Roter Hof (Vienna)
The Rote Hof was a Freihof and one of the few buildings that existed in what is now the 10th Viennese district of Favoriten before it was founded in 1874. Rotenhofgasse was named after him in 1875 . The Rote Hof was located at today's Buchengasse 67.
history
Both the north and south flanks of the Wienerberg were still undeveloped in the 18th and early 19th centuries. There were only a few buildings, mostly related to brick production, for which the clay soil of the mountain offered good conditions. From such a brick oven z. For example the old country estate , which became a well-known excursion and entertainment venue in the 1830s.
In 1802, the master builder Alois Göll acquired a wedge-shaped plot of land with arable land on the old Favoriten Landstrasse from the lordship of Ebersdorf an der Donau, which connected to the fortification brick kiln (from which the old estate emerged), ran along the west side of today's Reumannplatz and with its tip reached as far as today's Quellenstrasse . In 1803 Göll built a brick pit and a brick kiln in the southern part, which reached to today's Schröttergasse, and a residential building in the north in the area of today's Buchengasse 67a and 67b. The common opinion that the Red Court emerged from an imperial hunting lodge, which Emperor Karl VI. as Felix Czeike also writes in his Historical Lexicon Vienna, is to be referred to the area of legend. There is not the slightest evidence that a building existed in this area before 1803.
The original Rote Hof had a one-story front about 18 meters wide, the gate facing north towards Vienna. On both sides there were additions with stables and wagon sheds, so that the building was U-shaped, open on the south side. It also had a cellar and garden in which an inn was run.
In 1810 Göll sold his property to the Imperial Count Franz Simon von Pfaffenhofen, who already owned land on Wienerberg, which belongs to Inzersdorf . He did not continue the brick kiln and broke off the drying sheds that belonged to it. In front of the Red Courtyard, he laid out an acute-angled garden facing the city and expanded the south side of the building into a closed Meierhof. He also had a driveway to Laxenburger Allee built. He now used the centrally located Rote Hof as a farm for his properties in front of the Favoriten line. There is also said to have been a house chapel in the building. The name Rother Hof or Rothenhof has been handed down for the building since that time . The origin of this name is unclear, although the color of the exposed brick walls is commonly given as the reason. However, this cannot be confirmed on the existing colored illustrations of the courtyard from the time of Vormärz. There are several buildings in the area of Vienna that have the same or similar names, as well as the town of Rothneusiedl , the origin of which is also unclear. The first known adjustment point for the telescopes of the old university observatory was on the north wall of this structure .
After several changes of ownership, the building came to Vienna in 1836 and was given the address Wieden 912. It remained completely surrounded by arable land until the 1860s. The first neighboring house was not built until 1871. After the district was founded, the Rote Hof was the location of the municipal fire brigade . In the course of the planned development of Favoriten, apartment buildings were built on one parcel of the property after another, until around 1900 only the desolate and neglected front of the house protruded into the roadway on Buchengasse. In 1903 the last remains of the Red Court were removed.
literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Vol. 4. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9
- Walter Sturm: ... except for the line. Favorites on Wienerberg . Favoritner Museum Blätter No. 30, Vienna 2004
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 28.5 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 39.1 ″ E