Hotel Post (Bad Ischl)
The former Hotel zur Post (originally Gasthof zur Post or Posthof ) in Bad Ischl , Upper Austria , was the oldest hotel in the Salzkammergut . The building is located in the city center between the parish church of St. Nikolaus and the Lehartheater .
history
Construction phases
The hotel was built by Franz and Magdalena Koch in 1827/28, which is still reminiscent of the dated marble portal. Koch († 1849) was previously the postmaster in Ebensee and had been running the Zum Goldenen Hirschen (today's Sparkasse) inn in Ischl since 1826 . From here the tavern and post office were transferred to the newly built hotel. The imperial-royal post office, which was operated in the house until 1895, also included stables for up to 120 horses (north wing) that were used in the postal service to Ebensee, Aussee and Salzburg . From 1862 the so-called Postalm (formerly Tillalm or Holzalm) above Strobl belonged to the house as pasture area for the animals . From 1833, Franz Koch jun. († 1871), a son of the builder, continued the hotel and post office. He was followed by Ludwig Koch († 1919) and Dr. Ludwig Koch († 1939) took over the management of the house. The hotel building was expanded several times in the 19th century, including in 1840/1841, including the former beneficiary's house (1787) and the Wirerspital (1828). The dining room wing was added in 1864, and in 1895 the building was given a representative facade, which is now a listed building. In the former large dining room, the original wall paneling in stucco lustro as well as the ceiling with coffered structure and medallions, the individual fields of which show arabesques, fantastic animal shapes and fruits. A lift was only installed after 1900. The rear wing of the hotel in today's Schulgasse ( Dependance Posthof ) was demolished in 1964 to create a garden. Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Strasse, in which the house is located, was called Landstrasse before 1898 and was officially called Poststrasse from 1898 to 1951 .
Guests
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The house has been visited by many famous people,
- Members of the European nobility : Emperor Ferdinand , Emperor Franz Josef , King Wilhelm I of Prussia , King Otto I of Greece , Queen Therese of Bavaria , King Max Josef of Bavaria , Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse , Grand Duke Carl Alexander of Saxe-Weimar , Prince August of Württemberg , Archduke Johann , Marie Thérèse Charlotte de Bourbon , Prince Lichnowsky
- high-ranking military: Field Marshal Haugwitz , Field Marshal Moltke , Admiral Edward Hamilton
- Politicians: Eduard Graf Taaffe , Otto von Bismarck , Theodor Herzl
- Industrialists and bankers: Johann Anton Farina , Lionel Nathan Rothschild
- Scientist: Theodor Billroth
- Writers: Nikolaus Lenau , Arthur Schnitzler , Felix Dahn , Robert Musil (since 2018 memorial plaque on the main facade)
- Composers: Anton Bruckner , Carl Michael Ziehrer
- Actors and directors: Alexander Girardi , Greta Garbo , Marlene Dietrich , Magda Schneider , Karlheinz Böhm , Romy Schneider , Rudolf Prack , Sonja Ziemann , Gustav Knuth , Josef Meinrad , Luchino Visconti , Franz Antel , Helmut Berger u. v. a.
- Painter: Josef Kriehuber , Friedensreich Hundertwasser
On July 31, 1890, a dinner was held in the hotel on the occasion of the wedding of Archduchess Marie Valerie and Archduke Franz Salvator of Tuscany .
New use
In 1988 the hotel was closed and converted into private apartments, offices, ordinations, restaurants and business premises and an underground car park was built. The formerly popular post cellar was walled up and is no longer accessible. The house has often served as a backdrop in film and television productions (e.g. in the television series Der Salzbaron ).
literature
- Barbara Eder (née Koch): Hotel construction in the 19th century in Ischl using the example of the “Hotel Post” and “Hotel Kaiserin Elisabeth”. - typed Thesis. University of Salzburg 1997.
- CA Hartleben: Panorama of the Austrian Monarchy. Volume 1. Pest 1840, Archiv Verlag, Vienna Reprint 2001.
- Franz Anton Alexander von Braune: Ischl and its surroundings. Salzburg 1855.
- K. Baedeker: Austria-Hungary. Guide for travelers. 26th edition, Leipzig 1903.
- Maria Zierler: Telling Ischl's street names. In: Ischler Heimatverein (ed.): Bad Ischl, a home book. Linz 1966.
- Franz Stüger: 150 years of Hotel Post - 150 years of the Koch family. Salzkammergut Newspaper. Sept. 15, 1977 (No. 37).
- Ischler Wochenrundschau (Ed.): Ischls Chronik. Based on the copy of the original chronicle of the sovereign market in Ischl. Starting from the oldest times up to 1856. Collected and written by Franz Karl von Erb. Ischl 1982.
- Heinrich Prochaska: Ischl's Chronicle. History of the bathing resort of Ischl 1823-1923 . Extended new edition. Wimmer, Bad Ischl o. J.
- Gerhard Semiller: Bad Ischl - houses and fates. Linz 1998.
- Ischler Heimatverein (Ed.): Bad Ischl. Homeland book. Bad Ischl 2004.
- Strobler Pfarrblatt: Postalmkapelle. Autumn 2005 edition.
- Josef H. Handlechner, Hannes Heide : Bad Ischl and the Ischlland . Wigodruck.at, 2008.
Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 44.3 " N , 13 ° 37 ′ 22.3" E