Main Customs Office (Linz)

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Main customs office (before renovation)
Facade with double-headed eagle

The former main customs office in Linz is on Zollamtstrasse in downtown Linz . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).

history

In 1851, plans for the construction of the customs office building were drawn up by the regional building authorities. Sometimes the design is attributed to Paul Sprenger . The building was finally realized in 1858 according to plans by Ferdinand Kirschner.

Up until 2009, the Upper Austrian Financial Directorate and Customs Office were housed in the building, when they moved to the Terminal Tower at the main train station. From 2013 to 2015 the former official building was converted into a residential and office building.

architecture

Architecturally, this building is a striking example of early historicism with the inclusion of Romanizing and late classicist forms. On the main facade, designed with late Biedermeier elements, there is a large imperial double-headed eagle on the attic as a stone relief.

Web links

Commons : Hauptzollamt Linz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Upper Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. (PDF), ( CSV ). Federal Monuments Office , status: 23 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Erwin Hainisch, Kurt Woisetschläger: Dehio Upper Austria , 6th edition. Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1977, p. 177.
  3. ^ Monument database city of Linz
  4. ^ Palais Zollamt, IFA

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 25.2 ″  N , 14 ° 17 ′ 19.2 ″  E