Goldschmiedgasse
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna, inner city |
| District | Inner City (1st District) |
| Created | in the middle ages |
| Newly designed | 1862 |
| Hist. Names | Under the bread shops, under the goldsmiths, Flaschnergassel, Schlossergässel, Eisgrübl |
| Cross streets | Freisingergasse , Trattnerhof |
| Places | Stephansplatz , Stock-im-Eisen-Platz, Petersplatz |
| Buildings | Haas house |
| use | |
| User groups | Foot traffic , car traffic |
| Road design | Pedestrian zone (between Stephansplatz and Freisingergasse), one-way street (between Freisingergasse and Petersplatz) |
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| Street length | approx. 151 meters |
The Goldschmiedgasse located on the 1st Viennese district , the Inner City . It was named in 1862 after the goldsmiths' trade that resided here in the Middle Ages .
history
The Goldschmiedgasse is already at the time of Babenberger known traffic route in the historic center of Vienna. At that time there was a city gate facing Stephansplatz . The goldsmiths' workshops had been located on the lane that led from the Stephansfreithof to the Petersfreithof since about 1300; previously the street was called Unter den Breadshops . Around 1300 and 1334 the street was first mentioned as Unter den Goldschmieden . As early as 1385 and then again in 1520 it was already called Goldschmiedgasse . But then (1563 and 1664) people spoke of the Flaschnergassel , after the producers of bottles. For a short time (1776) it was included in the Schlossergässel , which no longer exists today , but from 1786 the section between Stephansplatz and Freisingergasse was again called Goldschmiedgasse , while the section between Freisingergasse and Petersplatz was called Eisgrübl . 1862 it was finally officially considered in its present length Goldschmiedgasse named.
Location and characteristics
Goldschmiedgasse runs from Stephansplatz in a north-westerly direction to Petersplatz. Between Stephansplatz and Freisingergasse it is part of the large pedestrian zone that encompasses Stephansplatz and Graben . The section between Freisingergasse and Petersplatz is a one-way street . Public transport does not go through Goldschmiedgasse, but the underground line U1 has a station at Stephansplatz (with a lift to Goldschmiedgasse) and the bus lines 1a and 2a have a stop at Petersplatz. The pedestrian traffic is high due to the central location and the pedestrian zone, many tourists stay here. There are restaurants and shops along the entire street. In addition to law firms and corporate offices, the embassies of Argentina , Panama and Ecuador are also located here.
The architectural design of Goldschmiedgasse is largely uniform. Most of the buildings date from the late historical period and are listed as historical monuments . At the Trattnerhof there are also houses from the beginning of the 20th century and at Stephansplatz there is the postmodern Haas house from 1990.
Buildings
No. 1: Haas House
→ see also main article Haas-Haus
At the corner of Stock-im-Eisen-Platz and Goldschmiedgasse there was a building that was called the Red Rooster and around 1700 the Golden Rose . In the Middle Ages (1387) there was a pharmacy owned by Mathes the Good, the court pharmacist Duke Albrechts . The house later belonged to the mayor of Vienna, Georg Prantstetter. In 1797, Johann Nepomuk Wildauer had the building rebuilt from scratch, which expanded Goldschmiedgasse somewhat. Since 1865 it has belonged to the city of Vienna.
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After the Wilhelminian era re-regulation of the area, the Philipp Haas & Söhne carpet store, the first large department store in Vienna, was built between Graben and Stock-im-Eisen-Platz between 1866 and 1867 by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll . a new building. This belonged to Wiener Städtische Versicherung from 1934 and, like the neighboring building, was destroyed by bombs on April 11, 1945 and never rebuilt. The ruins were sold to the carpet store and instead of the two historicist buildings, a new building was built in 1951–1953 by the architects Carl Appel and Max Fellerer , whose appearance was very much criticized. It was demolished in 1985.
From 1987 to 1990, Hans Hollein built today's office and commercial building, which, with its striking, modern design, forms a significant contrast or counterpoint to the historical surroundings of Stephansplatz. The facade is rounded towards Stock-im-Eisen-Platz, on the corner of Goldschmiedgasse there is a dominant, tower-like, mirrored bay building, from which there is a magnificent panoramic view of Stephansplatz. The facade cladding is varied with marble, steel, glass and mirror surfaces. The interior was changed significantly in 2001 by new owners.
