Esteplatz district

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The quarter around Esteplatz is located in Vienna's 3rd district, Landstrasse . The square was laid out on the site of gardens shortly before the First World War and was named in 1912 after Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este , the heir to the throne at the time. At the same time, the Weyrgasse (originally Estegasse ) was laid out, which runs between Landstraßer Hauptstrasse and Marxergasse . The breakthrough took place at Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 25, this house number has been missing since then. The ensemble continues in part in the Quergassen ( Geusaugasse , Uchatiusgasse and Czapkagasse ), which were extended to the newly created square at the same time.

The buildings were built for an upper-class public and have a high prestige value. With their secessionist and neoclassical influences, they indicate the last phase of late historicism, which leads to the architecture of the 1920s. The houses are also built with reinforced concrete throughout. Great emphasis was placed on the elegant design of the foyers and staircases, which often have artistic glass windows.

Towards Marxergasse there are buildings on Esteplatz and Weyrgasse that do not belong to this ensemble, in particular the Weißgerber substation (Esteplatz 1) built in 1930 by Eugen Kastner and Fritz Waage .

Esteplatz

Due to its rectangular shape, Esteplatz forms a boulevard-like widening of Weyrgasse. With the exception of the north-eastern block (No. 1 and 2), the square is structured by similarly designed semi-detached houses.

  • No. 2: This house was built by Adolf Stöckl in 1912 and is now a branch of the labor market service .
  • No. 3 and 4 (Uchatiusgasse 8 and Czapkagasse 11): This semi-detached house was built in 1912 by Emil Reitmann . It is kept in block-like neoclassical forms. Above the portal zone, the bay windows are connected by wide balconies, the central axis is emphasized by a triangular gable on the attic storeys. The portal zone is structured with half-columns on which there are vases.
  • No. 5 and 6 (Czapkagasse 9 and Uchatiusgasse 6): This semi-detached house was built in 1911 by Josef Hackhofer . The building is structured by risalit-like oriel structures, which are crowned by small gables. The elongated balconies partly rest on consoles, while the baroque portals are flanked with columns. The three upper floors are more richly decorated than the base zone. The original brass decoration has been preserved in the foyer of House No. 5.
  • No. 7 and No. 8 (Uchatiusgasse 7 and Geusaugasse 14): This semi-detached house from 1912/13 also comes from Hackhofer. Above the base zone, the consistently grooved façades are structured in the central axes by undulating balconies on consoles and giant Doric columns. In Achleitner's opinion, it is precisely this balcony motif that gives the houses a monumental and urban effect. For the authors of the topography of art , despite their moderate progressiveness, the buildings show a tendency to overcome the style conception of late historicism.

  • General view of the square

  • No. 2

  • No. 3

  • Glass mosaic in House No. 4 by Leopold Forstner

  • No. 5

  • No. 7

  • Balconies at house no.8

Weyrgasse

Weyrgasse was laid out in 1909, was originally called Estegasse and was named after Rudolf Weyr in 1919 . It consists of two short connecting pieces, whereby only the lower one to Landstraßer Hauptstraße belongs to the ensemble of Esteplatz. The upper part facing Marxergasse has a more recent development; house No. 3 from 1924 by Ernst Egli and Walter Raschka , which is kept in a similar style to the communal buildings at the same time, is remarkable .

  • No. 6 and 8 (Czapkagasse 10 and Landstraßer Hauptstraße 23): This semi-detached house was built in 1912 by Leopold Fuchs and dominates the surrounding area. The facade is given rhythm by slightly protruding risalits with curved roof gables and a stylized order of pilasters. In the parapet fields there are ornamental forms from the Wiener Werkstätte . Below the roof gable in Landstraßer Hauptstraße and in the central axis towards Weyrgasse there are expressionistically designed atlases that are reminiscent of the Zacherlhaus and are also likely to have come from Franz Metzner . The portal in Weyrgasse with Doric half-columns and an equestrian figure on the Keilstein leads into an elegant foyer and staircase in which the original lighting has been preserved. Overall, the building is a notable example of expressive neoclassicism.
  • No. 7 and 9 (Czapkagasse 12 and Landstraßer Hauptstraße 27): The two houses were built in 1912 by Siegfried Kramer .

  • No. 6-8

  • The atlases

  • Facade detail from No. 6–8

  • Entrance area of ​​the house Weyrgasse 9

Geusaugasse, Uchatiusgasse, Czapkagasse and Landstraßer Hauptstraße

In the cross lanes to Esteplatz and in Landstraßer Hauptstraße, the ensemble continues one house further towards the city. All of these buildings are by Karl Haybäck , the facade decor is influenced by the Wiener Werkstätte.

  • Geusaugassse 12: The facade of this house from 1910 is structured by flat bay windows. The decor consists of braids and geometric shapes.
  • Uchatiusgasse 4: This house, built in 1912, has a neo-empire decoration and a frontispiece .
  • Uchatiusgasse 5: The facade of the house, which was built a little earlier (1909), is structured by polygonal bay windows. The four Corinthian pilasters next to the portal are connected by rose garlands.
  • Czapkagasse 7: The building from 1911 is structured by bay windows and side gables. On the first floor under the bay windows there are wrought iron balconies with sunflower motifs. Tendrils and garlands adorn the facade, also in the plastered fields and the rod-like dividing elements. Here, too, colored glass windows have been preserved in the stairwell.
  • Czapkagasse 8: The building, built in 1911, is the counterpart to the house at Landstraßer Hauptstraße 21, from which it is separated by a courtyard. Next to the two high bay windows there are quarter columns with capitals that extend over three floors and have stylized tendrils similar to No. 7.
  • Landstraßer Hauptstraße 21: The building from 1912 has flat side bay windows, the pilaster strips of the two central axes end at the top floor, which is framed with tendril decoration.

  • Geusaugasse 12

  • Uchatiusgasse 4

  • Uchatiusgasse 5

  • Czapkagasse 7

  • Czapkagasse 8

  • Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 21

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Géza Hajós , Eckart Vansca : Austrian Art topography. Volume XLIV. The art monuments of Vienna. The secular buildings of the III., IV. And V district. Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-7031-0470-8 , p. 40
  2. ^ Friedrich Achleitner: Austrian Architecture of the 20th Century, Volume III / 1, Residenz Verlag, Vienna and Salzburg 1990, p. 124
  3. ↑ Géza Hajós, Eckart Vansca: Austrian Art topography. Volume XLIV. The art monuments of Vienna. The secular buildings of the III., IV. And V district. Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-7031-0470-8 , p. 42
  4. ^ Friedrich Achleitner: Austrian Architecture of the 20th Century, Volume III / 1, Residenz Verlag, Vienna and Salzburg 1990, p. 134
  5. ↑ Géza Hajós, Eckart Vansca: Austrian Art topography. Volume XLIV. The art monuments of Vienna. The secular buildings of the III., IV. And V district. Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-7031-0470-8 , p. 44

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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 18 ″  N , 16 ° 23 ′ 23 ″  E