Kaiserstein Palace
The Palais Kaiserstein is located in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt , Weihburggasse 22.
history
A house is documented as early as 1375 that belonged to a shoemaker named Chunrad. In 1631 it fell to Maximiliana, wife of the Baron von Kaiserstein. The palace dates back to a Renaissance building from the mid-16th century. In 1689 the house fell to the imperial court chamber councilor Franz Joseph von Krapf, who expanded the building around 1700 to include a four-storey corner tower leading to the Seilerstätte, which was popularly known as "Zum Großes Polaken". Leopold Mayr increased the building in 1839 on behalf of Countess Anna von Fuchs and provided it with a new facade. In 1924, Franz Birchmann added a ground-level porch to the Seilerstätte .
description
The building has a two-storey square base zone with flat diamond coating . In Weihburggasse there is a central segment arch portal with a heraldic cartouche with the coat of arms of the Counts of Fuchs. Shop portals with round arched blocks or a portal shoring from 1913 are lined up on the ground floor. Above the cornice is a smooth late classicist facade with additively arranged, suspected windows with a serrated frieze . The former tower was concealed by sloping corners and a balcony with iron grating was added on the first floor.
Closed pawlats run around three sides of the courtyard. A four-pillar staircase from 1664/68, probably the oldest in Vienna, was raised in 1839 as part of the renovation.
literature
- Dehio Vienna, I. District - Inner City, S896, ISBN 3-85028-366-6
Web links
- Entry via Palais Kaiserstein to Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 20.3 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 30.7" E