The building is at the main address Stock-im-Eisen-Platz 4.
No. 2: Office and commercial building
The oldest pharmacy in Vienna was at this point (Master Albrecht 1320-1350). Even later, when this building was combined with the annex, there were pharmacies here (around 1700 Zum golden Löwen ). In the possession of Josef Arthaber and then his grandson Rudolf von Arthaber , a merchandise store called Zum Weißen Stern was run in the house. Haunted stories were told about the building, under which there should be endless and mysterious corridors. In 1893 Hermann Helmer and Ferdinand Fellner the Younger built a new building in which the Rothberger department store was located. The corner to Goldschmiedgasse was particularly decorated. In 1945 it fell victim to the war.
The building that exists today was built by Kurt Jirasko and Otto Loider in 1954–1956, using the load-bearing walls of the previous building and sheathing with reinforced concrete. At the corner of Stephansplatz and Goldschmiedgasse, Hans Hollein created a roof extension in the form of a glass cube in 2003-2004. The Argentine embassy is in the house.
The building is at the main address Stephansplatz 11.
No. 3: Bankhaus Schelhammer & Schattera
The office building, built in 1949, is the seat of the Schellhammer & Schattera bank . A shopping arcade leads to Graben and Café de l'Europe. Original business portals from the 1950s and 1960s can still be found in the extended passage in the middle.
The building is at the main address Graben 31.
No. 4: residential and commercial building
A house was first recorded at this point in 1351. From the 16th century, there was an inn called Sperl-Wirt here. The municipal construction company acquired the house in 1873 and had it rebuilt from 1879–1881 by Hermann Helmer and Ferdinand Fellner the Younger.
The facade of the late historic residential and commercial building is asymmetrical. The two-storey, rusticated base zone has been completely changed on the ground floor. The banded upper floor rises above it with a two-storey bay window and varying window frames. On the left there is a corner pilaster . The attic floor is divided into volute pilasters and has a remarkable console cornice with mascarons and fruit garlands. The railings of the spiral staircase inside are still original.
The building is a historical monument.
No. 5: residential and commercial building
The building that was formerly located here had the house names Zum golden Ritter and Zum Ritter Georg . It was acquired by the Wiener Baugesellschaft in 1873 and demolished in 1880. In its place, Carl Schumann built the late historic residential and commercial building that still exists today.
The rusticated base zone has been changed on the ground floor. The portal has a triangular gable roof on volute consoles, the richly carved wooden door with wrought iron grilles dates from the construction period. The main floor with giant Corinthian pilasters and a central balcony on volute consoles rises above a pilaster-structured mezzanine floor with parapet balustrades . The windows show Ionic aedicules , hermen pilasters and parapet balustrades. There is rich, partly figurative stucco decoration between the floors.
Inside, the foyer is remarkable, which is characterized by elaborate hermen pilasters and stucco fields. There is also an original porch door with etched glass decor. Original cast iron railings can be seen in the spiral staircase, the corridor windows have partially painted ornamental discs.
No. 6: To the golden partridge
The house was first mentioned in 1374. In 1556 it was acquired by a ropemaker named Wolfgang Rephuen, from whose family name the house name " The Golden Partridge" arose. In 1780 a gilded stone partridge is attested above the entrance. This is where the Rebhendlgasthaus was located , where Joseph Lanner and his orchestra played the latest waltzes. Even Franz Schubert wrong here. The successor to this establishment was the Rebhuhn café in the neighboring building at Goldschmiedgasse 8. In 1880 Hermann Helmer and Ferdinand Fellner the Younger built a new, late-historic residential and commercial building.
A rusticated mezzanine and the main floor, separated by a remarkable erotic frieze , rise above a two-story banded base . This is grooved and carries a two-storey central bay with rounded corners and a gabled top above the strongly structured portal. Between the portal and oriel is located in the Supraporte a framed Partridge plastic. Lion masks can be seen on the basket of the bay window. The windows are in Ionic aedicules. The attic level shows remarkable volute herms and a console cornice.
The original glazed wooden door with wrought iron bars leads to the stairwell with elaborate wrought iron bars. The floor tiles and railings in the spiral staircase date from the construction period.
