Karl-Höger-Hof
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| Address: | Lorystrasse 40-42 | |||
| District: | Simmering | |||
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 10 '21 " N , 16 ° 24' 44" E | |||
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| Construction time: | 1925-1926 | |||
| Apartments: | 220 in 17 stairs | |||
| Architects: | Hugo Gorge , Alfons Hetmanek , Franz Kaym | |||
| Named after: | Karl Höger | |||
| Cultural property register of the city of Vienna | ||||
| Municipal housing Karl-Höger-Hof in the digital cultural property register of the City of Vienna (PDF file) | ||||
The Karl-Höger-Hof is a community building at Lorystraße 40-42 in the 11th district of Simmering in Vienna .
history
In the interwar period in Red Vienna , numerous communal residential buildings were built, especially in the outlying districts of Favoriten and Simmering, which were inhabited by many workers . In the period from 1923 to 1926, a total of six community buildings were built around Simmeringer Herderplatz and Herderpark, which opened in 1930 . In addition to the Karl-Höger-Hof, these were the residential complexes Alfons-Petzold-Hof , Dr.-Franz-Klein-Hof , Josef-Scheu-Hof , Widholzhof and the neighboring Friedrich-Engels-Hof .
The Karl-Höger-Hof was built from 1925 to 1926 according to designs by the architects Franz Kaym, Alfons Hetmanek and Hugo Gorge . The community building is named after the social democratic trade unionist Karl Höger.
In the course of the February uprising of 1934, the housing complex was fiercely contested. On February 12, 1934, the Republican Schutzbund set up a first aid station in the Karl-Höger-Hof, whereupon it was attacked by the armed forces the following day . On February 14, the Schutzbund surrendered and the fighting resulted in two deaths.
On December 11, 1944, the Karl-Höger-Hof was hit by 15 bombs during an air raid. Eleven house residents were killed, many were injured and 94 apartments were destroyed or so badly damaged that they were no longer habitable. After the end of the war, the Russian occupation administration set up a reception camp here, and the community began to repair the destroyed apartments and make them usable. In July 1946, Mayor Theodor Körner unveiled a memorial stone in the courtyard commemorating the victims of the air attack in 1944.
From 2004 to 2006 the facility was renovated, including replacing the windows and doors and connecting it to the district heating system .
Architecture and design
The listed residential complex comprises 17 staircases with 220 apartments and is bordered by Lorystraße, Hakelgasse, Ehamgasse and Grillgasse. With the exception of a Wilhelminian-style house and another residential building at the two corners of Grillgasse, the block is entirely taken up by Karl-Höger-Hof. In the courtyard there is a meeting place and a day care center for children.
The most striking feature of the residential complex, as well as the neighboring Friedrich-Engels-Hof designed by the same team of architects, is a geometric facade decor surrounding some windows. A monumental, two-storey entrance gate leads from Lorystraße into the inner courtyard, in which there is a former fountain, on which a plaque was attached in 1947 to mark the 100th birthday of Karl Höger. The memorial stone in honor of the victims of the bombing of December 11, 1944, is located on a green area surrounded by bushes only a few meters away the house was evicted.
Individual evidence
literature
- Hans and Rudolf Hautmann: The Municipal Housing of Red Vienna 1919-1934 , Vienna 1980
Web links
- Karl-Höger-Hof. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)