Palais Khuenburg
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The Palais Khuenburg is a former city palace in Graz on Sackstrasse in the Innere Stadt district . Today the GrazMuseum is located in the premises.
history
The palace stands between the oldest documented house in Graz, the Reinerhof (whose east wing with Gothic hall belongs to the property of the Palais Khuenburg), and the former Palais Herberstein . In the Middle Ages it belonged to the Reinerhof, whose owner was the Rein Abbey. It was built after 1564 by the treasurer of Archduke Karl and the governor of Styria, Maximilian von Schrattenbach , as a baroque town house. Schrattenbach received his nobility in 1598 and was raised to the rank of baron. The next owners around 1630 were Count Otto Ehrenreich Trauttmansdorff and the war paymaster Johann Sebastian Schäzl, who sold it to Sigmund Ludwig Khuenburg in 1676.
A redesign to an aristocratic palace was commissioned by Count Gandolf von Khuenburg in 1690. In 1738 the Palais Khuenburg became the property of Count Joseph Dismas von Dietrichstein as a result of a barter. The new owner had the stables that reach up to the Schloßbergfelsen increased. His son, Franz Dismas von Khuenburg, also acquired the adjacent Reinerhof in 1789 .
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria , the brother of Emperor Franz Joseph , and his wife Maria Annunziata of Naples-Sicily rented a room in the Palais Khuenburg between 1863 and 1866. Her son, the Austrian heir to the throne, Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este , was born there on December 18, 1863, and was assassinated on June 28, 1914. The assassination attempt in Sarajevo is considered to have triggered the First World War .
In the 19th century, several changes of ownership took place until the building, like the Reinerhof next door, became the property of the City of Graz in 1918. The city of Graz adapted the premises and the building was used as a girls' middle school from 1876 to 1938. See also Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Seebacher . During the Second World War , the palace was first used by the city council, after which it was used by the British occupying forces. After the building was falling into disrepair, plans were made to demolish it and build an underground car park. Instead, the house was completely renovated between 1969 and 1972. The former palace has been used as the GrazMuseum (former Graz City Museum) since 1972.
Architecture and design
The house is a four-storey building with a U-shaped floor plan with an approximately square inner courtyard, which was built on a medieval parcel. A very striking round arch stone portal from 1715 stands out from the smooth front side , above which there is a narrow balcony. Its openwork stone parapet is designed in the style of Georg Stenggs and has a pattern of acanthus leaves. The sheet metal-covered gate leaves are decorated with rosettes and decorative fittings. The stables leading into the Schloßberg were demolished in 1977.
The staircase is provided with balustrades . Practically nothing has been preserved from the original baroque interior. In 1973, frescoes from 1730/40 were uncovered and restored in the north-western corner room on the second floor.
literature
- Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces Graz, Leibnitz and West Styria . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1967, ISBN 3-85030-028-5 , p. 84 .
- Horst Schweigert: Dehio Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 99 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ebner: Castles and Palaces. P. 84.
- ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 99.
- ↑ ISBN refers to the 2nd edition, 1981. - Edition 1967 with correct page reference: Permalink Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund
Web links
- Entry via Palais Khuenburg on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 21.7 ″ N , 15 ° 26 ′ 11.9 ″ E