Reichsratsstrasse
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna Inner City |
| District | Inner city |
| Created | 1873 |
| Cross streets | Doblhoffgasse , Stadiongasse , Grillparzerstraße , Liebiggasse , Universitätsstraße |
| Places | Town Hall Square |
| Buildings | Parliament building , Vienna University |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic |
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| Street length | approx. 330 meters |
The Reichsratsstraße is on the 1st Viennese district of Inner City . It was named in 1873 after the Reichsrat building, today's parliament .
history
Reichsratsstrasse is located on the site of the former parade and parade ground in front of the walls of Vienna. In 1870 the decision was made to build on it. The so-called City Hall Quarter was to be created here, a residential area around the new Vienna City Hall planned by various architects, but a uniform site management . The architect Franz von Neumann was responsible for the conception, most of the buildings were built by Union-Baugesellschaft . They were primarily intended for upper-class citizens and civil servants who could not afford to live on the nearby Ringstrasse , but were nevertheless representative.
Location and characteristics
The Reichsratsstrasse extends in the longitudinal axis of the former parade and parade ground parallel to the Ringstrasse. It begins at Schmerlingplatz in the south and extends to Universitätsstrasse in the north. Originally designed to be continuous, Reichsratsstrasse has been interrupted by Rathausplatz since 1907 and thus divided into two relatively far apart sections. These are located on the rear of the large ring road buildings of Parliament and University . The other side of the street consists largely of arcade houses in the style of the strict to late historicism . Since the Reichsratsstrasse is on one of the outer sides of the Rathausviertel, and also on the one facing the Ringstrasse, it has a more representative design than the other streets in the inner area of the district.
The Reichsratsstrasse is partially run as a one-way street . In 2009 tram tracks were laid between Stadiongasse and Schmerlingplatz , which serve as an alternative route for Line 2 when the Ringstrasse is closed.
Notable buildings
number 1
The main facade of the residential and commercial building, built by Heinrich Claus and Joseph Gross in a strictly historical style in 1874–1875, faces Schmerlingplatz 4–5.
Number 2 parliament
The parliament building , formerly the Reichsrat building, after which the street was named, is the most important work of the architect Theophil von Hansen , which he built in 1871–1873 in the Graecizing forms of historicism. It is located on Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring 3, while its rear is on Reichsratsstrasse.
Number 3
The residential and commercial building was built by Stanislaus Hanusch in 1876 . The facade of the house in the middle lot of the building block is accentuated with four powerful monumental columns. It was formerly the Catholic club house "Wr. Resource".
Number 4-6 university
The rear of the university building , which was built by Heinrich von Ferstel in historical style in 1873–1884 and is located at Universitätsring 1, is located on Reichsratsstrasse . The long 31achsige and risalits structured library facade shows sgraffito -Decorations of August Eisenmenger from the year 1884th
Number 5
The corner house on Doblhoffgasse was built by August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg in 1873–1874 in the form of the Viennese Neo-Renaissance . The building has a corner projectile with stone ashlar and a pilaster-structured entrance with a beamed ceiling on consoles. The staircase is also structured as a pilaster, the inner courtyard has a fountain. The private First Austrian Copy Machine Museum is located in the house .
Number 7-9
The free-standing arcade house on the southwest corner of the Rathausplatz (side entrances at Stadiongasse 1–3, Doblhoffgasse 2) in the late historical style was designed by Franz von Neumann from 1883–1884. The arcade houses in the town hall district were prescribed in this way, and Neumann also created the concept for them. The increased corner risks are striking . On the richly decorated facade, which is structured by giant Corinthian pilasters, there are balconies with wrought-iron railings and sculptural Greek statues of gods in conchennial niches , as well as caryatid putti on the attic . The arcades are vaulted with ribs and stucco medallions as keystones . Behind the portal of number 7 there is an important marble-clad vestibule with a stucco coffered ceiling, partly gilded grotesque paintings and a stucco figure. Marble columns lead to the stuccoed staircase. In the vestibule of number 9, where the parliamentary branch is located, the bust of the former National Council President Anton Benya by Rudolf Friedl stands on a stele .
A memorial plaque reminds that the composer Eduard Strauss lived in the building .
Number 11-13
The arcade house between Grillparzerstraße (side entrance No. 2–4) and Liebiggasse (No. 1) was started in 1883 by Emil von Förster and completed in 1887 by Dionys Milch, with building consensus dated September 6, 1887 for an unknown client.
The two symmetrical, five-story house halves have cubic corner towers raised by one story and crowned with crenellations. The late historical facade between raised corner risalits , which is divided by risalites and bay windows, shows sculptural decoration in the form of female statues of gods in aediculan niches (2nd floor) and as a relief in the spandex grooves of the corner arcade arches . Round arches and rectangular windows alternate on the floors. The bel étage on the fourth floor is elevated and is integrated into the facade by a false architrave . This shows gable with putti . In the vaulted arcade, as prescribed by all arcade houses in the town hall district, there are remarkable wooden balconies with wrought iron railings. The foyers are extremely richly designed, structured by Corinthian pilasters and decorated with marble columns, grisaille painting , wrought iron lanterns and cast iron railings with a griffin at the base.
Portal no. 11
Atlases of the balcony on the side facade
Entrance hall no. 11
Number 15-17
The arcade house (side entrances at Universitätsstrasse 3 and Liebiggasse 2) was built in 1881–1882 by Ludwig Tischler in the form of the Viennese Neo-Renaissance and expanded in 1887–1889 by Wilhelm Stiassny . It has corner risalites , column and caryatid baths occupied two-storey bay windows and a ribbed arched arcade , as was prescribed for the main fronts of the arcade houses in the town hall district. The staircase is structured with stucco pilasters and plastered fields, the doors have gable roofs and wrought iron railings.
Picture gallery
Figure decorations at Reichsratsstrasse 7–9
Vestibule Reichsratsstrasse 7–9
Vestibule Reichsratsstrasse 7–9
Portal Reichsratsstrasse 9
literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Vol. 4. Kremayr & Scheriau: Vienna 1995
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City . Verlag Berger: Horn 2003
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reichsratsstraße 13 Ident addresses: Liebiggasse first ViennaGIS: cultural .
- ↑ Renate Wagner-Rieger (Ed.): The stones of the Vienna Ringstrasse, their technical and artistic significance. Volume 4 of Die Wiener Ringstrasse, picture of an epoch. Verlag H. Böhlaus Nachf., 1972, Reichsratsstrasse 13 - Liebiggasse 1. P. 393 f ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ^ A b Klaus Eggert: The residential building of the Vienna Ringstrasse in historicism: 1855-1896. Volume 7 of Die Wiener Ringstrasse, picture of an epoch. Verlag Franz Steiner, 1976, ISBN 978-3-515-02115-9 , p. 400 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ Monika Keplinger (Red.), Wiener Altstadterhaltungsfonds (Ed.): 101 Restorations in Vienna: Work of the Wiener Altstadterhaltungsfonds 1990–1999. Phoibos-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 978-3-901232-18-3 , p. 81 ( limited preview in Google book search).
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 44.8 " N , 16 ° 21 ′ 31.6" E