Palais Inzaghi (Bishop's Square)
The Palais Inzaghi is a former city palace in Graz . It is located on the corner of Bischofplatz and Bindergasse in the first district of the Inner City . There are three palaces in Graz that belonged to the Inzaghi family. The other two are in Bürgergasse and Mehlplatz .
history
Originally there were two houses at the current location of the palace. Between 1750 and 1775, the chief Graz theater director, Count Franz Anton Inzaghi, acquired the corner house, which had been in the possession of the Counts of Stubenberg since 1576 . The builder Joseph Hueber was responsible for the renovation work . In 1798 the neighboring house, the smaller of the two, was finally bought by Count Johann Nepomuk Inzaghi. The palace passed into the possession of the Attems family in the 19th century .
It was not until 1861 that Count Friedrich Attems had the smaller building demolished and a new building integrated into the existing palace. The planned historicist facade design by the architect Joseph Mixner was prevented by the Graz building authority, which prescribed an alignment of the facades. Since the 19th century was in the premises of the headquarters of the Imperial military space commands, and in 1913 a Catholic association opened an eating house no alcohol and tobacco office. The right side of the palace was badly damaged in a heavy bomb hit on November 1, 1944. The heavily damaged courtyard wing had to be demolished in 1948 due to a bomb attack in the inner courtyard of what was then the upper government barracks, which was located in these rooms. After the general renovation by Count Edmund Attems in 1952, most of the Palais premises were rented to companies.
Architecture and design
The palace has a hook-shaped structure with three storeys, a bent front and a Josephine-classical facade. It is a representative of the transition from baroque to classicism . On the north wing there is a stucco frame with the Mariazell image of grace . A sandstone coat of arms relief of the Inzaghi family, flanked by two lions, is attached above the rusting round arched stone portal with gate wings and a wrought-iron skylight grille. It is designed in the manner of Johannes Pieringer and was created around 1775/80.
The second floor is the bel étage , which can be reached via a two-armed staircase with a wrought iron railing. Stucco decorations have been preserved on the walls of the stairs; the ceiling stucco was removed in 1952. The stucco decorations in the representation rooms can be assigned to the Rococo .
literature
- Walter Brunner : Bombs on Graz . Leykam, Graz 1989, ISBN 3-7011-7201-3 .
- Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces Graz, Leibnitz and West Styria . Birken, Vienna 1967, ISBN 3-85030-028-5 , p. 83-84 .
- Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 59 .
Web links
- Entry via Graz - Palais Inzaghi (Bischofsplatz) on Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 13.9 ″ N , 15 ° 26 ′ 30.6 ″ E