Auersperg Palace
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The Palais Auersperg (originally Palais Rofrano , later Palace Rosenkavalier ) is a Baroque - Palais in Auerspergstraße 1 in the 8th Viennese district of Josefstadt .
history
The palace was built between 1706 and 1710 on the site of the former Rottenhof according to the plans of the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt for Hieronymus Capece de Rofrano. (Since the librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal gave the fictional title character the name Octavian Rofrano in the opera “ Der Rosenkavalier ”, which premiered in 1911, the opera title temporarily gave the palace its name in the 20th century, based on the builder.) The middle section was built in 1720– Substantially changed in 1723 by Johann Christian Neupauer . Orders were given to the master mason Elias Hügel from Kaisersteinbruch , and hard “Kaiserstein” was used for the grand staircase and the columns.
In 1759 the house was rented by Joseph Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen , who hired Christoph Willibald Gluck to conduct his house concerts . The prince used the then Palais Rofrano as a winter domicile from around 1749. At that time the palace was known for musical performances under the direction of Giuseppe Bonno . Between 1754 and 1761, weekly academies (music events) took place in the Palais Rofrano during the winter months . In addition, some lavish festivals were held for the higher-ranking aristocracy, which enjoyed great popularity.
In 1777, Johann Adam Prince Auersperg acquired the Rofrano Palace. He was a confidante of Franz-Stephen and Maria Theresa . From 1786 a series of musical events of great social importance took place in the Baroque palace, which has since been known as Palais Auersperg . Among other things, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Idomeneo and Joseph Haydn's Seven Words of the Savior on the Cross were performed during this period .
After Johann Adam Fürst Auersperg's four children from his first marriage died and his second marriage remained childless, he adopted his nephew Carl Auersperg (1750-1822), who took over his inheritance in 1795. The marriage of Carl and his wife Josepha also remained childless, so in 1812 they adopted Carl's nephew, Prince Vinzens Auersperg , who in turn took over his inheritance in 1817. Between 1827 and 1837, Prince Wasa and the Swedish royal court lived in the palace after a dispute about his inheritance in his homeland.
In 1864 Prince Vinzens von Auersperg had a ballroom built on the garden property along Lerchenfelder Straße . After the Prince's death in 1872, his widow, Wilhelmine Fürstin von Auersperg, had structural changes made to this ballroom in order to be able to rent the premises to the Geometrical Institute . In 1901, however, the ballroom was returned to its original use under Prince Franz Joseph von Auersperg. During the Second World War , the Ballhaus suffered such severe damage that it subsequently had to be demolished.
In 1878, Wilhelmine Fürstin von Auersperg's firstborn son Franz Joseph Emanuel (1856–1938) took over the estate together with his wife, Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky. Wilhelmine organized several charity events for the Association for the Salvation of Neglected Children . Plays and concerts for charitable purposes were held in the Rosenkavaliersaal , some of which were attended by aristocrats.
With the construction of the parallel two-way line on the Ringstrasse, the palace lost its fenced courtyard and the street was relocated directly to the building.
Between 1923 and 1935, the Federal Monuments Office and a film company were rented in the palace. In 1940 Ferdinand Fürst Auersperg (1887–1942) inherited the palace and in 1942 it passed to his sister Christiane Croÿ . During the Second World War, she and her family lived in the upper rooms of the palace. They also hid resistance fighters there , which is still reported by a sign next to the main entrance. In 1944, the "Provisional Austrian National Committee", also known as O5 , was founded in the Auersperg Palace . In 1945 the palace was confiscated by the Allied Military Police and used as their headquarters.
Consul Alfred Weiß , head of Arabia Kaffee , acquired the palace in 1953. From 1953 to 1954 the house was expanded to include a restaurant, a winter garden and event rooms according to plans by Oswald Haerdtl . Alfred Weiß opened a coffee house with 600 seats in the Palais. In front of the orangery he set up a large terrace. After his death in 1987, his heirs sold Palais Auersperg to General Partners AG
At the beginning of 2006, the palace was sold by an owner company to an anonymous foreign private individual for 20 million euros. It was sold again in the second half of 2008, this time through an online bidding process. The owner had named 33 million euros as a “benchmark” for bids.
The palace is currently used as a venue for balls and other major events. The bel étage consists of eleven halls ( Maria-Theresien-Saal , Rosenkavaliersaal , Blauer Salon , Kronprinz-Rudolf-Saal , music salon , loggia , library , Gluck-Galerie , Kaisersaal , Idomeneo-Saal , Altes Restaurant ) and can hold up to a thousand people. While the state rooms remained unchanged, some areas on the upper floor were opened up to office space. The bel étage was restored in the 2010s.
The rose ball took place here until 2014 .
literature
- Artur Hartzlieb-Wallthor (ed.): A Viennese Palais tells / Das Rosenkavalierpalais Auersperg . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1999.
- Felix Czeike: History of the City of Vienna . Fritz Molden Verlag, Vienna 1981.
- Johann Adam Hiller: Life descriptions of famous music scholars and musicians of recent times . Leipzig 1784, reprint Leipzig 1975.
Web links
- Website of the Palais Auersperg
- Entry via Palais Auersperg to Burgen-Austria
- History of the palace
- Interior views of the palace
Individual evidence
- ↑ ORF Vienna - Palais Auersperg sold for 20 million
- ↑ ORF Salzburg - Salzburg residents are looking for buyers for Palais Auersperg
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 26.5 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 18.4 ″ E