Quellenstrasse (Vienna)
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| place | Vienna |
| District | Favoriten (10th district) |
| Created | 1864 |
| Hist. Names | Quellengasse |
| Cross streets | Kempelengasse, Randhartingergasse, Hofherrgasse, Absberggasse , Schrankenberggasse , Laimäckergasse, Hausergasse Wilczekgasse, Steudelgasse, Gellert alley Waldgasse, Herndl alley , Wielandgasse , Favoritenstraße , Leibnizgasse, Senefeldergasse, Columbusgasse, Laxenburger Straße , Jagdgasse, Siccardsburggasse, Leebgasse , van der Null Gasse , Alxingergasse , Herzgasse, Eckertgasse, Neilreichgasse , Karmarschgasse, Fernkorngasse, Sonnleithnergasse, Bernhardtstalgasse, Malborghetgasse, Gussriegelstrasse , Knöllgasse, Triester Strasse |
| Places | Gellertplatz, Quellenplatz |
| Buildings | Hueber-Hof , Bernhardtstal elementary school , Parish Church Queen of Peace (Vienna) |
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| User groups | Pedestrians , cyclists , car traffic , tram lines 6, 67, bus lines 14A 68A 68B |
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| Street length | approx. 3060 m |
The source street located in the 10th Vienna district favorites . It was named in 1906 after the water reservoir of the first Viennese spring water pipeline that was newly built here in 1874 . Before that it was called Quellengasse since 1864 .
Location and characteristics
The Quellenstrasse forms the historic main axis of Favoriten in an east-west direction. It begins at the foot of the Laaer Berg at today's autobahn Südosttangente Wien in the east and runs in a straight line to Triester Straße in the west. Shortly before its end, the street bends slightly in a north-westerly direction and ends in a square-like extension in front of Triester Straße. Gellertplatz and Quellenplatz are in the course of Quellenstrasse . Quellenstrasse cuts the major arterial roads to the south, Favoritenstrasse and Laxenburger Strasse , but is not a real thoroughfare, but has a relatively low volume of car traffic for a road of this size, which is mainly restricted to local residents. There are trees on long stretches of the road, mostly on one side of the road. Quellenstrasse is a pedestrian zone in the central area around Favoritenstrasse . Between Absberggasse and Knöllgasse , i.e. almost the entire course, the Quellenstraße is used by tram line 6, and between Favoritenstraße and Laxenburger Straße also by tram line 67. At the intersection with Favoritenstraße there is an exit to the Reumannplatz underground station the U1 .
The Quellenstrasse with its slightly over 200 house numbers has a good infrastructure. The street, which looks very lively, has numerous small shops and restaurants, some of which are run by Turkish business people. The neighborhood to the farmers' market in Leibnitzgasse also contributes to the high number of pedestrians . The development consists largely of residential houses that date from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, some of them still with preserved facade decor. In addition, there are large urban residential complexes from the interwar period and modern residential buildings. Several schools and kindergartens as well as churches are also located on the densely built-up Quellenstrasse, which also has a green area, the Alois-Greb-Park , in its end area . The eastern Quellenstrasse forms the edge of the Kreta district .
Buildings
No. 11: St. Joseph's Emergency Church
In the place of today's modern residential complex was formerly the emergency church of St. Josef. In 1925 a first emergency church was built at number 9, which was 22 meters long. It partially burned down in 1933 and was renovated in 1934, where it was consecrated to St. Joseph by Cardinal Theodor Innitzer . Priests from the Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family took over pastoral care from 1937. After this church was destroyed by an air raid on February 13, 1945, a former prison barracks at Quellenstrasse 11 was made available. The only adornment of the modest house of God was the high altar painting The Death of St. Joseph by Maria Zausner from 1946.
No. 24: Laaer Berg water lift
In 1874, the Am Laaer Berg water reservoir was built here for the first Viennese high spring water pipeline , which gave the street its name. Together with the already existing water reservoir on Wienerberg, he ensured the supply of drinking water to Favoriten. In 1970, as part of the 3rd Viennese water pipeline, the new Laaer Berg water lift, which is located on Gudrunstraße , was completed, which could now store 57,000 cubic meters of water. The old water reservoir facing Quellenstrasse, which was damaged, was renewed and enlarged.
No. 24A: Housing complex of the City of Vienna
In the years 1928–1929 the urban residential complex was built by Max Hans Joli . It is designed around a large inner courtyard and is located between Quellenstrasse, Laimäckergasse, Chiarigasse and Wilczekgasse. The complex has space for 176 apartments. The symmetrical complex is characterized by a raised central projectile with rows of loggias, corner loggias, balconies and the clinker- clad ground floor. A school at Laimäckergasse 18, which was built between 1910 and 1914 and now serves as a kindergarten, was integrated into the building. There are sculptures of a girl and a boy as well as reliefs on the subjects of work and play. There is a business zone on the first floor of Quellenstrasse.
No. 24B: Hueber-Hof
The residential complex of the municipality of Vienna was built in 1930–1931 by Alfred Chalousch and Heinrich Schopper . It comprises 475 apartments built around a large inner courtyard and located between Quellenstrasse, Wilczekgasse, Erlachgasse and Steudelgasse. In the middle of the green inner courtyard there are three more free-standing residential wings. The long, otherwise simple facade is structured by raised corner pavilions and the middle group of porches clad in clinker bricks. The original grille is still at the entrance.
