Stürgkh Palace
The Palais Stürgkh is a former city palace in Graz on the main square in the Innere Stadt district .
history
The house came into the possession of the Graz merchant Georg Stürgkh through an inheritance in 1521 , who was raised to the nobility in 1532 after the acquisition of Plankenwarth Castle . In 1668 a descendant of Georg Stürgkh, the imperial administrator Hans Christoph von Stürgkh, received the title of baron. After 1718 the palace was included in the family entailment commission.
From 1756 the architect Joseph Stengg was commissioned with the repair work and in 1798 Count Karl von Stürgkh exchanged the palace for a building by Count Sigmund Auersperg for a surcharge of 12,000 guilders. The new owner had the palace added to a renovation around 1800 and given a new facade. From 1810 Palais Stürgkh was in civil ownership and in 1855 it was acquired by businessman Simon Werner, who had it structurally connected to the neighboring houses. Since the mid-1920s, various credit institutions owned the city palace. The “Ratskeller” inn is located in the courtyard today.
Architecture and design
The four-storey building with a facade in the style of slabs shows different architectural styles from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Originally the palace had a facade in the Renaissance style, but it was changed in a classical style. The third floor was not added at the time of construction, but later. On the right above the portal there is a round arch niche in the wall, in which there is a colored sandstone Madonna (late 18th century).
The basket arch stone portal with iron-studded gate wings and wrought-iron skylight grille date from the first quarter of the 16th century. It is framed by reliefs of flowers and coats of arms. This frame was only added around 1638, after the Stürgkh family had been elevated to the baron status. The plastered coats of arms were only rediscovered in 1937 and heraldically incorrectly added. They come from Baron Hans Christoph von Stürgkh and his wife, Baron Sidonie von Khuenburg.
The inner courtyard can be reached via a long passage with barrel and square vaults. An open staircase with a classical wrought iron railing leads to the upper floors. On the first floor, some rooms are provided with a rocaille ceiling stucco (around 1760), which was created in the style of the plasterer Heinrich Formentini . The structure around the second courtyard of the Stürgkh Palace, in which the “Ratskeller” is located, was built in the 15th century and is therefore one of the oldest parts of the house. Another staircase was not added until 1800.
literature
- Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 75 .
- Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces Graz, Leibnitz and West Styria . Birken, Vienna 1967, ISBN 3-85030-028-5 , p. 88-89 .
Web links
- Entry via Palais Stürgkh on Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry about Palais Stürgkh on Burgen-Austria
- ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 75.
Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 15.7 ″ N , 15 ° 26 ′ 19.9 ″ E