List of palaces in Graz

The list of Palais in Graz includes all Palais in Graz . A large part of the total of 41 listed palaces is located in the historic city center of Graz, the inner city . Twelve palaces are not included in the first district. Five of them are in the St. Leonhard district , four in the Geidorf district , two in the Lend district and one in the Gries district .

Legend

The sortable list is structured as follows:

• Name: The names are in alphabetical order
• District: District information with district number
• Address: Address details with street name and house number
• Construction time: The first construction time, i.e. the construction, of the palace is given. Modifications are not taken into account. If no exact year of construction can be given, a division into centuries is made.
• K = war-damaged: Since bombs were often dropped in Graz during the Second World War, many buildings in the old town of Graz were sometimes badly damaged. The X in the column indicates whether the respective palace was hit and is no longer preserved in its original state.
• Special features: Here historical and architectural features are mentioned that are important for the respective palace.
• Image: In this column there is a picture with the general view of the respective palace. Details can be found in the individual articles.

List of Graz city palaces

Surname	district	address	construction time	K	particularities	image
Palais Attems	I. Inner city	Sackstraße 17	1702-1716	X	The Palais Attems is considered the most important Styrian aristocratic palace. In the 19th century it housed the largest art collection in the State of Styria , which was lost in the post-war chaos of World War II. The Palais currently houses the offices of styriarte , the Styrian Autumn Festival , the editors of the renowned literary magazine manuskripte and two of the six Graz CV links . ⊙
Episcopal palace	I. Inner city	Bischofplatz 4	1254 to 1903	X	At first, the palace served as a refuge for the Seckau bishops in Graz. It was not until the 1780s that it became the permanent bishopric of the Graz-Seckau diocese . Today the Episcopal Ordinariate is located in the premises of the building, which has been continuously expanded over several centuries. ⊙
Palais Breuner	I. Inner city	Herrengasse 9	1565 to 1570		The wing facing “Stempfergasse” has been destroyed twice so far. 1822 due to a powder explosion after which the Graz Fire Ordinance was changed and in 1944 when a bomb hit during the Second World War . The Renaissance arcade courtyard is one of the most beautiful in Graz. ⊙
Palais des Enffans d'Avernas	I. Inner city	Carillon Playground 5	from 1674		The first office of the Mutual Fire Damage Insurance Company, which was established in 1828, was located in the premises of the palace. The late Renaissance building has an inner courtyard with pillar arcades and the staircase, one of the most important staircases in Styria from the 17th century. ⊙
Palais Dietrichstein	I. Inner city	Burggasse 9	16th century		The outwardly inconspicuous palace was owned by several noble families over the years. The large hall on the third floor is decorated with a Secco painting with scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses . ⊙
Canon Court	I. Inner city	Bürgergasse 1	from 1576		The canon court, the former Jesuit convict (until 1775), is a Graz city ​​palace on Bürgergasse in the Innere Stadt district . The Graz Cathedral , the mausoleum , the Graz seminary and the Graz Castle are in the immediate vicinity . The Domherrenhof is part of the so-called Graz City Crown. ⊙
Palais Galler	I. Inner city	Karmeliterplatz 6	around 1680		Today the headquarters of the Styrian People's Party is located in the premises of the former Palais Galler on the south side of the Karmeliterplatz . From 1938 to 1945 the palace was the seat of the Gauleitung of the NSDAP . ⊙
Palais Galler	I. Inner city	Carillon Playground 7	16th century		The K.Ö.HV Carolina Graz is housed in the rooms of the former Palais Galler at the Glockenspielplatz . ⊙
Herberstein Palace (Sackstrasse)	I. Inner city	Sackstrasse 16	from 1602		The baroque grand staircase by Josef Hueber in the central wing is one of the most beautiful staircases in Styria. The large hall of mirrors on the second floor is well worth seeing. Until 2009, the new gallery of the Universalmuseum Joanneum was located in the premises of the former palace . ⊙
