Carmelite Quarter

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The Karmelitermarkt in the Karmeliterviertel

The Karmeliterviertel is a district close to the center of Leopoldstadt , Vienna's 2nd district .

location

Carmelite Quarter around 1830

The quarter is bordered to the north by Oberen Augartenstraße or Augarten , a large, historic park from the 17th century. In the east the Taborstrasse forms the border of the quarter, in the south there are (clockwise) Kleine Sperlgasse , Hollandstrasse , Krummbaumgasse and Große Schiffgasse . In the west it is bounded by Obere Donaustraße , Schiffamtsgasse , Leopoldsgasse and Malzgasse . (The quarter borders are not officially set.)

The relatively quiet, but very convenient location in relation to the city ​​center and the good transport connections make the district very attractive. The 1st district can be reached on foot in a few minutes via Danube Canal bridges .

Name and story

Karmeliterkirche and Karmeliterplatz
Remains of the listed ghetto wall
Tandelmarktgasse around 1902

The area north of the historic city of Vienna , the Donauinsel Unterer Werd, became easily accessible through the construction of a bridge in 1368 and was therefore settled early on. But until 1875 it was repeatedly subject to floods of the Danube.

The very quiet, traffic-wise neighborhood of the Karmelitermarkt , which is also becoming increasingly popular because of its direct proximity to the city ​​center, got its name . It is named after the Carmelite Church on Taborstrasse , which was built between 1620 and 1624 , the only remnant of the Carmelite monastery , which was abandoned in 1782 , and whose other buildings were demolished in 1904–1910 in favor of Karmelitergasse (the monastery garden was immediately parceled out and built up after 1782). The northern border of the monastery was between the houses of today's Karmelitergasse and Tandelmarktgasse. Remnants of the monastery wall, about 40 meters long and up to five meters high, are still there today as courtyard walls between the houses. A former small passage is bricked up today.

To the north of the church and monastery was the Jewish town of the Jewish Viennese who were expelled from the historic town until 1670 . After the renewed expulsion of the Jews and the forced demolition of the synagogue was built around, built on the former synagogue building site Leopold Church a Christian settlement called Leopoldstadt , the south-west as far as the Danube Canal spread and later again settled many Jews in.

In 1850 the name of the district was transferred to the large 2nd district that was newly incorporated into Vienna . The Karmeliterviertel today represents the majority of the historic Leopoldstadt district.

The Polish School stood at Leopoldsgasse 29 until 1938 , when it was destroyed by the National Socialists during the Reichskristallnacht.

population

Orthodox Jews on Karmeliterplatz, 1915

The population structure is very mixed. The quarter is also characterized by the fact that today there is again a relatively high proportion of Orthodox Jews and their necessary infrastructure ( synagogue , Torah school, kosher shops). The coexistence of the different residents is very harmonious. The total number of residents is around 3,000. For a few years now, the Karmeliterviertel has been an influx of the so-called Bobo Society .

Facilities and infrastructure

The Karmelitermarkt is the center of the district. In addition to the daily market activities, there is a farmers' market on Fridays and Saturdays, which is very popular with the population. In the television series Trautmann , the Karmelitermarkt and the surrounding bars play a major role in the plot.

Not far from the market on Karmelitergasse are the district council and the municipal district office for the 2nd district as well as the Leopoldstadt district museum . The Vienna Crime Museum, combined with the Museum of the Vienna Federal Police Directorate , was established in Grosse Sperlgasse . There is a federal high school in Kleine Sperlgasse and a municipal school building in Schwarzingergasse.

On the central edge of the Karmeliterviertel is the Hungarian Cultural Institute called Collegium Hungaricum in Vienna, on the northern edge the Palais Augarten , which is used by the Vienna Boys' Choir . Next to it is the Augarten porcelain factory .

On the outskirts of the district, the Taborstraße underground station was opened in 2008 and the new Schottenring station on the U2 line under the Danube Canal (with access from Herminengasse in the 2nd district). Tram line 2 runs on Taborstrasse and city ​​bus line 5A runs through the district.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Return to the Leopoldschtetl . In: Falter magazine , Vienna, No. 7/2009 ( Memento from February 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 3 ″  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 37 ″  E