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The Herweghhof is a listed urban residential complex in Vienna - Margareten . It is located at Margaretengürtel 82-88.
Building description
The Herweghhof was built in 1926/27 by the architects Heinrich Schmid and Hermann Aichinger as a municipal residential complex. It was named after the political poet and German freedom poet Georg Herwegh . A plaque and a medallion of the poet are placed in the entrance area as a reminder.
The complex comprises 220 apartments and forms a unit with the neighboring Julius-Popp-Hof . Together with the nearby Metzleinstaler Hof and the Matteottihof , a striking city district was created in this area of Margaretens.
The long rows of arcades to the Gürtel , with the shops behind them, are remarkable . The difference in height between Gürtel and Siebenbrunnenfeldgasse was elegantly overcome by means of terraces . Also worth mentioning are the details such as lanterns, pergolas, knocking bars and the decorative bay windows of this municipal building.
In the green area between Julius-Popp-Hof and Herweghhof there is a fountain depicting a she-bear with her boy, by Hanna Gärtner from 1928.
See also
literature
- Hans Hautmann , Rudolf Hautmann : The municipal housing of the Red Vienna 1919-1934. Schönbrunn, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-8536-40631-0 .
- Inge Podbrecky: Red Vienna. walk See. 5 routes to built experiments. From Karl-Marx-Hof to Werkbundsiedlung . Falter-Verlag, Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85439-295-8 , ( Falter's city walks 4).
Web links
- Municipal Herweghhof in the digital cultural heritage register of the City of Vienna (PDF file)
- Herweghhof. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 50 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E