Schwarzenberg Palace (New Market)

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The New Market around 1832, in the background the Schwarzenberg Palace
Tapestry salon in Palais Schwarzenberg

The Schwarzenberg Palace (also: Stadtpalais Schwarzenberg ) was a palace on Neuer Markt 8 in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City .

history

In 1688, Prince Ferdinand Schwarzenberg acquired several buildings on Mehlmarkt, today's Neuer Markt, which were owned by the Werdenberg family. He had the houses demolished and a manorial city palace built on the newly acquired building site.

The palace was built at the beginning of the 18th century under the direction of Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach in the style of baroque classicism . The three-storey aristocratic palace took up the entire southern front of the Neuer Markt. Due to the high rank of the Schwarzenberg family , this winter palace was one of the centers of social life in Vienna at the time of the Congress of Vienna and later in the 19th century, for example under Princess Eleonore von Schwarzenberg (1812–1873) and the subsequent Princess Pauline von Metternich (1836-1921). After the end of the bastions of Vienna and the associated closure of the inner city, the structural modernization process of the Wilhelminian era extended to the larger streets and squares of the city center (Kärntner Strasse, Graben, Stephansplatz, Hoher Markt, Neuer Markt). The comparatively low palace, which was only used for feudal representation, was replaced by profitable apartment buildings after 1894.

The Schwarzenberg Palace on Mehlmarkt was one of the most prestigious addresses in Vienna and the scene of numerous top-class events and the premieres of several important musical works by Haydn .

From its foundation on February 13, 1823, the Vienna General Widow's and Orphan's Pension Institute had its seat in this house (city, conscription number 1054).

See also

literature

  • Edgard Haider: Lost Vienna - noble palaces of days gone by . Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-205-07220-0
  • Elisabeth Lichtenberger: The old town of Vienna, from the medieval town to the city . Vienna 1977.

Web links

Commons : Palais Schwarzenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A .: The Vienna general widow and orphan pension institute . In: Heinrich Adami : Old and New Vienna. Contribution to promoting local interests for time, life, art and custom . Volume 1. Mausberger, Vienna 1841, pp. 41–54. - Full text online .

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 19 ″  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 13 ″  E