Eschenbachgasse
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna |
| District | Inner City (1st District) |
| Created | 1863 |
| Connecting roads | Gumpendorfer Strasse |
| Cross streets | Opernring, Burgring , Elisabethstrasse , Nibelungengasse, Getreidemarkt |
| Buildings | Landau Palace |
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| User groups | Pedestrians , bicycle traffic , car traffic , bus route 57A |
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| Street length | approx. 188 m |
The Eschenbachgasse located on the 1st Viennese district , the Inner City . It was named in 1863 after the Viennese house owner Jakob Eschenbacher, who was executed under Napoleon .
history
The area of today's Eschenbachgasse belonged in the Middle Ages to the suburb in front of the Widmertor . From the 16th century, the Glacis , an undeveloped green space in front of the then newly built Vienna city wall, extended here . When this had become obsolete in the 19th century, Emperor Franz Joseph I gave the order to demolish the fortifications in 1857. The Vienna Ringstrasse was laid out on the area obtained in this way. This is how Eschenbachgasse was built in 1863 as one of the side streets of the Ringstrasse.
The new street was named after Jakob Eschenbacher (1749–1809), a master saddler and house owner. After the occupation of Vienna by the French in the course of the coalition wars, he had disregarded their orders to hand over war material and buried three cannon barrels in the garden of his house on Favoritenstrasse . That is why he was shot on June 26, 1809 on the wall of the Jesuit court at today's Getreidemarkt . The burial of the cannons, which was probably done out of profitability, was interpreted as a patriotic act of resistance against Napoleon, which is why the newly created alley in the immediate vicinity of the execution site was named after Eschenbacher. It was from Eschenbacher now Eschenbach .
Location and characteristics
Eschenbachgasse runs from the bend between Opern- and Burgring in a south-westerly direction to Getreidemarkt, where Gumpendorfer Straße continues on the other side of the street. As one of the few streets in the 1st district, it is continuously passable in both directions and is not a one-way street . However, the car traffic is not very strong here, and neither is the number of pedestrians. The bus line 57A runs along the entire length via Eschenbachgasse. Until 1988 trams drove in their place.
The street is uniformly designed with historicist buildings from the decade from 1863 to 1873. As a typical cross street, there are only a very few house gates on Eschenbachgasse, most of them are on the cross streets. There are several restaurants and catering establishments on the street itself; but there are also galleries here. The Austrian Trade Association and the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects have their headquarters in the listed Eschenbach Palace .
building
No. 1: rental house
The building at the corner of Opernring and Eschenbachgasse was built in 1862 by Anton Baumgarten in an early historical style. A plaque from 1929 commemorates the composer Franz von Suppè . The house is at the main address Opernring 23. It is a listed building.
No. 2: rental house
The monumental corner house Eschenbachgasse / Burgring was built in the early historical style in 1862–1863 by the architects Johann Romano and August Schwendenwein . It is located at the main address Burgring 1 and is a listed building.
No. 3: Palais Landau
→ see also main article Palais Landau (Elisabethstraße)
The former Palais Landau on the corner of Elisabethstrasse and Eschenbachgasse was built in 1869–1870 according to plans by Carl Schumann in the form of the Viennese Neo-Renaissance . The writer Franz Werfel lived in the house from 1918 to 1932 . It is at the main address Elisabethstraße 22.
No. 4: rental house
The building on the corner of Eschenbachgasse and Elisabethstrasse was built in the early historical style in 1862–1863 by the architects Johann Romano and August Schwendenwein. It is located at the main address Elisabethstraße 24 and is a listed building.
No. 5: rental house
The rental house on the corner of Elisabethstrasse and Eschenbachgasse was built in the historicist style by Josef Hudetz in 1870–1871 . It is at the main address Elisabethstraße 13.
No. 6: rental house
The building at the corner of Eschenbachgasse and Elisabethstrasse was built in 1872 by Wilhelm Stiassny in the form of the Viennese neo-renaissance. It is at the main address Elisabethstraße 15.
No. 7: rental house
The strictly historical corner house Eschenbachgasse / Nibelungengasse was built by Ludwig Tischler in 1871–1872 . It is located at the main address Nibelungengasse 8 and is a listed building.
No. 8: rental house
The rental house on the corner of Eschenbachgasse and Nibelungengasse was built in 1869 by Heinrich Adam in the neo-renaissance style. It is at the main address Nibelungengasse 10.
No. 9, 11: Palais Eschenbach
The Eschenbach Palace between Nibelungengasse, Eschenbachgasse and Getreidemarkt was built by Otto Thienemann in the historicist style in 1870–1872 . The architect obviously oriented himself towards Theophil von Hansen .
The buildings have a high, rusticated base area and by two powerful, ortsteingequaderte corner projections in by arcaded and pilastergegliederte be crowned pavilions. The façade of the upper floors consists of exposed brick masonry, the one facing Eschenbachgasse consists of mighty Ionic segment gable pedicels that are separated from each other by composite half-columns. The acroter figures represent Greek gods and come from Karl Feldbacher. On the attic balustrade there are statues of gods by Franz Melnitzky . In front of the portals are rib vaulted, open vestibules with wrought iron bars.
The two separate foyers are structured pilasters and have pendent domes between rose barrels. The staircases have three-armed staircases, Tuscan pilasters on pedestals and stitch-cap mirror vaults. The interior was designed by Franz Schönthaler .
No. 9 is the seat of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects . In the open anteroom there is a plaque commemorating the Ukrainian Free University founded in 1921 . The foyer and staircase are covered with yellow, red and green framed stucco marble cladding. The ballroom with gallery is completely paneled. It is adorned with a large aedicular-framed portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph, which dates from around 1848, as well as from a gallery of the association presidents. The flag of the association (1873) comes from Friedrich von Schmidt .
No. 11 is the seat of the Austrian Trade Association. The foyer and staircase are decorated with beige, red-framed stucco marble fields and have gold-plated candelabra. In the ballroom there is a portrait of Count Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld, the first club president. The flag of the Lower Austrian Trade Association from the construction time of the building can be seen in the president's room. Busts and paintings represent the club presidents and are complemented by portraits of Emperor Franz Joseph and Archduke Karl Ludwig . The Arthaberzimmer is followed by the Exnersaal with a marble fireplace and a columned cabinet with a portrait of Wilhelm Exner by Kasimir Pochwalski . The modern anteroom to the festival rooms was designed in 1991 by Peter Leibetseder with a glass roof, vestibule and etched glass decorations. There are also club archives and club libraries in the building.
The building is a historical monument.
No. 10: rental house
The house on the corner of Nibelungengasse and Eschenbachgasse was built in 1870 by Carl Friedrich Gröger in the style of the Viennese Neo-Renaissance. It is at the main address Nibelungengasse 11.
No. 12: rental house
The building on the corner of Eschenbachgasse and Getreidemarkt was built in 1869 by Anton Huber in the historicist style and in neo-Renaissance forms. It is at the main address Getreidemarkt 14.
literature
- Richard Perger: streets, towers and bastions. The road network of the Vienna City in its development and its name . Franz Deuticke, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-7005-4628-9 , p. 42
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Eschenbachgasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , pp. 215-215 ( digitized version ).
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City . Verlag Berger, Horn 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , pp. 678-679
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '9.4 " N , 16 ° 21' 48.9" E