The building is a historical monument.
No. 7, 7a: New Trattnerhof
The twin buildings on both sides of the Trattnerhof at the corner of Goldschmiedgasse and Graben were built by Rudolf Krausz in 1911–1912 as residential and commercial buildings. Originally the Dompropsthof belonging to the diocese of Freising was located here on the Graben , which was replaced in 1776 by the Trattnerhof , an imposing building erected by the printer Thomas von Trattner in which many famous people frequented. It was not until the new building by Krauss that two separate buildings and the alley were created. A paternoster elevator is in operation in the Trattnerhof 2 building .
The buildings are at the main address Trattnerhof 1 and 2.
No. 8: residential and commercial building
A house is mentioned for the first time at this point in 1374. The current building was built in the late historical style in 1880–1881 by Karl Quidenus . After moving from the house at Goldschmiedgasse 6, this was where the Rebhuhn café , where Joseph Roth was a regular, was located.
The asymmetrical façade on the upper floor is characterized by alternating rectangular windows and Ionic aedicule windows on volute consoles, with the blown gables showing remarkable portrait busts. On the left-hand side, a two-storey bay window with a pilaster structure dominates on mighty volute consoles. A cartouche bears the year 1881. The portal underneath is framed by a pilaster and is currently suspected. Inside, side doors with plastic overhangs lead to the pilaster-structured vestibule . The sculptures are missing in the semicircular niches of the staircase.
The building is a historical monument.
No. 9: residential and commercial building
The residential and commercial building, which is free standing on three sides between Graben, Petersplatz and Goldschmiedgasse, was built in 1874 by Oswald Meixner in the historicist style in neo-Renaissance forms . The passage with its double pilaster structure and drum domes between belt arches with elaborate lunette grids is remarkable . There are still shop windows from the construction period in the covered courtyard. In the basement of the house was the jazz bar Fatty's Saloon, today the Garage X Theater Petersplatz .
The building is located at the main address Graben 26-27 and is a listed building.
No. 10: Zum Eisgrübl
The building forms a whole block between Petersplatz, Freisingergasse and Goldschmiedgasse. There were once several buildings here that surrounded the ice cream vendors' sales point, who preserved ice cream in the cellars in the area. Hence the name Eisgrübl , which was first mentioned in 1430. But other professions also had their place here; so in 1701 the pottery market at Eisgrübl is occupied. After the introduction of the first public street lighting, the town oiler had his seat here since 1693, and he had to fill lamps with fresh tallow every day. During the great plague of 1679, the corpses were stacked at the Eisgrübl before they were taken to the plague pits. The side facing St. Peter's Square was not originally built. It was not until the 18th century that the ground-floor Rumorwache building was erected here, where 150 men were on duty. At last there were five different buildings on the site, including the houses Zum silbernen Vogel , Where the cock looks in the mirror (in which the chimney cellar was and which has belonged to the painter Johann Ender since 1845 ), Zum Küss den Pfennig and Zum Eisgrübl , all of which were canceled in 1895. The area was reorganized, Goldschmiedgasse continued straight to Petersplatz and the square disappeared with the construction of a large apartment building, which Emil Bressler built on an irregular floor plan in 1896–1897. The late historical building shows forms of neo-baroque and early art nouveau .
The mighty four-storey corner bay windows are dominant, the onion dome attachments of which, however, were removed in 1952 - just as the facade decor was in some cases greatly reduced. A grooved mezzanine floor rises above the two-storey grooved base zone with some of the shops still in existence from the construction period. The upper floor has wide central projections with grooved corner pilasters; the window shapes vary by floor. The attic floor is richly decorated. The corner bay windows have house names and mask decorations on the basket.
Behind the rectangular portal with its remarkable lattice gate is the stuccoed foyer with a plaque commemorating the history of the house from 1936. In the spiral staircase you can see beautiful railings and lift grilles, an original elevator and lamps.
The embassies of Panama and Ecuador are located in the 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 , pp. 53-54.
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Goldschmiedgasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , p. 570 ( digitized version ).
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City. Berger, Horn 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , pp. 699-700.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Paternoster threatened with extinction" in orf.at
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 31.7 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 15.8 ″ E