Lichtenfelsgasse
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna Inner City |
| District | Inner city |
| Created | 1874 |
| Hist. Names | Mayor Street |
| Cross streets | Reichsratsstrasse , Bartensteingasse , Rathausstrasse |
| Buildings | townhall of Vienna |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic |
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| Street length | approx. 130 meters |
The Lichtenfelsgasse is a street in the first Viennese district of Inner City . It was named in 1880 after the lawyer and politician Thaddäus Peithner von Lichtenfels .
history
In the Middle Ages, the area of today's Lichtenfelsgasse belonged to the suburb in front of the Widmertor. The glacis in front of the Vienna city walls has been located here since the 16th century . The parade and parade ground was located here from 1783 to 1870, before the City Hall district around the new Vienna City Hall was built in the course of the construction of the Vienna Ringstrasse from 1870 onwards. In 1874 the street was laid out as the mayor's street and in 1880 it was renamed Lichtenfelsgasse .
Location and characteristics
Lichtenfelsgasse runs along the southern front of the Vienna City Hall from Rathausplatz in the east to Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz in the west. The short street is built in a strictly historical style.
building
Number 1-3
The arcade house was built in the old German style from 1877–1878 by Friedrich von Schmidt and Franz von Neumann . It was the first monumental and free-standing arcade house in the Rathausviertel . It is located at Rathausplatz 7–9.
Number 2 Vienna City Hall
The entire northern side of the street of Lichtenfelsgasse is taken up by the southern side of the Vienna City Hall . The town hall guard and one of the two main entrances to the town hall are also located here. It is one of the most important magnificent buildings in the Ringstrasse zone, built by Friedrich von Schmidt in the neo-Gothic style from 1872 to 1883 . In the upper zone of the side facade there are statues of representatives of various professions (carpenter, mechanic, goldsmith, musician, sculptor, master builder, painter, armorer, blacksmith and shoemaker).
Number 5-7
This arcade house, freestanding on three sides, was built in 1883 by Franz von Neumann (number 5 / Bartensteingasse 15) and in 1888 by Wilhelm Stiassny (number 7 / Rathausstrasse 10) in a strictly historical style. Its design corresponds to the Viennese neo-Renaissance . High rectangular terracotta reliefs with allegories of music, trade and commerce are located above a ribbed arched arcade , as prescribed for the arcade houses in the town hall district. The corner projections have bay windows . Particularly noteworthy is the neo-baroque vestibule of number 5, which is structured by Tuscan half-columns and pilasters as well as by Corinthian columned aedicules with rounded niches. A ceiling painting depicts the apotheosis of flora . The stairwell is distinguished by stucco plastered fields, decorated door frames, a griffin at the base of the stair railing and etched glass decorations.
At number 7 there is a memorial plaque for the twelve-tone musician Victor Sokolowski . Since 1993 this house has been home to the federal leadership of the Austrian People's Party , which previously had its long-standing seat in the Palais Todesco on Kärntner Strasse .
Lichtenfelsgasse 5-7
Arcade in Lichtenfelsgasse 5–7
literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna Volume 4 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995
- Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City . Berger, Horn 2003
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 36.1 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 25.6 ″ E