Wertl Palace in Wertlsberg

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Wertl Palace in Wertlsberg

The Palais Wertl von Wertlsberg , also called Mariahilferhaus , is a former Graz city ​​palace on the corner of Mariahilferstraße and Ökonomiegasse in the fourth district of Lend . In contrast to most of the other Palais in Graz, the building has a castle-like character.

history

The palace was built in the second quarter of the 17th century. A copper engraving from 1635 shows the building known at the time under the name “Mariahilferhaus”, which was converted into a four-wing building by the Wertl family, with one side in the west and one in the south, as well as three corner towers. Since the Wertl merchant family was ennobled in the third quarter of the 17th century, they were allowed to call themselves Wertl von Wertlsberg from this point on. The palace, named after the family, was acquired and changed in 1696 by Count Josef Wilhelm Kronegg along with the neighboring house, which he had razed to expand the palace. He had the top floor extended to the third floor and the polygonal corner towers were given their current appearance.

The current owner, regimental councilor of Pureib, began renting the palace to aristocrats in 1708. In 1743 the building finally came into the possession of the Minorite Order , who preferred artists and craftsmen to the nobles as tenants. The most famous residents were the sculptor Johannes Pieringer and the plasterer Sebastian Schretbacher. In the middle of the 18th century, the owners began to wall up the courtyard-facing arcades to create more living space . In 1781 the Minorites sold the palace to the cycling master B. Sorger.

From 1803 the rooms of the Palais Wertl von Wertlsberg housed the inn "Zum Goldenen Kreuz". In the mid-1820s, the onion helmets of the corner towers were removed and replaced with tent roofs. In 1883 the Graz Arts and Crafts Museum moved into parts of the palace that it had previously acquired from the then owner. The structure was badly damaged by a bomb hit in World War II and restored in 1958 and 1959.

Architecture and design

The palace has a castle-like character, which is emphasized by the polygonal corner towers. It consists of a four-storey building block with a small, almost square inner courtyard. Two round corner towers on the north and south side, and a polygonal corner bay with reliefs decorated corbels in the north wing complete the picture.

The baroque facade design with blind balustrades has been preserved, especially on the upper floors, since the facade on the ground floor was dissolved by the establishment of business premises. The rusticated round arch stone portal with tendril decorations dates from the time the palace was built and has sheet metal-covered gate wings and a skylight grille. The second floor was mainly used as a bel étage , so it was the splendid and preferred living area within the premises. This is indicated by the clearly enlarged windows.

Pawlatschen aisles run around the courtyard fronts, the rooms on the ground floor have a groin vault and simply designed stucco ceilings have been preserved on the upper floors.

literature

  • Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces Graz, Leibnitz and West Styria . Birken, Vienna 1967, ISBN 3-85030-028-5 , p. 89-90 .
  • Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 164-165 .

Web links

Commons : Palais Wertl von Wertlsberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 165.
  2. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 164.
  3. ↑ a b Entry about Palais Wertl von Wertlsberg on Burgen-Austria
  4. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. Pp. 164-165.

Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 23.9 ″  N , 15 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E