In 1949 the residential complex was named after the union leader and social democratic politician Anton Hueber Hueber-Hof . There is a memorial plaque to him in the gate entrance. Behind it in the courtyard is a representative monument with a portrait bust of Huebers by Mario Petrucci from 1953.
No. 45: Source pharmacy
This pharmacy, which was founded in 1908, has been in operation since 1909. The first operator was Franz Pietschmann, who was followed by Artur Pietschmann in 1948.
No. 51: Central European University
In autumn 2019, the Central European University (CEU) is scheduled to start teaching on an area of 12,000 square meters.
No. 72: Former Komenský school
The first Czech elementary school of the Komenský school association and kindergarten had been located here since 1883 , as the area around Quellenstrasse was a center of immigrant Czechs in Vienna. In 1908 it was expanded to include a commercial training school. Since the number of Czech speakers had fallen sharply after the Second World War, the school was no longer operated here. Only a plaque from 1955 for the Czech and Slovak resistance fighters during the war reminds of the building's Czech past.
No. 87: St. Josef Monastery Church
From 1870–1871 a branch of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer , the so-called Forest Monastery, was founded here. In 1872 a school and a chapel were built, which were destroyed in 1945. In 1891 the still existing school building followed at number 87, which has a richly structured facade with Gothic decor. In the middle there is an aediculan niche with a Madonna figure.
Subsequently, already on Gellertplatz, the monastery church of St. Joseph was built in 1961–1962. The simple but bright hall was designed by Helene Koller-Buchwieser. Inside there is a wood-paneled gable roof, a continuous organ gallery and a just closed, retracted choir. The main eye-catcher is a large concrete glass window by Adolfo Winternitz in the choir. The entire height of the room is also taken up by the altarpiece on Stuccolustro by Sepp Mayrhuber , which was created in 1965 and shows scenes of the Egyptian Joseph and Saint Joseph next to the crucifix . The figure of Maria, Queen of the World by Franz Eisenhut and Saint Anthony of Padua , signed HS, as well as the Stations of the Cross in bronze reliefs by Susana C. Polac can be seen in the church. The organ from 1964 comes from Dreher & Reinisch.
No. 99: Mosaics
At the corner house on Herndlgasse from the post-war period, there are two mosaic pictures that address the topic of water in its diverse manifestations.
No. 116: Relief
At the modern house on the corner of Herzgasse there is a relief image based on the name of Quellenstrasse with the title Die Quelle .
No. 134–136 and 138–140: Apartment block
The apartment block, which consists of two similar buildings, was built by Adolf Oberländer in 1914–1915 for the municipal trams of the municipality of Vienna. The symmetrical front is structured by cornices and gabled risalits. The closed building block, in which the traditional corridor kitchen system was retained inside, forms a preliminary stage of the later municipal buildings of the interwar period.
No. 142: Bernhardtstal primary school
The Bernhardtstal elementary school was built in 1903. It is a free-standing post construction, which shows rich secessionist relief decoration. The building is located at Sonnleithnergasse 32.
No. 149: Former glass machine factory
One of the few remaining industrial buildings on Quellenstrasse is the former HR Glasses machine factory. The building, designed in exposed bricks, occupies the entire block of houses and, despite different times of construction and architects, still appears uniform and belonging together. The facades facing Quellenstrasse are all gabled. First, the factory hall was built between 1888 and 1889 by Oskar Laske senior. In 1904 the house followed and finally in 1909 the office building by the builders Alphart and Wagner. The former locksmith's shop and the warehouse were facing Buchengasse , and the chimney in the courtyard. Today, the area management for inner favorites of the city of Vienna is located in the building.
# 156: Evangelical Church
The Evangeliumsgemeinde, an evangelical free church that belongs to the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches in Austria, has been located in the corner house on Knöllgasse since 1974. Since 2015 there has also been an oversized facade painting on the western wall, drawn with Nychos and The Weird.
No. 169: Sgraffito
At house number 169 from the post-war period there is a sgraffito drawn with WAK, which shows a scene with a spring and a fountain.
No. 197: Church Queen of Peace
The former emergency church has been looked after by the Pallottines since 1924 . In 1934–1935, today's church building, including a monastery, parish hall and parish office, was built in its place according to plans by Robert Kramreiter . The entrance to the church and its front is on Buchengasse .
Alois Greb Park
This green area is located opposite the Queen of Peace Church between Quellenstrasse and the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery . It was named in 1993 after the priest and youth pastor Alois Greb (1897–1965), who worked for many years at the emergency church opposite. In addition to a small relaxation area with benches, the park is primarily available to children and young people who will find play equipment and a football pitch here.
literature
- Herbert Tschulk: Viennese district culture guide favorites . Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-224-10612-3 .
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Vienna City Council (meeting on October 26). In: Wiener Zeitung , October 28, 1906, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).
- ^ Street baptism , in: Daily newspaper Die Presse , Vienna, March 9, 1864, p. 4
- ↑ orf.at: CEU first moves to favorites . Article dated March 22, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019.
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 31.2 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 40 ″ E