Archbishop's Palace (Vienna)
The Archbishop's Palace is a palace in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City . The Andreas Chapel, which is integrated into the building, belongs to the palace on Stephansplatz .
history
The original building on the site of today's Archbishop's Palace was first mentioned in a document as early as 1276. The bishop's court was enlarged and embellished in 1579 under Bishop Caspar Neubeck . However, this building burned down completely in a town fire in 1627 and was replaced by today's palace between 1632 and 1641 under Bishop Anton Wolfradt and his successor Philipp Graf Breuner . The construction was under the direction of Giovanni Coccapani. Emperor Ferdinand II , among others, contributed 100,000 Reichstalers to the construction costs . In 1655 the building files of the diocesan archive mention the master mason Domenico Carlone and the master stonemason Ambrosius Regondi from Kaisersteinbruch .
Emperor Charles VI. could 1722 with Pope Innocent XIII. achieve that the Prince Diocese of Vienna (since 1631) was raised to the rank of archdiocese . From 1723, when Bishop Siegmund Graf Kollonitsch was appointed Prince Archbishop, the former Episcopal Palace was renamed the Archbishop's Palace. The main cash accounts, available since 1751, report on the construction of a main staircase (putti staircase) by the archbishop's master builder Mathias Franziskus Gerl , the steps made from Kaiserstein were supplied by master mason Johann Gehmacher from Kaisersteinbruch.
In the 19th century the property was increased. On June 3, 1933, the newly founded Archbishop's Cathedral and Diocesan Museum was opened in the rooms of the Palais, but in 1973 it moved to the Zwettlhof (Stephansplatz 6).
During the air raids in World War II , the cellars of the palace were used as an air raid shelter.
In response to the famous rosary demonstration after Cardinal Innitzer's fiery sermon , the palace was stormed and devastated by the Hitler Youth on October 8, 1938.
In order to create more space for the diocesan archive, additional space was created underground. With two floors, the new archive extends to a depth of 12 meters and the shelves have a total length of eight kilometers.
Today the palace houses the cardinal's residence and part of the administrative authorities of the Archdiocese of Vienna .
Interior views of the Archbishop's Palace
Baroque staircase
Inaugural levels
Web links
- Entry about Archbishop's Palace on Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Archdiocese builds underground archive. ORF , August 15, 2018, accessed on August 15, 2018 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 33 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 23 ″ E