Humboldtgasse
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna |
| District | Favoriten (10th district) |
| Created | 1874 |
| Cross streets | Sonnwendgasse , Landgutgasse, Raaber-Bahn-Gasse, Keplergasse, Uhlandgasse, Gudrunstraße |
| Places | Humboldtplatz |
| Buildings | Substation favorites |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrians , bicycle traffic , car traffic |
| Road design | one way street |
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| Street length | approx. 567 m |
The Humboldtgasse located since 1874 in the 10th Vienna district, Favorites (previously 4th district). It is named after the German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (naming date not known before 1874).
Location and characteristics
The Humboldtgasse is located in the northern part of the district, in the historic Favoriten , the oldest part of the former workers' district, between the parallel Favoritenstrasse in the west and the Sonnwendviertel , which was created in the 2010s, on the site of the former freight station of the Südbahnhof or at the new Vienna Central Station in the east.
It branches off from Sonnwendgasse to the south opposite the confluence of Gertrude-Fröhlich-Sandner-Straße . At the junction is the Favoriten substation, an architecturally remarkable industrial building from the interwar period. The southern end of the alley is at its confluence with Gudrunstraße . Shortly before it ends, it touches the park on Humboldtplatz, which extends to Scheugasse, which is parallel to the east. Otherwise, Humboldtgasse is densely built with residential buildings from the end of the 19th century to the present day. The alley is led as a one-way street to the south, there is no public transport on it.
buildings
No. 1–5: Favoriten substation
The Favoriten substation is one of the most notable industrial buildings in the district. It was built between 1929 and 1931 by Eugen Kastner and Fritz Waage . The design, which is unusual for Vienna, may be based on Soviet models. The alternation of right-angled and round structures on the tapering triangular property between Sonnwendgasse and Humboldtgasse is characteristic, which gives the building a monumental effect. In addition, the horizontal is emphasized and reinforced by ribbon windows and profiles. The Favoriten substation is operated by the city's own Wien Energie group . (On the first picture: Sonnwendgasse on the left, Humboldtgasse on the right.)
No. 13: Brothers Humboldt
On the house there is a terracotta relief image with the stylized representation of the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt , which is signed with the initials FXH.
No. 27: Formerly Humboldt Temple
At the corner of Humboldtgasse and Humboldtplatz there is now a house built in 1974. A memorial plaque commemorates the Humboldt Temple , which existed here until 1938 , which was built in 1895/96 according to plans by the architect Jakob Gartner . The synagogue was provisionally inaugurated in 1896 and solemnly inaugurated in 1898. The last owner was the Israelite prayer house association Chewra Beth Hatfila . In 1938 the temple fell victim to the Reichspogromnacht . After the compulsory dissolution of the prayer house association in 1939, the property belonged to the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde , which was interrupted by the Nazi regime and sold it to a housing association in 1970.
Characteristic is the crossing dome of the temple on an octagonal base, surrounded by several onion domes. Below that was the men's square prayer room, which had 428 seats. Like the entire synagogue, four dome posts were clad with stucco and supported the galleries with a capacity of 277 seats for women. The house could be entered through three portals. The prayer room was reached through a vestibule.
former Humboldt temple around 1900
Design of the Humboldt Temple by Jakob Gartner
Plaque
Residential building at Humboldtgasse 27 instead of the Humboldt Temple
No. 34: Alexander von Humboldt
On the corner of Humboldtgasse / Keplergasse, opposite the former synagogue site, there is a niche on the first floor with a statue of Alexander von Humboldt, who is the “namesake” of the street, who is holding a globe. There is a pile of books at his feet. The sculpture was created by Karl Nieschlag in 1958 . The house of the Catholic Student Union Rhenania (K.St.V.Rhenania) is located in the MKV.
literature
- Herbert Tschulk: Viennese district culture guide favorites . Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-224-16255-4
- Dehio Handbook Vienna. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 49.9 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 39 ″ E