Kornhäuselturm

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The Kornhäuselturm in Vienna

The Kornhäuselturm is a 1825 to 1827 to a design by Joseph Kornhäusel built building in the first Viennese district of Inner City . At the time of construction, it was the tallest secular tower in Vienna. With a height of over 35 meters, it is the oldest high-rise building in Vienna according to the current Vienna building regulations.

history

The nine-story tower, named after its architect Joseph Kornhäusel, was built between 1825 and 1827 together with the tenement house that partially surrounds it at Seitenstettengasse 2. Around the same time, the neighboring city ​​temple , also designed by Kornhäusel, was built in place of the former Pempflingerhof . Since the tower was originally surrounded on all sides by other houses and had no street-side entrance, access was via the staircase of the adjacent building.

The tower served Kornhäusel as an apartment and studio. Adalbert Stifter lived here in the 1840s, which is now a memorial plaque at Seitenstettengasse 2. Stifter observed the total solar eclipse of July 8, 1842 on the observation platform of the tower, which he recorded in his book From the Old Vienna . In the 1970s the Kornhäuselturm was adapted by Stefan Passini.

The simple façade of the listed ( list entry ) tower with its few, relatively small window openings is now in need of renovation. The southern side of the tower, located on the Fleischmarkt , is exposed, as the three-story houses adjoining it no longer exist at this point, only remnants of walls and corbels are reminiscent of the former construction. An information board from the Vienna Tourist Board is attached to the facade, which is windowless in this area .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MA 41, City Surveying Vienna ( online )
  2. ↑ From old Vienna - The solar eclipse of 1842

literature

Web links

Commons : Kornhäuselturm  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 41.2 ″  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 27.5 ″  E