Ehrbar Palace
The Palais Ehrbar is on the 4th Vienna district Wieden , Mühlgasse 28th
history
The Palais Ehrbar was built in the years 1876/77 by Josef Weninger in a strictly historical style for the piano manufacturer Friedrich Ehrbar . Today the Prayner Conservatory for Music and Dramatic Art is located in the Palais .
description
A facade richly decorated with neo-renaissance motifs rises above a square base zone with arched windows. A flat, lavishly decorated central risalit is bordered by pilasters with Corinthian capitals. A circular arc-shaped balcony with a beautiful wrought iron grille is supported by consoles and a shell motif above the arched portal. A panel of dedication inscriptions is located under the continuous serrated frieze above which a coat of arms held by griffins is attached. The windows have alternating triangular or segmented arched gables with stylized shell decoration or plaster frames with masks. The palace also includes the adjacent corner houses No. 30 and 30a, which was built by Ferdinand Berehinak . The facade is structured by several bay windows and plastered fields extending over three floors. The chamfered corner of the house is accentuated with a pyramid roof with a helmet and semicircular gables. The two-story large concert hall, also known as the Ehrbar Hall , was built by Julius Stepwieser in 1877 and is structured by giant Corinthian pilasters and candelabra columns. On the front between the Hermenpilaster there is a portrait medallion of Emperor Franz Josef . In this concert hall a wide variety of artists and a. Anton Rubinstein , Johannes Brahms , Anton Bruckner , Pietro Mascagni , Josef Hellmesberger , Arnold Schönberg and Gustav Mahler .
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch, the art monuments of Austria. Topographical inventory of monuments. Department: Vienna. Volume 2: Wolfgang Czerny: II. To IX. and XX. District. Revision. Schroll, Vienna et al. 1993, ISBN 3-7031-0680-8 , p. 183.
- Christina Meglitsch: Vienna's forgotten concert halls. The myth of the Bösendorfer, Ehrbar and Streicher halls. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2005, ISBN 3-631-53014-5 ( Musikleben 12).
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Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 48 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 45 ″ E