Herrengasse (Innsbruck)
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| Basic data | |
| place | innsbruck |
| district | Downtown |
| Name received | 1873 |
| Cross streets | Herzog-Otto-Ufer, Rennweg |
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| Street length | 100 m |
The Innsbruck Herrengasse is about a hundred meters long connecting road to that of the Duke Ottoroad Rennweg runs along the northern edge of the old town.
The Herrengasse is named after the seat of the offices (the sovereigns) from the residence period of Archduke Ferdinand II. The current building was built around 1660 as a theater hall, from 1672 as a university building, from 1745 as a state and university library and from 1776 as a governor's office. From 1939 to 1945 it served as the headquarters of the Gestapo , which is commemorated by a plaque. Today the state building department is located in this building.
On the south side of the street, a small passage leads into the old town to the cathedral square . Shortly before it joins Rennweg, it is spanned by a connecting structure between the Hofburg and Dogana .
Herrengasse plays an important role in Thomas Bernhard's story Amras . In the (non-existent) house no. 6, a family from an old Innsbruck dynasty decides to commit suicide.
literature
- Josefine Justic: Innsbruck street names. Where do they come from and what they mean . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7022-3213-9 , p. 22 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Wiesauer: Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, provincial building directorate, university and governor building. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 11, 2015 .
- ^ Herrengasse (Innsbruck) in the literary land map Tyrol / South Tyrol
Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ' N , 11 ° 24' E