Wildenstein Palace
The Palais Wildenstein is a former city palace in Graz . It is located on Paulustorgasse in the first district of the Inner City . Today the security and traffic police department of the Styrian state police department is housed in the premises .
history
The spacious garden called “in der Scheiben”, on which the palace stands today, belonged to several owners at the beginning of the 17th century. Among them were the Graz city parish, the German Order of Knights and Ruprecht von Eggenberg , as well as a family Rueß. In 1648, Baron Johann Franz von Wildenstein was the guardian of the heirs of Franz Andreas von Eggenberg. Count Johann Josef von Wildenstein Hofkammerrat, inner Austrian government commissioner and governor of Gorizia finally acquired the heavily indebted property. His marriage to Maria Juliana, the widow of Count Michael Weikhart Vetter von der Lilie, brought him wealth and the Stubenberg Palace in what was then Neugasse (today's Hans-Sachs-Gasse ).
In 1702, two existing buildings were merged, increased and given a new, uniform facade. The building project was probably carried out by the architect Andreas Stengg. In 1732 the palace was sold to the Upper Styrian monastery St. Lambrecht and after its dissolution in the course of the Josephine reforms it was adapted as a general hospital. The interiors were changed through structural measures, but the outer facade was retained. Because of an acute lack of space, extensive wing structures were built. At the end of the 19th century, after the completion of the State Hospital in St. Leonhard , the Republic of Austria bought Palais Wildenstein from the State of Styria and established it as a police headquarters. In 1966 there was an extensive renovation. Today, the security and traffic police department of the Styrian regional police department and the Graz Police Detention Center are located on the premises.
Architecture and design
The mighty three-storey structure with an L-shaped floor plan is one of the most important baroque palaces in the city and was built by Andreas Stengg . The front side is structured by risalits and ellipsoidal half-columns. This gives it a three-dimensional facade with segmented gables and stucco decor. Among other things, griffin claws are shown as the heraldic emblem of the Counts of Wildenstein.
The arched stone portal has a mascaron keystone, a stone with a grimacing face, and dates from the construction period. A filigree skylight grille in foliage forms from 1702 is located above the sheet-metal gate wing. The windows on the ground floor are protected by wrought iron bars and the roofing windows on the first floor are richly decorated. Due to the later use of the palace as a hospital, the original interior has been lost. Only the baroque stucco in the narrow staircase of the main wing and in the large hall on the first floor has been preserved.
literature
- Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces Graz, Leibnitz and West Styria . Birken, Vienna 1967, ISBN 3-85030-028-5 , p. 90-91 .
- Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 88 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ebner: Castles and Palaces. P. 91.
- ^ Entry about Palais Wildenstein on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 30.8 " N , 15 ° 26 ′ 26.3" E