Gudrunstraße (Vienna)
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna favorites |
| District | Favorites |
| Created | 1874 |
| Hist. Names | Sections were called Geißelberger Weg, Kroatengasse, Berthagasse, Simmeringer Strasse |
| Connecting roads | Geiselbergstrasse (in the east), Reinprechtsdorfer Strasse (in the west) |
| Cross streets | u. a. Absberggasse , Favoritenstrasse , Laxenburger Strasse , Neilreichgasse , Triester Strasse |
| Places | Keplerplatz, Erlachplatz |
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| User groups | Pedestrians , bicycle traffic , car traffic , underground line U1, tram line 6, bus line 14A |
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| Street length | approx. 3 km |
Most of the Gudrunstraße is located in Vienna's 10th district , Favoriten , and runs in an east-west direction. It was named in 1900 after the legendary figure Gudrun . At the eastern end of the street are houses no. 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 in the 11th district, Simmering .
history
In the place of today's road there has been a field path since the Middle Ages, which led from Matzleinsdorf in the west to Simmering in the east. The path led outside the line wall from the Matzleinsdorfer line (a gate in the line wall) a small piece in a south-easterly direction and then in a straight line through undeveloped area towards Simmering. After the construction of the southern railway station in Gloggnitz in 1840, the first settlements in Favoriten arose in the middle of the 19th century between the railway line and today's Gudrunstraße , which soon grew into an extensive “workers' district”. Until 1873 it belonged to the suburbs of Wieden and Margareten, which were incorporated in 1850 (4th district from 1850, 4th and 5th district from 1861), this part of today's district of Favoriten was elevated to the new 10th district in 1874.
Until 1900, when it was given a uniform name, Gudrunstraße had different names in its individual parts, such as Geißelberger Weg , Kroatengasse , Berthagasse and Simmeringer Straße .
The tram was built in stages. In 1873 a horse-drawn tram line coming from Schwarzenbergplatz in the city center through Favoritenstraße was led from Keplerplatz westward through Gudrunstrasse to Jagdgasse (at today's tram depot). In 1891 a horse tramway was set up from Reinprechtsdorfer Straße via Matzleinsdorfer Platz to Jagdgasse, where it was connected to the line that was built earlier. In 1899 this line was electrified to Keplerplatz. From Favoritenstrasse to Absberggasse , the route was then led three blocks further south through the parallel Quellenstrasse (where there were more residents than at the freight station): 1900 to Gellertplatz, in 1906 from there to Absberggasse. The section from Absberggasse – Gudrunstraße – Geiselbergstraße was completed in 1905. In 1907 the line names that are common today were introduced.
The part of the street from Favoritenstrasse westward was used by tram lines 6 and 7 until January 1969 ; then the line was relocated here to Quellenstrasse. Since then, bus line 14A has been running on the western part of Gudrunstraße, line 6 only on the easternmost part from Absberggasse to the district border.
Location, characteristics, building
The Keplerplatz with the “ Keplerkirche ”, the subway station and the municipal district office, the police station (entrance Van-der-Nüll-Gasse) and Erlachplatz (once known as the “Tröpferlbad”, as the city's shower bath) are located on Gudrunstraße was) with their small green spaces. The street is otherwise densely built up with residential buildings, with the exception of its easternmost part, where the northern side of the street borders on the former freight station area of the Süd- and Ostbahnhof , which was cleared in 2009/2010 , an area that runs parallel to the construction of the new main station at Südtiroler Platz has been changed and is gradually being built with a new district on Gudrunstraße and Sonnwendgasse called Sonnwendviertel .
Only a few facades of the original late-historical building of the late 19th and early 20th centuries have survived, although most of the buildings still exist. In the section between Sonnwendgasse and Neilreichgasse there are numerous small shops, often owned by Turkish shopkeepers.
Gudrunstraße is heavily frequented by car traffic; it has four lanes in the western part (the two outside lanes for parking), in the eastern part it is often five lanes (southern outside lane for parking). Public transport is the underground line U1 (Keplerplatz station), the bus line 14A, which has five stops between Favoritenstraße and Triester Straße, and tram line 6 a short distance from the eastern beginning of Gudrunstraße to Absberggasse (no stop on Gudrunstraße ).
