Henckel von Donnersmarck Palace
The Palais Henckel von Donnersmarck is a Ringstrasse palace in Vienna . It is located on the Ringstrasse in the 1st district of Vienna at Parkring 14, corner of Weihburggasse 32.
history
The builder of the palace was the industrialist Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck , who received it as a gift for his second wife Laura née. Countess Kaszongi had it built in 1871/1872.
The palace was designed by August Schwendenwein and Johann Romano .
Count Edmund Zichy (Vienna 1811 to 1894 Vienna), who was an important figure in the Ringstrasse Society and promoter of art and science, lived in the palace for some time. There were large carpets in the apartment that he designed himself. The collection of Indian and Chinese bronzes was well known. In 1906, after Countess Zichy died, the palace was sold to Count Mir. The monogram M is still visible in the count's crown on the gable . When the count died, his widow sold it to Alberto Marquis de Hohenkubin in 1917, but he rarely lived in the house.
After the Second World War , the house was looted and damaged. In 1975 the palace passed to the heirs of the Marquis, who died in 1972. At this time the house was already empty. Two years later the heirs sold it to the municipality of Vienna. Between 1983 and 1985 it was converted into a hotel by the architects Pfeffer Consult. Together with the neighboring Palais Leitenberger , the building housed the Radisson Blu Hotel until the end of 2013 . Since then it has been rebuilt again; from 2021 it will again include a luxury hotel and luxury apartments.
literature
- Barbara Dmytrasz. The Ringstrasse . Amalthea, Vienna 2008. ISBN 978-3-85002-588-1 .
Web links
- Entry via Palais Henckel-Donnersmarck to Burgen-Austria
- planet-vienna.com - Palais Henckel von Donnersmarck
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 15.7 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 37.6 ″ E