Radetzkyplatz
The Radetzkyplatz is a semicircular space in Weißgerber quarter in the 3rd district of Vienna , highway , near the Vienna Danube Canal . In 1876 the square was named after Field Marshal Josef Wenzel Radetzky von Radetz .
history
In 1690 the foundation stone was laid for a church dedicated to St. Margarete was consecrated ( old white tanner church ). Today's Löwengasse was built around 1700 as a street. On the plan of the police district highway of Carl Graf Vasquez was provided to the city center more part of the street where the church was located in 1830 by the name of Church Street, the subsequent part (approximately from today Kolonitzplatz southeast) to Rasumofskygasse said since about 1800 Löwengasse . In 1850 the Weißgerbergrund was incorporated into the City of Vienna as part of the new 3rd district of Vienna , Landstrasse . Around 1873 the whole street was called Löwengasse.
In 1859, the connecting line between the north and south lines was opened as an elevated line on the striking arches of the viaduct . In 1860 Radetzkystraße was laid out, which begins at the confluence of the Wien River in the Danube Canal at the Radetzky Bridge , which has been known since 1869 . A square was to be built where the street at the old Weißgerberkirche reached Löwengasse and the new railway line. The Prager Straße branching off at right angles to the north from the square to Franzensbrücke on the Danube Canal was included in 1909. (In 1904/1905, Floridsdorf was incorporated where there is a more important Prager Strasse.) Czeike did not start renaming Prager Strasse until 1919.
The road project served to open up and urbanize the large, horticultural areas behind the historical housing stock. It turned out to be useful to create a square at the focal point of the quarter, the crossing Löwengasse / Radetzkystraße / Prager Straße / Obere Viaduktgasse. The old Weißgerberkirche got in the way of this project, which is why the foundation stone for a new one was laid in a new location in 1866. The old church was demolished in 1872 when today's Weißgerberkirche on Löwengasse was almost completed east of the railway line ; it was consecrated in 1873 and the area around the new church was named Kolonitzplatz . The house at Radetzkyplatz 3 was built in place of the rectory with the first school in the Weißgerber suburb, which had also been demolished.
In 1873 the horse-drawn tramway towards Rasumofskygasse was opened from the Ring through Radetzkystraße and Löwengasse and crossed under the connecting railway. In 1876 the new square was named Radetzkyplatz. In 1898 the tram was switched to electric operation, and in 1902 a junction opened from Radetzkyplatz across Franzensbrücke to Praterstern .
On June 1, 1885, the new Radetzkyplatz stop was opened on the connecting line. Until 1899 it was rebuilt by Otto Wagner for the needs of the Viennese steam light rail , but after its extensive shutdown in 1918 it lost its importance and was closed in the interwar period.
Radetzkyplatz was also the location of a market without fixed stands. It is not known when this market was abolished. The Radetzkykino was located in the house at Radetzkyplatz 4 from 1908 to 1970.
In autumn 1995 the square was redesigned according to plans by the architect Luigi Blau .
traffic
Radetzkyplatz is used by the
- Löwengasse, the
- Radetzkystraße and the
- Crossed the upper Viaduktgasse along the connecting railway.
Tram line O crosses Radetzkyplatz in the course of Radetzkystraße, tram line 1 branches off here, coming from Schwedenplatz , from Radetzkystraße into Löwengasse towards Prater . The night bus line N29 also stops here.
Individual traffic coming from Franzensbrücke could get from Radetzkyplatz through Obere Viaduktgasse, along the railway, to Hinteren Zollamtsstraße and to the Zweierlinie ; this through traffic was prevented by one-way traffic.
description
According to Austrian art topography , Radetzkyplatz is a prestigiously designed square, which is closed to the south-east by the high-altitude connecting railway between the Wien Mitte train station and the Franzensbrücke over the Danube Canal.
The entrances to the uniformly four-storey residential buildings are in the streets leading to Radetzkyplatz.
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Radetzkyplatz 1 (Obere Viaduktgasse 20) | The house was built in 1871–1873 by Andreas Luckeneder for Ed. Farmer erected. The front side facing Radetzkyplatz has a central projectile and a facade accented with neo-renaissance style elements. |
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Radetzkyplatz 2 (Radetzkystraße 12) | The house was built in 1868 by Peter Dozler junior for Stefan Bogdany. The facade of the house is characterized by a pronounced horizontal cornice structure and straight window roofing. In the lintels of the first floor there are vegetal ornamentation and mask heads in those of the third floor. |
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Radetzkyplatz 3 (Radetzkystraße 15-17, Löwengasse 8-10) | The house was built in 1876 by master builder Peter Gerl , who also acted as client. The facade facing Radetzkyplatz has a representative corner projectile and a semicircular bay window that extends over three floors and looks like a tower. This bay window is accentuated by Ionic and coupled Corinthian pilasters and caryatids. |
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Radetzkyplatz 4 (Löwengasse 13, Radetzkystraße 19) | The house was built in 1879 by Karl Quidenus for Karl Bley. The facade facing the square has a monumental facade with elements of the neo-Renaissance style. The pharmacy in the house is called Zum Feldmarschall Radetzky . 1908–1970 also Radetzkykino . The pharmacy moved in in 1905. |
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Radetzkyplatz 5 (Radetzkystraße 14, Obere Viaduktgasse 12) | The house was built in 1872/1873 by the architect F. Hanauer and the builder Andreas Luckeneder. The two main floors are combined by a giant Ionic pilaster order. In addition, the facade has a representative corner project, which is structured on the fourth floor by coupled Corinthian pilasters. |
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Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
The address Radetzkyplatz 6 has also been taken, it is about viaduct arches 7, 8 and 9 of the connecting railway, in which there is a shop.
Movie
Hubert Sielecki made the short film Radetzkyplatz in 2010 .
literature
- Austrian art topography, published by the Institute for Austrian Art Research of the Federal Monuments Office with the support of the Cultural Office of the City of Vienna, Volume XLIV, Die Kunstdenkmäler Wiens - The profane buildings of the 3rd, 4th and 5th district , Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna, 1980, ISBN 3-7031-0470-8
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Volume 1: A – Da. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 .
- DEHIO Vienna - II.–IX. and XX. District ISBN 3-7031-0680-8 (1993)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 , p. 103
- ↑ Radetzkystraße see: Lehmann's Allgemeine Wohnungs-Anzeiger , Vienna 1864, p. 77 , Prager Straße: see Lehmann 1910
- ^ Felix Czeike: Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 , p. 589
- ^ Felix Czeike: Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 607
- ↑ Badener Bezirks-Blatt, issue number 68 of June 6, 1885, page 6
- ↑ Entry in the KinTheTop database
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 39 ″ N , 16 ° 23 ′ 24.5 ″ E