New country house (Innsbruck)

New country house from 1939 before the redesign of the square

New country house after the redesign of the square

Country house 2 from 2005

The new country house in Innsbruck is the seat of various administrative institutions in the state of Tyrol .

The building was erected in 1938/1939 during the National Socialist era as the administrative seat ("Gauhaus") for the newly established Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg . The Tyrolean and Vorarlberg coats of arms , which stood for the Gau, can still be seen above the side entrance . The old country house from the 18th century was too small for the National Socialist administrative apparatus, so the neoclassical new country house was built as an extension. As in the other Gau capitals, it was to become part of a Gauforum , but the plans developed for it from 1940 onwards were no longer implemented.

Today the new country house, together with a new building opened in 2005 ("country house 2"), houses various state institutions. Opposite the new country house is the Liberation Monument, built between 1946 and 1948, near the pogrom memorial erected in 1997 to commemorate the victims of the November pogroms in 1938 .

After an architectural competition in 2008, the area in front of the country house was freed from cars and redesigned. According to plans by the ARGE LAAC / Stiefel Kramer / Grüner architects' association, an urban floor sculpture was created that extends over the entire square.

Web links

Commons : Neues Landhaus  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Memorial sites of National Socialism in Innsbruck and Seefeld (University of Vienna)
• http://www.eduard-wallnoefer-platz.at/landhaus/landhaus-und-landhausplatz-eduardwallnoferplatz-in-innsbruck-

Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ′ 51.5 ″  N , 11 ° 23 ′ 46.2 ″  E