Herberstein Palace (Paulustorgasse)	I. Inner city	Paulustorgasse 4	1600-1602		At the beginning of the 17th century, the elongated, three-story Renaissance palace was built for Andreas Edlen zu Kainbach. From 1765 to 1770 the building was rebuilt according to plans by Josef Hueber, during which the facade was also redesigned in Baroque style. The palace had been owned by the Herberstein family since 1764 and from 1929 it housed the Styrian health insurance fund. The rusticated basket arch stone portal has a wrought iron skylight grille in plait decor. A second, identical portal was walled up. ⊙
Palais Inzaghi (Bishop's Square)	I. Inner city	Bischofplatz 1	from 1775	X	The palace, built in the transition from Baroque to Classicism , has had many owners throughout its history who have rented it to various organizations. The courtyard wing had to be demolished in 1948 after being badly damaged in November 1944. ⊙
Inzaghi Palace (Bürgergasse)	I. Inner city	Bürgergasse 14	1792-1795	X	Today the "Hotel zum Dom" is housed in the premises of the former city palace. The building, inconspicuous from the outside, was badly damaged in a bombing raid in early November 1944. ⊙
Inzaghi Palace (Flour Square)	I. Inner city	Flour place 1	1561		After the fire in the Graz playhouse at Christmas 1823, the house at “Mehlplatz” served the theater in 1823 and 1824 as an alternative location for its performances. The building has an elaborate baroque stucco facade on the front . ⊙
Katzianer Palace	I. Inner city	Stempfergasse 3	16th century	X	A prominent representative of the Katzianer family was Hans Katzianer zu Katzenstein, governor of Krain from 1530 to 1537 . Since 1910, the building with its medieval core has been owned by the Leykam printing company, which operates a bookstore on the ground floor. Newspaper publishers were also regularly located in the building. In November 1944 parts of the palace were badly damaged by a bomb attack. ⊙
Palais Kellersberg	I. Inner city	Sackstrasse 14	1728		The palace was built after the merging of two houses, the core of which came from the 15th and 16th centuries. Inside there is an enfilade with baroque stucco ceilings. A room with a late Gothic fan vault has been preserved in the middle house . ⊙
Palais Kollonitsch	I. Inner city	Schmiedgasse 21	17th century		A special feature of the late Renaissance palace are the two polygonal bay windows resting on Tuscan columns on the front and the mirror-vaulted hall on the second floor. ⊙
Palais Khuenburg	I. Inner city	Sackstrasse 18	around 1600		The Palais Khuenburg is right next to the oldest town house mentioned in Graz, the Reinerhof . On December 18, 1863, the Austrian heir to the throne, Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand , was born there. On June 28, 1914, he was the victim of the assassination attempt in Sarajevo that sparked the First World War . From the 19th century to 1938 the palace was used as the first girls' middle school in the Danube Monarchy. The Graz City Museum has been located in the rooms of the former palace since 1972 . ⊙
Lamberg Palace	I. Inner city	Hofgasse 8	1564		The four-wing palace complex, built in 1564 by master mason Stefan de Adriano and first mentioned in a document in 1440, has a small inner courtyard. The broad, late Baroque facade was made by Josef Hueber (around 1751). Rebuilt and baroque style under the Count Lamberg in the second half of the 18th century. In the courtyard there are walkways with wrought iron railings (1730/40). The baroque staircase in the west wing with large courtyard-facing lobbies, whose stuccoed vaults and ceilings have frescoed mirrors, dates from the same time. The frescoes uncovered in 1985 show representations from Roman history. ⊙
Palais Lengheimb (Bürgergasse)	I. Inner city	Bürgergasse 4	1577		A special feature of the palace, which was built in the Renaissance style, is the polygonal corner bay window that extends over several floors and rests on corbels. The otherwise simply designed building was, among other things, the seat of the Jesuit order , the kk Hofkammer and the academic gymnastics club. ⊙
Palais Lengheimb (Hans-Sachs-Gasse)	I. Inner city	Hans-Sachs-Gasse 3	around 1690	X	After the new city wall was built, the palace was enlarged. It is a typical representative of the Combask Baroque in Styria . After a fire in 1719, it was partially badly damaged by aerial bombs in 1944. ⊙
