Palais Breuner
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The Palais Breuner is a former city palace in Graz on the corner of Herrengasse and Stempfergasse in the Innere Stadt district .
history
Until 1565 a previous building of the Palais Breuner was owned by the Graz citizen Marx Ste (ä ? ) Mpfer, after whom the " Stempfergasse " was named. In the same year it was bought by Servatius von Teuffenbach and expanded into a palace with the addition of two other town houses. The Renaissance-style construction was completed five years later, in 1570. The building came into the possession of the Counts of Breuner through inheritance. In 1639 a Freiherr von Stadl sold it to Count Hans Sigmund von Wagensberg, who gave it to his daughter Regina, who was married to Maximilian von Breuner but was already widowed at that time. Carl Gottfried von Breuner, a court chamber president, had the palace rebuilt by the builder Isidor Carlone after he had been ennobled count in 1666 . The palace was made Baroque in 1742 and was commissioned by Karl Adam Graf Breuner von Stübing-Fladnitz until a few years later it was counted among the most beautiful Graz townhouses.
The house, which has been partially rented since 1783, was badly damaged in a powder explosion in 1822 when the wing on Stempfergasse collapsed. This event was the reason for a stricter fire ordinance in Graz. From 1828 onwards, Palais Breuner was owned by the family of the Counts of Lamberg until 1932. After a bomb hit in 1944 during the Second World War , the wing on the Stempfergasse side was again badly damaged. From 1945 to 1987 the editorial staff of a daily newspaper, as well as the medical bank and several offices moved into the premises. In 1989 and 1990 the former palace was completely renovated.
Architecture and design
The Palais Breuner is a corner house with three floors that surrounds a Renaissance arcade courtyard. The facade comes from a Baroque modification from 1730/35, which was later revised several times. The stone frame of the arched portal consists of pilasters with curved capitals and a straight roof. The portal was created around 1740 in the style of the architect Johann Georg Stengg . The facade zone on the first floor was largely destroyed by the installation of business premises. The stables were originally located in the northwest wing. The groin vaults of the rooms testify to this today.
Through the portal one reaches one of the most beautiful arcade courtyards in the city of Graz, the design of which probably originates from the school of the builder Dell'Allios. The arcades are supported by Tuscan columns. After the arcades had been bricked up in the 19th century, they were exposed again in 1989/90 and glazed. A baroque staircase has been added to one side.
The interior furnishings were already lost in the 19th century. Only four stucco ceilings by Johannes Formentini have been preserved in the main building. Renaissance stone door frame reminiscent of the former main floor of the Palais Breuner, wherein three rooms on the first floor of the Northeast wing having Biedermeier are provided -Deckenmalerein.
literature
- Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 76 .
- Karl A. Kubinzky, Astrid M. Wentner: Grazer street names. Origin and meaning . Leykam, Graz 1996, ISBN 3-7011-7336-2 , pp. 389-390 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry via Graz - Palais Breuner on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 13.2 " N , 15 ° 26 ′ 23.5" E