Harrach Palace (Ungargasse)

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The (garden) palace Harrach was located in Ungargasse , today's order numbers 67a − 69, in the Vienna suburb of Landstrasse , since 1850 part of the 3rd district, on the area where the Ungargasse school center (SZU) now exists. The very large property extended to Juchgasse, Boerhaavegasse and Barmherzigengasse.

Harrach's Garden Palace in the Vienna suburb of Landstrasse , main portal; front left the Januarius chapel, which still exists today

history

Januarius Chapel, 2015
Januarius Chapel, 2014

Ernestine (1683–1744), née Countess Dietrichstein , widowed Countess Gallas , married since 1721 to the twice widowed diplomat, country marshal and later viceroy Aloys Thomas Raimund von Harrach , bought a country house with a garden here in 1727 and rounded it off with neighboring properties to form an extensive area . From 1727 to 1735 her husband had the splendid garden palace with two courtyards and a chapel consecrated to St. Januarius built by the prominent master builder Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt . The high altar painting “Apotheosis of St. Januarius ”comes from Martino Altomonte . A huge garden was laid out behind the palace.

For many of his buildings in the Vienna region, Hildebrandt commissioned the masters from the Kaisersteinbruch with the stone carving . Hofsteinmetz Elias Hügel and his stepson Franz Trumler supplied the ornate main portal, the steps of the main staircase and all the architectural stones, including in the garden.

Aloys Thomas Harrach bequeathed the property to his son Friedrich August , governor of the Austrian Netherlands in 1742 , whose descendants sold the palace and garden to Emperor Leopold II in 1791 . Emperor Franz I bought additional properties at the beginning of the 19th century.

Under the emperors Ferdinand I and Franz Joseph I , the complex was divided up and rededicated. The garden went to the horticultural society in 1841 . Franz Joseph dedicated another part of the complex, located on Boerhaavegasse, in 1858 for the Rudolfstiftung hospital and the neighboring Landwehr cadet school . The Lombardo-Venetian Guard was housed in the garden palace itself from 1839–1849 , and the Imperial and Royal Military Riding Instructor Institute from 1850–1918 ; on the other side of the Ungargasse, the associated riding hall with stables was built in 1850, the front part of which still exists today as part of a hotel.

In 1912 the magnificent main staircase of the palace was removed; Archduke heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand had the components brought to Schloss Eckartsau and installed there as new main stairs. In November 1918 the palace passed to the new state of German Austria (since autumn 1919 the Republic of Austria ).

Towards the end of the Second World War , the Harrach Palace was badly damaged by an air raid . In 1968 the ruins were removed, with the exception of the Januarius chapel and an outbuilding that had been preserved at the corner of Juchgasse, a residential building. In 1985–1987, today's school center Ungargasse was built on the site and the chapel was restored.

gallery

  • Harrach Garden Palace - garden side

  • Harrach Garden Palace - Taxusallee

  • Harrach Garden Palace - View through Taxusallee

  • Harrach Garden Palace - slatted portal

  • Harrach Garden Palace - Berceau

  • Harrach Garden Palace - Nepomuk Chapel

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Commons : Palais Harrach (Ungargasse)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 47 "  N , 16 ° 23 ′ 13"  E