Maria-Theresien-Schlössel (Vienna Hofzeile)

Maria-Theresien-Schlössel

The Maria-Theresien-Schlössel is a historic building in the 19th district of Vienna, Döbling at Hofzeile 18-20.

Rumor has it that the castle was built in rococo style in 1745 as a pleasure palace for the imperial regent Maria Theresa . But no evidence can be found for this. It has been owned by the City of Vienna since 1939 . From 1912 to 1914 the Maria Theresa Schlössel was expanded by the Nathaniel Freiherr von Rothschild Foundation for the Mentally Ill into a hospital with 66 beds. Famous neurologists such as Josef Gerstmann and Viktor Frankl worked at this place. In 1914, the Rothschild Foundation made the hospital available to the Austro-Hungarian War Ministry ; the capacity was expanded to 200 beds as part of the Kaiser Jubilee Hospital , but from 1915 it was run as an independent special hospital by the Red Cross for nerve-injured and nerve-sick military personnel . After the war, normal operations were continued until the Rothschild Foundation was dissolved in the course of the Anschluss . In 1956 the foundation was restored, but the castle remained in the hands of the city.

In 2002 the neurological hospital moved to the Otto Wagner hospital as a neurological center - Rothschild Foundation - Maria-Theresien-Schlössel of the Vienna Hospital Association (KAV) . The City of Vienna handed the building over to the then newly founded Lauder Business School , and it is also operated as a summer student residence for the Vienna International College .

Web links

Commons : Maria-Theresien-Schlössel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Maria-Theresien-Schlössel (19, Hofzeile) in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
2. ^ City of Vienna: New home for Maria Theresa Schlössel . November 14, 2002
3. ↑ boku.ac.at: Accommodation

Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 32.8 "  N , 16 ° 21 ′ 11.4"  E