Lederergasse (Linz)
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| Basic data | |
| place | Linz |
| District | City center , Lustenau |
| Cross streets | Prunerstraße, Stefan-Fechter-Weg, Quergasse, Kaisergasse, Lüfteneggerstraße, Honauerstraße, Gruberstraße, Nietzschestraße, Leibnizstraße, Holzstraße, Köglstraße, Petzoldstraße |
| Places | Herbert-Bayer-Platz |
| Buildings | Volksküche , European School , Higher Regional Court , Parish Church of St. Severin |
| use | |
| User groups | Bus routes 26, 27 , car traffic , pedestrian traffic |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | approx. 1600 meters |
The Lederergasse is a street in the Upper Austrian capital Linz . It is located in the city center and was named after the tanneries that used to live here, the leather workers.
history
Until 1869 the street was called Lederergasse and Lazarettgasse after the former plague hospital built in the 17th century, house number 33. From 1869 to 1943 it was called Keplerstraße after the astronomer Johannes Kepler and from 1943 again Lederergasse.
The following significant buildings used to exist in Lederergasse: at No. 21 the Schadler clay furnace factory, No. 33 a plague hospital or hospital, No. 47 the State Women's Clinic.
Location and characteristics
The 1.6 kilometer long road runs in an easterly and then east-northeast direction from Pfarrplatz to the Mühlkreis Autobahn . There the street ends as a dead end and there is a footpath and bike path to Posthofstraße. In the area between Pfarrplatz and Herbert-Bayer- Platz it is a narrow medieval alley, after which it is much wider. While residential and public buildings predominate first, commercial establishments dominate from Holzstrasse. The street is used by bus lines 26 and 27 between Quergasse and Holzstraße, with three bus stops (Lüfteneggerstraße, Lederergasse and Holzstraße).
building
No. 7 Former fire department building
The house, built at the end of the 19th century, used to be the team building of the Linz professional fire brigade, from 1950 to 1975 the Linz music school was housed in it. Today it serves as a youth center.
No. 10 Craftsman's House
According to the memorial plaque, the astronomer Johannes Kepler lived in this house around 1611/1612.
No. 15 inn
The house in which today the Gasthaus Schindler's Heuriger - formerly Baumgartner, before that according to the building label Strasser-Lahninger - is located, was first mentioned in 1495.
Volksküche
The Volksküche at the corner of Herbert-Bayer-Platz was built by Curt Kühne in 1926 and is now home to the Upper Austria Architecture Forum and the Maerz Artists' Association .
Calibration office
At the corner of Herbert-Bayer-Platz is the building of the Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying , built in the 1950s .
No. 26 community center
A three-story house with a rectangular bay window and striking ornamental facade painting. The house was first mentioned in a document in 1616. In 1926 sgraffito ornaments came out in the course of a renovation .
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No. 32d Federal Education Institute
No. 35 European School
The Europaschule, the federal training and secondary school, was built from 1957 to 1959 by Fritz Fanta and Adolf Kammermayer .
Higher Regional Court
At the corner of Gruberstrasse is the building of the Higher Regional Court and the Linz Public Prosecutor's Office, which was built in the 1950s.
Parish Church of St. Severin
The parish church of St. Severin was built between 1963 and 1968 according to plans by Franz Wiesmayr as a modern church building.
No. 52–58 residential buildings
The residential buildings on the corner of Leibnizstrasse were built as part of the Kaplanhof district during the Nazi era around 1939/1940 ( Hitler buildings ).
No. 94 commercial and residential building
The last house in Lederergasse before the A 7 motorway was built in 1960 and was the home and painting business of the Linz Buam- Kapellmeister Robert Thaller .
Web links
- Lederergasse mutates four times over just under two kilometers , Oberösterreichische Nachrichten , July 11, 2014