Johann Strauss Monument

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Johann Strauss Monument
gilded Johann Strauss bronze statue

The Johann Strauss Monument is located in the Vienna City Park and is one of the most photographed monuments in Vienna . It was built next to the Kursalon Hübner in memory of the "Waltz King" Johann Strauss Sohn .

description

The gilded bronze statue on a marble plinth shows the Viennese waltz king standing - without the thick whiskers - with a violin in his hand in front of a Lasa marble arch decorated with leaves and floating pairs .

history

In 1903, four years after Strauss's death, a committee was formed under President Princess Rosa Croy-Sternberg (1836–1918) to erect a monument in honor of the composer. Initially, the Franz-Josefs-Kai was intended as the installation site; it was not until 1907 that the current location in the city park was determined. In 1905, the Vienna City Council promised a share of the costs of 10,000 crowns , which was not paid out until 1913. In 1906 the committee announced a competition. The architect Alfred Castelliz (1870–1940), as well as the sculptors Franz Metzner and Edmund Hellmer , whose design was unanimously approved by the committee, took part.

The execution was constantly delayed, on the one hand due to financing problems and on the other hand also due to the outbreak of the First World War. On January 23, 1920, the Vienna City Council approved a larger sum again, and on June 26, 1921, the ceremonial unveiling took place, at which the Vienna Philharmonic played among others .

In 1935 the damaged gilding of the Strauss statue was removed and the original condition of the monument was not restored until 1991. In 2011, a comprehensive renovation or refurbishment from the foundation to the Strauss statue took place, which cost around 300,000 euros.

Replicas of the statue have been in Osaka (Japan) since the 1990 Expo, in Kunming (China) since 1999, in the Parque de Los Colegiales in Havana (Cuba) since 2002 and in front of the Shanghai Tower since 2016 .

  • Condition in 1987 without gilding

Web links

Commons : Johann Strauss (Sohn) Monument  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Strauss memorial in the Austria Forum ; Retrieved July 14, 2010
  2. ↑ a b c d Vienna City Hall correspondence of July 13, 2010
  3. ^ Viennatouristguide: Johann Strauss Sohn ; Retrieved July 14, 2010
  4. ↑ Alfred Castelliz. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007. Retrieved on July 14, 2010
  5. ↑ German art and decoration: Metzner's monument design for Johann Strauss ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved July 14, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.research-design.co.uk
  6. ↑ Vienna info: Johann Strauss monument ; Retrieved July 14, 2010
  7. ↑ ORF-Online: Schani fiddles again: Monument renovated ; accessed on Sep. 14 2015
  8. ↑ Johann Stauss Sohn ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 16, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.1020-wien.at
  9. ^ Johann Strauss memorial in Havana . City hall correspondence of March 27, 2002.
  10. ^ An unveiling in Shanghai ( Memento from April 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Wirtschaftsblatt from April 14, 2016, accessed on April 14, 2016.

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 13.6 ″  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 44.9 ″  E