Freisingergasse
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| place | Vienna, inner city |
| District | Inner City (1st District) |
| Created | in the middle ages |
| Connecting roads | Trattnerhof |
| Cross streets | Goldschmiedgasse , farmers market |
| Places | St. Peter's Square |
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| User groups | Car traffic , pedestrians |
| Road design | one way street |
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| Street length | approx. 67 meters |
The Freisingergasse located on the 1st Viennese district , the Inner City . It was named in 1862 after the former Freisinger Hof , a building in the immediate vicinity.
history
The Freisingergasse is located in the oldest settlement area in Vienna. In the Middle Ages, the area west of the Freisingergasse was part of the Petersfreithof , which was located near the Peterskirche . In addition, at the place of today's house number 1 there were five smaller houses, which enclosed the Eisgrübel , first mentioned in 1453 , where the ice cream sellers were located. The ice was stored chilled in the cellars in the area. At the end of the 17th century, the Peterswache was housed here. South of the Freisingergasse was a farm owned by the Freising diocese , which had been called the Dompropsthof since 1323 . From 1468 it was called the Freisinger Hof . When it was auctioned in 1773, the printer Thomas von Trattner bought the farm and built a large apartment building in its place, now known as the Trattnerhof . The houses on Freisingergasse were either named after the buildings mentioned or were counted as part of the neighboring streets ( opposite the Dompropsthof 1357, Münzerstraße am Eck opposite St. Petersfreithof 1399, Unter den Goldschmieden 1419, in Goldschmiedgasse initially the Freisinger Hof 1518). In 1862 it was given the name Freisingergasse .
Location and characteristics
The Freisingergasse runs from the Goldschmiedgasse across from the Trattnerhof diagonally to the north and turns to the northwest at the beginning of the farmers' market . It ends in St. Peter's Square. The sections between Goldschmiedgasse and Farmer's Market or between Farmer's Market and St. Peter's Square are led in opposite directions as one-way streets . There is little traffic in the narrow alley. There are numerous business premises on Freisingergasse; Meinl Bank had its headquarters here. The central location in the city center and the proximity of streets and objects of interest to tourists bring many pedestrians here.
The listed buildings on the Freisingergasse are kept in the historicist style, the Oppenheimer house dates from the baroque period .
building
No. 1: Zum Eisgrübl
The monumental residential and commercial building is located on an irregular floor plan between Freisingergasse, Goldschmiedgasse and Petersplatz. A plaque from 1936 commemorates the five medieval houses and the ice cream sales point that replaced the current building. This was designed by Emil Bressler from 1895–1897 and built for Albert von Hardt in the late historical style in neo-baroque and secessionist forms. The four-storey corner bay windows with house names and mask decorations are remarkable. Some of the shops still date from the construction period, such as that of the Old Button King , which is used today by the Vienna Chocolate King .
The building is at the main address Goldschmiedgasse 10.
No. 2: Generali
The listed building between Goldschmiedgasse, Freisingergasse, Bauernmarkt and Jasomirgottstraße was built in 1880 for the Assicurazioni Generali insurance company . Otto Thienemann designed it in neo-renaissance forms . The bent facade shows a gabled central projection in the axis to St. Peter's Square . The figures in the spandrels were created by Rudolf Weyr .
No. 4: Oppenheimer's house
The baroque town house with its façade bent several times is located on the corner of Freisingergasse and farmers' market. It was the residence of Emperor Leopold I's court banker , Samuel Oppenheimer . In the 19th century it was a foundation house of the Vienna Citizens Hospital Fund. In the Freisingergasse, above the original portal, a house relief depicting the Annunciation can be seen, framed with a triangular gable roof with a Holy Spirit dove , cherub heads and fruit hangers. A Latin inscription invokes Mary for protection from the plague .
The house is located at the main address Bauernmarkt 1 and is a listed building.
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. 49.
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Freisingergasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , p. 394 ( digitized version ).
- Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City. Verlag Berger, Horn 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 33.4 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 15.3" E