numbers 2-6 represent the back of an arcade house built by Franz von Neumann in 1880-1883 at Rathausplatz 2-4: No. 2 is the back of the field house , No. 4 is an independent house, No. 6 is the back entrance to Rathausplatz No. 4 Some of the offices of the Vienna City Council are housed in them.
Number 3
The building was constructed by Ludwig Schöne in 1892–1893 . It has a richly decorated facade in the style of late historicism , with a three-storey central bay on consoles . The portal below has a blown, arched gable , and the gate itself has wrought iron decoration. In the foyer there are stucco marble fields with putti.
Number 5
The former Sternberg house was built by Carl Stephann in the late historical style in 1890-1891 . It is located at Grillparzerstraße 5.
Number 7
The corner house on Grillparzerstraße was built by Heinrich von Ferstel and Karl Köchlin in 1882–1883 . The strictly historical building in the style of the Viennese neo-renaissance has a round corner tower with a console balcony and a green drum dome . The entrance portal with Tuscan half-columns lies under a convex curved balcony with wrought iron bars. The foyer is structured as pilasters and has richly stuccoed pendent cupolas . In the stairwell there is a marble inlay relief of the city of Vienna and a portrait bust of the union president Johann Böhm . On the corner you can see a large memorial inscription by the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Second Republic.
As early as the First Republic, the building was used by the Chamber of Labor and the Trade Union Commission and the Federation of Free Trade Unions in Austria. From 1934 it was the seat of the unified trade union federation and from 1938 the German Labor Front . In the first years after its founding in 1945, it was the headquarters of the ÖGB, then until 2009 the construction timber union was housed here. From January 2011 it is the address of the Österreichische Austauschdienst-GmbH (OeAD-GmbH) and the OeAD-WohnraumverwaltungsGmbH (OeAD-Housing Office).
Number 8
The corner house on Grillparzerstrasse was built by Wilhelm Stiassny in 1883–1884 . It is built in the style of the Viennese neo-Renaissance and is elaborately structured. The corner projection has a bay window resting on hermen . The attic level also has caryatid herms. The entrance portal with Ionic columns and female spandex figures is located under the balconies . Inside, the foyer clad in stucco marble is noteworthy, as is a ceiling painting in the stairwell, which shows an allegorical figure with a branch, wreath and star.
The Catholic University Community is housed in the building. On the corner there is a memorial plaque for its founder, Karl Strobl . The student chapel on the ground floor was created by Ottokar Uhl in 1956–1958 . It is considered an important example of pre-conciliar sacred buildings in Austria. The room is divided into 3 naves by concrete pillars, with the ceiling of the chancel and the side end walls being glazed. The crucifix dates from the 18th century.
Number 9
The former Ministry of Agriculture was built in 1882-1883 by Emanuel Trojan von Bylanow. It is located at Liebiggasse 5.
Number 10
The corner house on Liebiggasse was built in 1883–1884 by Wilhelm Stiassny . It is built in the style of the Viennese Neo-Renaissance . The building has a corner projectile and a round arch portal with a blown segmental arch gable and putti, above a convex balcony on the balcony. The entrance and the staircase are stuccoed and covered with marble. The Embassy of Nicaragua is in the house .
Number 11 NIG
The new institute building of the University of Vienna was built in 1960–1962 according to plans by Alfred Dreier and Otto Nobis in place of the corps command building destroyed in the war from 1871 to 1874. It is located at Universitätsstrasse 7.
Number 12
The building was built in 1881–1882 by Andreas Luckeneder . It is at Liebiggasse 4.
Number 14
The former Reitzes house was built between 1878 and 1879 according to plans by Wilhelm Fraenkel . It is located at Universitätsstrasse 5.
literature
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City . Verlag Berger: Horn 2003
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 46.7 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 28.5 ″ E