Landhaus St. Pölten

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East side of the Landhausviertel : the Lower Austria Landhaus, on the left the Klangturm
Entrance to the country house
View from the north

The Landhaus St. Pölten is a building complex in the government district of St. Pölten and the seat of the Lower Austrian provincial administration, the Lower Austrian provincial parliament , the provincial government and the office of the Lower Austrian provincial government . This also includes cultural institutions operated by the state of Lower Austria. With between 2,500 and 3,000 employees, it is one of the largest workplaces in St. Pölten.

history

Since the separation of Vienna from Lower Austria in 1922, the Niederösterreichisches Landhaus in Vienna - today Palais Niederösterreich - was the seat of the Lower Austrian state parliament until 1997, when the state government relocated to the new state capital St. Pölten.

building

The state parliament building stands on the banks of the Traisen. According to its shape, it is called the ship. In addition to the country house with the 80 m high sound tower by the architect Ernst Hoffmann , the festival hall ( Klaus Kada ), the state archive and the state library ( Paul Katzberger ), an exhibition hall (Shed-Halle, Hans Hollein ) and the state museum were also built in the Landhausviertel .

Plot area 216,929 m²
Built-up area 20,246 m²
Streets and squares 35,000 m²

Building history

The Julius-Raab-Traisenbrücke was built before construction began; after the building permit was issued (reference number 11/60/1 / -1166-1992) in 1992, construction began on November 1st. The major construction site extended over 216,929 m² on the area of ​​the former racing stadium in St. Pölten (1881–1990), between the Traisen and the old town. To protect against the floods of the Traisen, a 600 m long and 200 m wide concrete tub was built in which the country house complex is located. 1000 employees turned over 3 million schillings daily on the construction site , the total investment amounted to 5.3 billion schillings. 10 construction companies built 19,000 tons of steel and 223,000 m³ of concrete. There were three accidents on the construction site, with one fatality.

Web links

Commons : Niederösterreichisches Landhaus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Bylica: At the water and in the green . In: Franz Oswald, Hans Ströbitzer (ed.): Our state capital St. Pölten , Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten 1996, pp. 68–88, here: p. 74.
  2. ↑ Peter Bylica: At the water and in the green . In: Franz Oswald, Hans Ströbitzer (ed.): Our state capital St. Pölten , Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten 1996, pp. 68–88, here: p. 75.

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 5 ″  N , 15 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  E