Maxingvilla

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The Maxingvilla in Vienna was a villa built in 1849/50 on behalf of Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria (1832–1867) . At the time of construction, the area was outside the city, since 1892 it has been part of the 13th district, Hietzing , since 1894 the street that runs past is officially called Maxingstrasse.

Cartographic location 1872

Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, the next younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I , had this summer house, which he called "Maxing", built in what was soon to be known as Maxingpark, between the Hietzingen cemetery and a back entrance to the Schönbrunn Palace Park .

The villa (originally also: Schweizerhaus ), designed by Maximilian himself and in the style of a chalet , was inaugurated on July 6, 1850, the 18th birthday of the Archduke. Johann Strauss took over the musical direction and composed the waltz Maxing Dances op.79 for the event .

In the immediate vicinity of the Maxingvilla, on the other side of what would later become Maxingstrasse, two women lived from the 1870s, with whom Franz Joseph I maintained close private relationships: Anna Nahowski and Katharina Schratt .

The street was called Hetzendorfer Straße until 1894, with the part of today's Elisabethallee leading south-east from Maxingstraße , because, seen from Hietzing, it leads to Hetzendorf (12th district). Since the Hetzendorfer Strasse was named there in 1894, the one in the 13th district was renamed.

The stretch of land running uphill from the villa was soon referred to as Maxing .

Foundations of the Maxingvilla in Maxingpark

Today only the foundations of the villa, which was demolished in 1955 due to dilapidation, are visible.

Web links

  • Villa Maxing . In: Lorenz Goldnagl (Red.), Armin Bonelli (Red.): Hietzing.at , accessed on July 2, 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ What's new in Vienna? The celebration of Maxing. In:  Wiener Allgemeine Theaterzeitung, original paper for art, literature, music, fashion and social life , No. 161/1850 (XLIII. Year), July 9, 1850, p. 644, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / thz.
  2. ^ Johann Strauss (son): Op. 79. Maxing dances. Waltz. For the pianoforte . (Music printing). Mechetti, Vienna s. a., OBV .

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 40.8 ″  N , 16 ° 18 ′ 3.1 ″  E