Hackinger Schlösschen

Lithograph by Franz Josef Sandmann from 1853

The Hackinger Schlösschen was a building in the 13th Viennese district Hietzing , district Hacking , Schloßberggasse 8.

History of the castle

It was built at the beginning of the 18th century on the former site of the Hacking Fortress, which was destroyed during the second Turkish siege of Vienna . The castle changed hands very often and was rebuilt several times. The interior design followed French models. Around 1718 it came into the possession of the Hacquet family , in 1778 it was sold to the Teutonic Knights Order , which was also Lord von Hacking for a long time . However, the castle itself was soon owned by the Schmipf family, then Prince Kaunitz-Rietberg . In 1824 Louise Plaideux , Baroness von Mainau bought it and sold it to the Swedish Prince Gustav von Wasa in 1832 . He bequeathed it to his daughter Carola von Wasa-Holstein-Gottorp , Queen of Saxony, who sold it to Prince Arenberg in 1879 . In 1898 it was passed on to Julius Graf Reidasch , after which there were several other changes of ownership, including the State Office for Social Administration . In 1923 the poet Eleonore van der Straten-Ponthoz (née Countess von Sternberg) became the new owner, who was also the last name to give the castle.

Reuse of the ground

Youth hostel Hütteldorf-Hacking

As in numerous similar cases, the large garden became a motive for the search for more intensive use during the economic boom after the Second World War . The building acquired by the municipality of Vienna was demolished in 1955.

Today there is a youth hostel of the City of Vienna, architect Fred Freyler , at this address . The partly seven-storey social housing complex Am Schlossberg , consisting of 13 buildings with 21 staircases, stands on most of the former castle park . A large part of the remaining park area became the public “Hackinger Schlosspark” at the end of the 1990s.

literature

• hojos: The Hackinger Castle. In: Ober St. Veit an der Wien. February 2012, accessed November 2, 2018 (with pictures). 
• Dieter Klein , Martin Kupf , Robert Schediwy : Stadtbildverluste Wien. A look back over five decades. 3. Edition. Lit, Vienna et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8258-7754-X .
• Helga Gibs: Hietzing. Between yesterday and tomorrow. 2nd, expanded edition. Mohl, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-900272-51-4 .

Web links

Commons : Castle Hacking  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Location of the Hackinger Schlösschen on the general city map from 1912 on the wien.at website
• Hackinger Castle Park on the grounds of the garden of the former Hackinger Castle
• Images and text about Hacking Castle in Stadtbildverluste Wien ISBN 3-8258-7754-X via Google Books
• hietzing.at - Hackinger Castle

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eleonore Countess von Sternberg on thepeerage.com , accessed on October 4, 2015.

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '35 "  N , 16 ° 15' 42"  E