Linzer Strasse
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| Linzer Straße at the level of the Baumgartner parish church on Gruschaplatz | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna |
| District | Penzing |
| Created | Early Middle Ages |
| Hist. Names | Poststrasse, Hauptstrasse (until 1894) |
| Connecting roads | Mariahilfer Strasse (in the east), Hauptstrasse (in the west) |
| Places | Gruschaplatz, Leon-Askin-Platz |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , tram lines 10, 52, 49, bus route 47A, various regional bus routes |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | approx. 6.6 kilometers |
The Linzerstraße is a main road in the west of Vienna . It leads through the 14th Viennese district Penzing and the 15th Viennese district Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus . The street was called Penzing Poststraße or Linzer Poststraße until 1894 , in Baumgarten and Hütteldorf it was called Hauptstraße .
history
Since the early Middle Ages there was a street parallel to the Wien River in the north, which roughly corresponded to today's Linzer Strasse. From the 9th century onwards, the three Viennese suburbs of Penzing , Baumgarten and Hütteldorf were built on this street . In between there were vast fields, pastures and vineyards. Since the Middle Ages, Linzer Straße has been the most important traffic artery for the post, which was delivered via this road to western Austria, including to Linz .
From the 19th century onwards, numerous industrial companies, such as machine and chemical factories, settled in the area between Penzing and Baumgarten. Since 1858 the Westbahn has run parallel to Linzer Straße through the 14th district and further into the city center to the Westbahnhof .
When Vienna's population rose steadily in the 1890s, working-class quarters with a number of apartment buildings and a grid-shaped street network emerged in the east of Penzing - in the area of Johnstrasse, Linzer Strasse, Ameisgasse, Hütteldorfer Strasse . Tram line 52 has been running through Linzer Strasse since 1907.
In 1957 the Hugo-Breitner-Hof was built between Hütteldorf and Baumgarten on Linzer Strasse, with around 3,500 residents. In 1977 the West Stadium - later called the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium - was built in Hütteldorf , and it became the home of the Austrian record champions SK Rapid Wien . 1994–1997 the "Waldbad Penzing", today called " Hallenbad Hütteldorf ", was built. A construction project worth mentioning was the “Workstation Wien West” (“WWW” for short), which was built from 2000 to 2004 on the grounds of the former Schärdinger company .
At the end of 2013, a large part of the former GEBE factory (manufacture of heating devices, chimneys, etc., built in 1913) at number 141–143 was demolished. A small part including the chimney is a listed building. An extensive residential complex was built on this site by autumn 2015 under the name "Blickpunkt Wiental".
In recent years there has been a lot of construction activity, especially in the area between Ameisgasse and Gusenleithnergasse. Many single-storey houses from the 19th and early 20th centuries (especially on the side of the Penzinger freight station) were demolished and have to make way for new residential buildings.
Today, along with Hadikgasse, Linzer Straße is the most important traffic axis in the 14th district and is considered the most effective alternative route to it.
course
Linzer Straße begins at the junction of Mariahilfer Straße / Zollernsperggasse / Anschützgasse (at the level of Remise Rudolfsheim with house number 2a) in the 15th district of Vienna, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. It then leads - along the back of the Technical Museum - in a north-westerly direction to the intersection with Schlossallee ( coming from the south and from Schönbrunn Palace ), with Johnstrasse (as an extension of Schlossallee to the north to Schmelz ) and Felberstrasse (from the east , the Gürtel and the Westbahnhof). Shortly before the intersection, it crosses under the western railway under its own bridge section . At this large intersection, Linzer Straße reaches the urban area of the 14th district, Penzing, and from this point is accompanied by tram lines 10 and 52 coming from Kennedybrücke or outer Mariahilfer Straße. While line 10 branches off at Reinlgasse to the north in the direction of Breitensee , line 52 continues along Linzer Straße to the terminus at Baumgartner Spitz.
Shortly after Johnstrasse, the center of Penzing begins with many old inns and craft businesses. As you pass the center of Penzing, you pass under an underpass of the suburb line (today S45) at the height of Diesterweggasse. This is followed by a long right bend to Ameisgasse, where some industrial buildings from the 19th century still stand.
From the Ameisgasse, modern residential areas with lots of green spaces begin. At the level of Lützowgasse, the terrain drops steeply, and here Linzer Straße reaches its maximum width of around 25 meters, the course of the street is characterized by long curves until you reach the Baumgarten district at Zehetnergasse. From here on, Linzer Straße has an almost village-like character, you come across historical buildings such as the Baumgartner parish church on Gruschaplatz, which can be seen from afar, or the Baumgarten casino .
After the Baumgarten part of the district, the terrain rises again slightly, and Linzer Straße passes the Baumgartner Casinopark in a north-westerly direction and then the Baumgartner Spitz, where it meets Hütteldorfer Straße. Line 52 ends at Baumgartner Spitz, and line 49 from Hütteldorfer Straße now follows Linzer Straße to Hütteldorf. On the left side you can find the Hugo-Breitner-Hof and then the Allianz Stadium .
Immediately thereafter, Hütteldorf begins with many historical buildings and the parish church at number 424. After the parish church, tram line 49 ends and the last, track-free section of Linzer Strasse begins. Here the terrain slopes down again, and Linzer Straße leads in a large right-hand arc towards the Wiental. On the left side is the Europahaus at number 431, the right side is characterized by modern row houses.
At the end of Linzer Straße there is a listed Nepomuk chapel on the right after house number 508 . Due to the border between the cadastral communities Hütteldorf and Hacking , which then runs to the bridge along the road, the numbering of Hadersdorfer Hauptstraße begins on this side, which extends around three kilometers to the Vienna city limits. On the opposite side, at numbers 483-485, there are buildings that formerly belonged to the Auhof , which is named for the area and is located on the other bank of the river. The Gasthaus Zum Wolf in der Au was located at No. 487 until 1980 . The old Poststrasse led past the south side of the building before the bridge was built around 1900, after which the one-story building was below street level. The S-Bahn station Wolf in der Au of the Westbahn and the Hadersdorf junction beginning there have been in operation since December 2008 .
The total length of Linzer Strasse is around 6.6 kilometers.
Adjacent buildings
- Car hall III of the Rudolfsheim depot (house number 2a, built with expressionist style elements in the years 1926–1928 according to plans by the architect Othmar Tichy; was converted into a new inspection hall in 2005)
- Technical Museum , back side (house number 3; museum address Mariahilfer Straße 212)
- Birthplace of Gustav Klimt (the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt was born in this house on the ground floor in 1862, it was demolished in 1966 and a residential complex was built. Today a plaque commemorates him.)
- Baumgartner parish church (house number 259, built 1906–1908, neo-Romanesque parish church, 57 meters high)
- Casino Baumgarten (house number 297, built in 1779, formerly the palace of General Andreas Hadik von Futak )
- Hugo-Breitner-Hof (house number 299–325, built in 1957, one of the largest communal residential buildings in Vienna after the war)
- Allianz Stadium , (at number 357, built 2014-2016 in place of the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium , home of SK Rapid Vienna )
- Parish church of St Andreas Hütteldorf (house number 422, built in 1882, neo-Gothic exposed brick building)
- Europahaus event center (house number 429, built 1750–1956, conference center & conference center)
Individual evidence
- ^ Stadtverkehr-Austria-Wiki: Rudolfsheim depot (RDH) . Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ↑ Othmar Tichy. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
- ↑ INFO-TECHNO Baudatenbank GmbH: Reconstruction measures for a new revision hall at the Rudolfsheim train station in Vienna 15 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 28, 2010.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 42.8 " N , 16 ° 16 ′ 59" E