Herrengasse (Graz)

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The Herrengasse on a Photochrom recording (1900)
The Herrengasse seen from the south. Photo from the now removed Marienlift (2006)
The Herrengasse seen from the north. On the right the Landeszeughaus, in the background two trams and the Marienlift , an art installation (2006) from where the photo above was taken. (2007)
View of Herrengasse and Schloßberg from the Landeszeughaus (2007)

Herrengasse , in the Middle Ages Bürgerstrasse, also Bürgergasse , is the name of a baroque boulevard in the center of Graz and a focal point of public life in the Styrian capital. It connects the main square with the Am Eisernen Tor square , near Jakominiplatz, the center of public transport in Graz. It runs approximately in a north-south direction parallel to the Mur on the left side of the Mur . All Graz tram lines run through Herrengasse, which has been largely a pedestrian zone since November 1972 and is therefore closed to individual traffic.

history

The area of ​​today's Herrengasse is an old settlement area, where finds were also made from the Hallstatt period. At the southern end of Herrengasse (roughly in the area of ​​today's Mesnergasse) was the walled Jewish ghetto mentioned in 1261. Between 1457 and 1475, the Bürgerstrasse , where the most respected Graz citizens lived, was renamed Herrengasse , as more and more of the aristocrats were buying property here.

Rampage 2015

On June 20, 2015, a man with his SUV killed three people and injured dozen other people in a rampage in Herrengasse.

List of important buildings

(Numbering according to house numbers, even on the right, odd on the left starting from the main square)

1 - Salzburger Hof
2 - Schranne , the place of jurisdiction until the beginning of the 16th century, then town hall
3 - ducal feudal court, " Painted House " (imperial residence)
9 - Palais Breuner with a Roman pillar base
10 - Caspar Antoni Forno's coffeehouse (1747); Demolished in 1887 and built into the new town hall
13 - Stubenberg's house ; Napoleon Bonaparte's quarters in Graz (April 1797)
15 - the old main customs office building
16 - country house , first Renaissance building of the city of Graz and state armory
17 - Steiermärkischen Escomptebank (1910), neo-baroque building (No. 15–17), today CA
23 - parish church "Zum heiligen Blut"; Access to the monastery cloister
28 - Thonethof ; formerly kk military town command, in front of that the brewery of the trader Aegydius Gunzinger (around 1648)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Popelka: History of the City of Graz. 1st volume, self-published by the City of Graz, Graz 1928

literature

  • Walter Brunner on behalf of the City of Graz, Cultural Office (Ed.): History of the City of Graz. 4 volumes, self-published by the city of Graz 2003, ISBN 3-902234-02-4

Web links

Commons : Herrengasse, Graz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files