Meiselmarkt

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The old valve chamber of the former Schmelz water tank, which is now the Meiselmarkt
The water tank under renovation, 1993
Meiselmarkt, pillar of the former water tank

The Meiselmarkt is a market on the Schmelz in the 15th Viennese district of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus . It is located together with the Johnstraße subway station in a former water container belonging to the Vienna water supply . It is named after the adjacent Meiselstrasse , which was named after the Rudolfsheimer honorary citizen Johann Meisel.

history

Built in 1905 as a temporary measure, the market was expanded to double its area and paved with asphalt in 1913, whereupon it was officially sanctioned. In the course of the construction of the Technical Museum , the Rudolfsheim Central Market was closed and relocated to the Meiselmarkt.

With a resolution of the Vienna City Council on June 26, 1992, the Meiselmarkt location was sold to Wiener Städtische Allgemeine Versicherung , which planned the construction of an underground car park, a market with a shopping center and a residential complex there. After two arson attacks in July 1995 and another in January 1996, the old stalls of the previously abandoned market were demolished. A residential complex was built on the property.

On November 10, 1995, Mayor Michael Häupl officially opened the new Meiselmarkt, which had been relocated to the preserved part of the melting water reservoir built between 1870 and 1873 and expanded between 1878 and 1879, which was integrated into the newly built building complex. At this new location, which has been in operation since April 3, 1995, the Vienna Market Office acts as the tenant of Wiener Städtische Allgemeine Versicherung and in turn rents out the market stalls to the market parties.

The market itself was moved to the storey below Hütteldorfer Straße. As a result, the market lost much of its atmosphere - today it is more reminiscent of a shopping center. For the residents of the 15th district, the Meiselmarkt is still an important shopping place where you can meet the needs of everyday life.

Expansion project

From 2007 the owner had plans to build a residential building over the open space on the former water tank, behind the listed old valve chamber. This project was criticized because of the loss of the green space in the district (which was no longer publicly accessible after an accident). The construction work has been carried out since the end of January 2012, and some market stalls had to be temporarily relocated due to the necessary reinforcement of the supporting columns in the former water tank. The shopping center above the market, which had been largely empty for a long time, was revitalized by the move into an electronics store.

Transport links

The Meiselmarkt is connected to public transport by the U3 station Johnstraße, which opened in September 1994, the tram line 49 and the bus lines 10A and 12A.

Others

  • On a property east of the Meiselmarkt in the area Selzergasse / Hütteldorfer Straße was the sports field of the SK Rapid Wien from 1903 to 1912 , until the soccer club moved to Hütteldorf .
  • The old valve chamber of the former Schmelz water tank is used as a venue for exhibitions.
  • In the course of the surface design after the subway construction, the Vienna Water World was built between Meiselmarkt and Huglgasse at the Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Spital .

Web links

Commons : Meiselmarkt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Meiselmarkt
  2. ↑ The open space on the Meiselmarkt ( Memento from November 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Town hall correspondence from July 9th, 1995 ( Memento from September 17th, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ Town hall correspondence from July 18, 1995 ( Memento from December 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ Town hall correspondence from January 22nd, 1996 ( Memento from December 15th, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ↑ Town hall correspondence from October 11, 1995 ( Memento from September 17, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  7. ↑ Town hall correspondence of March 28, 1995: Meiselmarkt - major construction site 2011 ( Memento of December 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  8. ^ Meiselmarkt - large construction site 2011. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012 ; Retrieved February 4, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Picnic as a protest against housing construction. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Start of construction on Meiselmarkt ( Memento from July 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Rapid Archive, Rapid-homes from 1898 to today
  12. ↑ SK Rapid Wien - Association history ( Memento from May 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 53 ″  N , 16 ° 19 ′ 11 ″  E