Fürstenhof (Vienna)

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The residential and commercial building "Fürstenhof"

The so-called Fürstenhof is a residential and commercial building at the address Praterstrasse 25 in Vienna's 2nd district Leopoldstadt . Originally there was a coffee house of the same name and a theater in the building. After the theater was closed, it was adapted to a cinema and finally to a supermarket.

The building was constructed by the architect Rudolf Perco on behalf of Georg Spielmann in 1913 . The sculptures (Four Seasons) on the front were created by Alfonso Canciani .

history

After the building was completed, the 636-seat small theater in it was used by the Budapest Orpheum , which mainly had Jewish jargon antics and artistic and cabaret productions in its repertoire. After the dissolution of the “Budapest Orpheum Society” the theater had different names such as “Rolandbühne” and “Theater der Komiker”. It was also played by the “Max and Moritz Ensemble”, which was founded by former members of the “Budapest Orpheum Society” and to which Hans Moser belonged. Then the Tyrolean theater group " Exl-Bühne " performed there . After the Second World War, August Riekel opened the “ Vienna Art Theater ” there. After it was closed, the “Diana Kino” was located in the house from 1951 to February 1968, and later the premises were converted into a supermarket. The SPÖ Vienna Education Center is located in the mezzanine of the building, and the Vienna Party School has been held in these rooms since 1947 .

Web links

Commons : Fürstenhof  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fürstenhof in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on July 16, 2018
  2. ^ District Museum Leopoldstadt : Praterstrasse ; accessed on July 16, 2018
  3. ^ Max and Moritz Ensemble, formerly Heinrich Eisenbach's Budapest Orpheum Society . - See: Hans Moser at the Baden City Theater. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 43/1927 (XLVIII. Volume), May 28, 1927, p. 4, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
  4. ^ August Riekel in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on July 16, 2018
  5. ^ Doris Schrenk: Cinema in Vienna, from the beginnings to the present ; Dissertation, University of Vienna, 2009 ( online )

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 52 ″  N , 16 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  E