Eastern part: Gräßlplatz – Favoritenstraße
Gudrunstraße begins as an extension of Geiselbergstraße in Simmering at Gräßlplatz or at Werkstättenweg one block east of the district border between Simmering and Favoriten, which runs on the eastern side of the railway line of the Ostbahn , crosses the railway in an underpass and leads in a straight line to the west. On the south side, Gudrunstrasse begins with the Kretaviertel . After the underpass, there is the new terminus of tram line D, completed in 2019, on the corner of Absberggasse , which was extended here in two stages from the former Südbahnhof. Between Eastern Railway and Sonnwendgasse the street spreads north the large, 2009/2010, cleared former station area, which is partially located still under construction Sonnwendviertel from. To the west of Sonnwendgasse, Gudrunstraße is largely bordered on both sides by “grid districts” that were created in the second half of the 19th century.
No. 55-103: Emil-Fucik-Hof
This unadorned, extensive urban residential complex was built in 1950–1952 according to plans by Franz Schuster opposite the freight station at the time. The complex with 671 apartments comprises 19 residential buildings, both of which are built as freestanding block edge structures. It was named in 1992 after the Favoritner district chairman Emil Fucik .
No. 125: Kepler memorial plaque
On the building (opposite Sonnwendgasse) there is a memorial plaque with a portrait relief for the astronomer Johannes Kepler from 1955.
Education campus
On the former freight station site on Gudrunstraße near the corner of Sonnwendgasse, the city administration built an area called an education campus with schools and kindergartens. The construction was completed in 2014. On its northern side, the campus borders the Helmut-Zilk-Park . The facilities on the campus are designed to be flexible in terms of interior design and can be quickly adapted to different forms of education.
Western part: Favoritenstraße – Triester Straße
At Keplerplatz, the street crosses Favoritenstrasse , which has been the central Favoritner pedestrian zone since 1974 and under which the U1 underground line has been running since 1978 , and three blocks further Laxenburger Strasse (tram line O) leading to the southern city limits . After another ten blocks, the Evangelical Matzleinsdorfer Friedhof is adjacent to the south . There the street makes a flat curve to the northwest and ends at the beginning of Triester Straße and the tracks of the Südbahn at Matzleinsdorfer Platz ( S-Bahn , tram lines 1, 6, 62 and Badner Bahn ). The highest house numbers that can be found in the official electronic city map are No. 189 (in front of the cemetery) and No. 198 (at the Südbahnbrücke).
In front of No. 128: Parish Church of St. Johann Evangelist
A little further away from Gudrunstraße through a small park, the large, two-tower parish church, popularly known as the “ Keplerkirche ” , stands here on Keplerplatz .
No. 128, 130: District Office
→ Main article: Office building for the 10th district
No. 157, 159, 159A: Favoriten tram depot
Between Gudrunstraße, Erlachgasse and Leebgasse lies the extensive area of the Favoriten tram depot of Wiener Linien with its Remisen. The original coach house was built in 1899 by the tramway company and was still intended for the horse-drawn tramway, although the "electric" was already running in Favoritenstrasse that year. The current station was built between 1914 and 1915 by the building construction department of the city trams. From the train station to Laxenburger Strasse, tracks lead on Gudrunstrasse (formerly the terminus of line O). The administrative and residential buildings, which form a long, simply structured facade, are located on Gudrunstraße itself. Next to it is the free-standing, lower terminal building, which has a striking hipped roof. There is a memorial plaque on the building for seven members of a communist operating group under Otto Benedikt, who were murdered in 1942.
No. 187: Formerly Brown Boveri-Werke
Until the demolition in 2015, this was where the operating buildings of the Austrian Brown Boveri works were located . They were created from 1890–1891. The factory was founded by Béla Egger , who combined a telegraph construction company originally located in the 4th district and a workshop for heavy current that was previously located in the 5th district. In 1910 it was taken over by Brown Boveri and the facility was expanded with additions until 1911. In the end only the former administration building in a strictly historical structure made of exposed bricks was preserved. There was a memorial plaque on the building for six members of a communist operating group under Leopold Weinfurter. An adult education institution was housed here until summer 2014. The controversial demolition of the building took place in early 2015.
literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 2: De-Gy. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , p. 631.
- Herbert Tschulk: Viennese district culture guide . X. Favoriten , Jugend und Volk, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-224-10612-3 , p. 43
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Krobot, Josef Otto Slezak, Hans Sternhart: Tram in Vienna - the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow , Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-900134-00-6 , p. 299 ff
- ^ Emil-Fucik-Hof in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- ↑ City map Vienna
- ^ Werner Schubert : Favoriten , Verlag Bezirksmuseum Favoriten, Vienna 1992, p. 77.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 40.8 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 38.4" E