Palais Saurau	I. Inner city	Sporgasse 25	1564-1566		The Palais has a garden with a pavilion, which is bordered by the remains of the former Graz city wall. From the outside, a copy of the half-length figure of a Turk with a drawn sword can be seen. Contrary to the assumption that it is a reminder of the Turkish siege of the city of Graz, it is the house symbol of the Saurau family. The original is in the Graz City Museum . ⊙
Schwarzenberg Palace	I. Inner city	Bürgergasse 3	around 1575		In the course of time the palace was owned by the Gurk bishops Johann Jakob von Lamberg and Sebastian von Lodron before it passed into the possession of the Schwarzenberg family. The rococo cartouche with the Schwarzenberg family coat of arms above the portal is worth seeing . ⊙
Stubenberg Palace	I. Inner city	Hans-Sachs-Gasse 1	around 1690	X	In the course of time, the Stubenberg Palace housed the “State Drawing Academy”, the state picture gallery and, from 1970 to 2000, the city archive. The east wing was completely destroyed in a bombing raid in November 1944. The damaged facade was reconstructed in a very simplified way. The central balcony is held by two atlases . This type of portal framing is unique in Graz. ⊙
Stürgkh Palace	I. Inner city	Hauptplatz 16-17	15th century		The palace was originally owned by the Stürgkh family of merchants, who were raised to the nobility in 1532. The palace was built and supplemented in various styles, ranging from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. On the outer facade there is a round arch niche with a Madonna figure. On the right and left above the portal are two coat of arms reliefs, which were only uncovered after plastering in 1937, but incorrectly added heraldically. ⊙
Palais Trauttmansdorff	I. Inner city	Bürgergasse 5	1615 to 1620	X	The Palais Trauttmansdorff was after the merger with the former Palais Herberstein the largest city palace in Graz. In a heavy bombing raid during the Second World War , the building was badly damaged on November 1, 1944, with the south wing being completely destroyed and replaced by a new building. The portal and a statue of the Virgin Mary, which is no longer in the house, have been preserved. ⊙
Palais Welsersheimb	I. Inner city	Hans-Sachs-Gasse 7	1689-1694		The Palais Welsersheimb used to be part of the old city wall. Around 1812 Louis Bonaparte , a brother of Napoleon , lived in the Palais Welsersheimb. The Moser bookstore has been in the building since spring 2005. ⊙
Wildenstein Palace	I. Inner city	Paulustorgasse 8	1710-1715		Over the years the mighty baroque palace was owned by the von Wildenstein family and the St. Lambrecht monastery . After the Josephine Reform , it was adapted as a general hospital. The original interior was lost. The magnificent outer facade with its three-dimensional elements has been preserved to the present day. After the completion of the LKH Graz in St. Leonhard , the Federal Police Directorate Graz was housed in the palace. The security and traffic police department of the Styrian State Police Directorate is now located there . ⊙
Widow's Palace	I. Inner city	Sackstrasse 15	16th century		The Witwenpalais, also known as the "Kleines Palais Attems", is directly connected to the Palais Attems. The richly decorated baroque facade shows foliage , ribbon and latticework ornaments and has a rusticated basket arch stone portal through which one reaches an arcade inner courtyard. ⊙
Herberstein Palace (Leonhardstrasse)	II. St. Leonhard	Leonhardstrasse 59	around 1716		The former Herberstein Palace in Leonhardstrasse was built in the 18th century, from 1854 to 1856 according to plans by Christoph Stadler and in 1907 by Karl Walenta. The facade dates from the second half of the 19th century. The front of the courtyard is provided with pillar arcades . Until 2010 the palace houses the headquarters of the Styrian energy supplier Steweag-Steg, which sold the building to the Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. ⊙
Palais Kees	II. St. Leonhard	Glacisstrasse 39-41	1843-1845		From 1884 the kuk corps command was quartered in the most important late classicist building in Graz . ⊙
Palais Mayr-Melnhof	II. St. Leonhard	Elisabethstraße 30	1852		The former Palais Mayr-Melnhof was built in the middle of the 19th century according to plans by August Gunolt. From 1966 to 2000 it served as the Graz cultural center. The palace currently houses the Literaturhaus Graz , a café on the ground floor and a nightspot in the basement. ⊙
