Palais Starhemberg (Minoritenplatz)
The Starhemberg Palace on Minoritenplatz is a palace in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City . It is one of the oldest baroque palaces in Vienna and, along with the Leopoldine wing of the Hofburg, is the only example of early baroque palace architecture in Vienna.
The palace was commissioned by Conrad Balthasar Graf Starhemberg from an Italian architect in 1667 . The former property at this point was previously bought in 1661 by Count Starhemberg from the owner Hans Friedrich von Sonderndorf . At the time of the second Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683 , the defense of Vienna was directed in the palace under Field Marshal Ernst Rüdiger Graf Starhemberg , the son of the builder.
After Georg Adam Fürst Starhemberg took over the entire Starhemberg possessions in 1783, the interior of the palace was rebuilt under the direction of the architect Andreas Zach , and further adaptations followed. The steps of the staircase are made of hard, white Kaiserstein from Kaisersteinbruch , the stone sculptures by Josef Klieber were added around 1815. The baroque palace only remained in family ownership until 1814, when it was sold due to financial problems. It then came into the possession of the Nádasdy family and later of Count Ladislaus Festetics de Tolna . He had Alois Pichl carry out minor modifications in the Empire style.
From 1814 to 1823 the palace served as the British embassy under Charles, Lord Stewart , younger brother of Robert, Viscount Castlereagh .
In 1853 Jakob Ritter von Löwenthal became the new owner, but in 1862 it was owned by the Imperial and Royal State Railway Company . Finally, in 1871, the building came into state ownership and was used to house the Ministry of Culture and Education. In 1875 the palace was enlarged. To this day it serves both as the seat of the Federal Ministry for Science and Research and the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture .
literature
- Christopher Rowell and Wolf Burchard: 'The British Embassy at Palais Stahremberg: Furniture from the Congress of Vienna at Mount Stewart'. Ed .: Furniture History. Volume LIII. London 2017, pp. 119–224.
- Harald Waitzbauer : The house on Minoritenplatz. Vienna 1999.
Web links
- Entry via Palais Starhemberg (Minoritenplatz) on Burgen-Austria
- Virtual tour and history of the palace
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christopher Rowell and Wolf Burchard: 'The British Embassy at Palais Stahremberg: Furniture from the Congress of Vienna at Mount Stewart' . Ed .: Furniture History. tape LIII . London 2017, p. 119-224 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 36 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 47 ″ E