Wittgenstein Palace
The Palais Pranter-Wittgenstein on Alleegasse (today Argentinierstrasse 16) in the 4th district of Vienna, Wieden, was a city palace that existed from 1873 to 1950 and served as the residence of the industrialists Wittgenstein family .
history
The building was built in 1871–73 by the architect Friedrich Schachner in the Italian neo-Renaissance style for a client named Franz Pranter.
However, it soon passed into the possession of the steel industrialist Karl Wittgenstein . Wittgenstein was the father of nine children, including the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the pianist Paul Wittgenstein . At the height of his success, he withdrew from business life and then worked primarily as a patron of the arts, such as the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte . After Karl Wittgenstein's death (1913) there were various changes of ownership within the family. Hermine Wittgenstein (1874–1950), the unmarried daughter of Karl and sister of the philosopher and pianist, had been the sole landlady since the early 1930s. During the Second World War, the Nazi regime quartered the authorities in the rooms. The magnificently furnished palace survived the war with almost no damage.
After the war, the owner decided to sell to the Österreichische Länderbank . The latter had the palace torn down in the 1950s and a residential building built in its place.
literature
- Edgard Haider: Lost Vienna. Noble palaces of days gone by. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1984, ISBN 3-205-07220-0 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 47.7 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 18.2" E