Palais Meran	II. St. Leonhard	Leonhardstrasse 15	1841-1843		Archduke Johann had the Palais Meran built for himself as a residential palace. The Styrian "father of the country" died on May 11, 1859 in the Palais Meran. In 1963 the building was adapted as a university for music and performing arts . ⊙
Palais Prokesch-Osten	II. St. Leonhard	Elisabethstrasse 38	1853-1855		Two-storey building with a sparsely structured facade. Erected by Franz Hauberrisser for coffee maker Josef Strohmeyer as a detached house with a coffee shop on the ground floor. Acquired in 1859 by Anton Freiherr von Prokesch-Osten . In 1864, a side entrance was broken off and the vacant lot to house No. 40 by Josef Mixner was closed by a three-axis extension with a portal projection and passage. In the course of this renovation, the palace was given a new facade. The renovation is probably based on designs by Theophil Hansen . ⊙
Palais Apfaltrern	III. Geidorf	Brandhofgasse 5	1873 and 1874		Baron Otto von Apfaltrern had the palace built in the third quarter of the 19th century according to plans by Wilhelm Bücher . It has a strictly historical neo-renaissance facade and an elegant interior. ⊙
Auersperg Palace	III. Geidorf	Elisabethstrasse 5	1864		The architect Johann Schöbl provided the plans for the construction of the Palais Auersperg. In the years 1883 and 1884 the building was extended. The facade in neo-renaissance style includes a marble plaque for the poet Anastasius Grün with his portrait relief, which was created in 1906 by Hans Brandstetter . Green was the pseudonym of Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg. ⊙
Kottulinsky Palace	III. Geidorf	Elisabethstrasse 29	1853		The main entrance does not lead into the palace via the magnificent front side, as is usually the case, but via the courtyard side. ⊙
Palais Kübeck	III. Geidorf	Elisabethstrasse 31–33	1858-1861		Two-storey, eleven-axis Wilhelminian-style palace designed by the Viennese architect Alois Pichl in the style of romantic historicism . The facade, decorated with gothic stucco elements, is determined by the striking side projections with double windows, high, segment-arched portals and attic, as well as the dominant central balcony. ⊙
Thinnfeld Palace	IV. Lend	Mariahilferstrasse 2	1740 to 1742		The Grazer Kunsthaus , into which part of the Iron House has been integrated, is directly connected to the Palais Thinnfeld . The curbstone on the outer facade with an artfully decorated hood made of wrought iron is worth seeing. ⊙
Wertl Palace in Wertlsberg	IV. Lend	Mariahilferstrasse 20–22	around 1630	X	What is special about the Palais is its castle-like character, which is achieved by the two polygonal corner towers and a corner bay window. From 1743 to 1781 the Order of the Minorites owned the city palace. The inner courtyard is surrounded by pawlatschen passages . ⊙
Palais Gleispach	V. Gries	Dominikanergasse 1	around 1692		The building is a two-storey corner palace with an elongated pilaster facade made up of two wings joined together at an acute angle. The main wing from the 17th century along Dominikanergasse shows a baroque facade designed shortly after 1692 in the style of Joachim Carlone . The design of the side wing in Vorbeckgasse was modeled on the baroque main front in 1864. A stucco ceiling in the style of Domenico Bosco on the first floor has been preserved from the interior. In a niche in the facade a group of figures can be seen depicting the "Holy Change". ⊙

See also

• Courtyard in the mist
• Hof zu Kroisbach

literature

• Walter Brunner : Bombs on Graz . Leykam, Graz 1989, ISBN 3-7011-7201-3 .
• Walter Brunner: History of the City of Graz . Self-published by the City of Graz, Graz 2003, ISBN 3-902234-02-4 (4 volumes).
• Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces Graz, Leibnitz and West Styria . Birken, Vienna 1967, ISBN 3-85030-028-5 , p. 79-91 .
• Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Brunner: Bombs on Graz. The information is taken from the bomb attacks described in each case.
2. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 88.
3. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 78.
4. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 121.
5. ↑ Press release "Joanneum Research" ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 119.
7. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 138.
8. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 188.

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