Küssdenpfennig House
The Küssdenpfennig House was an old Viennese landmark in the 1st Viennese district of Inner City .
The house was located at Adlergasse 4 (today: Franz-Josefs-Kai 21) near Rotenturmstraße and was characteristic for its “tower-crowned corner rondelle”. According to popular tradition, it got its name after a well-known Viennese legend, the center of which is the doctor and alchemist Paracelsus . An inscription in the courtyard of the house summarized the legend as follows:
- The dear Theophrastus, an alchemist above all
- Once came to this house and couldn't pay
- The time he enjoyed. He trusts his art
- With which he won many great gentlemen's favor.
- A sure stamp of bad value
- Tinged it to gold; the landlord got from him
- This shiny metal. He says, “Take this
- I pay more than I owe you ”.
- The landlord, quite beside himself, admires such a thing
- "I kiss the penny"; to Theophrastus he spoke
- Known all over the world by this wonder group
- This is the name of this house, called the "Küßenpfennig".
However, the historian Kisch notes that the derivation of the house name from this legendary incident is incorrect. As early as the 15th century, the house was named because of the owner's name, Hans Küßenpfennig.
In 1741 the house was thoroughly rebuilt, and in the late 19th century it fell victim to the modernization of the inner city. In 1878 it was replaced by a design by Ferdinand Fellner the Elder. J. erected a bank building for the Anglo-Austrian Bank .
Individual evidence
- ^ Moritz Bermann: Illustrated guide through Vienna and surroundings . 1885 ( online version )
literature
- Wilhelm Maximilian Kisch : The old streets and squares of Vienna . Vienna 1883, p. 359 ff
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 41.3 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 36.1" E