Ruckergasse
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna |
| District | 12th district |
| Created | before 1866 |
| Connecting roads | Wienerbergstrasse |
| Cross streets | Schönbrunner Strasse, Hufelandgasse, Nymphengasse, Rosasgasse, Haschkagasse, Füchselhofgasse, Tivoligasse, Bonygasse, Pohlgasse, Ratschkygasse, Spittelbreitengasse, Rollingergasse, Koppreitergasse, Hohenbergstrasse , Edelsinnstrasse |
| Buildings | Theresienbad , Meidlinger Trainkaserne |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrians , bicycle traffic , car traffic , bus routes 7A 9A |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | approx. 1161 m |
The Ruckergasse is a street in the 12th Vienna district, Meidling . It has been named after Untermeidling's builder and councilor Josef Rucker (1826–1898) since 1866 .
Course and characteristics
Ruckergasse runs from Schönbrunner Strasse in the north ( Wiental , Linke Wienzeile (B 1) , Meidling Hauptstrasse underground station ) up to Edelsinnstrasse and Wienerbergbrücke via the Südbahn on Wienerberg . It runs west and parallel to Meidlinger Hauptstrasse . Although there is only one lane available in each direction of travel, the alley is heavily frequented by through traffic, especially since Meidlinger Hauptstraße has been a pedestrian zone, as you can walk from Wiental to Breitenfurter Straße (B 12, south) and Wienerbergstraße (B 225, Towards the east).
The full length of Ruckergasse is served by bus line 7A, up to Ratschkygasse also by bus line 9A, while lines 10A and 63A crosses on Schönbrunner Strasse and line 8A crosses in the south on Hohenbergstrasse .
The alley is mainly lined with residential buildings. There is also the area of the Theresienbad, schools (between Pohlgasse and Ratschkygasse) and a barracks at the southern end of the street. Most of the houses date from around 1900, especially south of Spittelbreitengasse from the period after 1945.
Notable buildings
(The numbering starts in the north of the alley. Houses with even numbers are on the western side of the street, and those with odd numbers are on the eastern side.)
Theresienbad and No. 12
In the northernmost section on the eastern side of the road there are the green areas of the Theresienbad with a lawn for sunbathing. A memorial stone for the beekeeper Johann Markus Freiherr von Ehrenfels was erected in Theresienbad Park in 1893. At number 12, on the western side of the street, opposite the bathroom, there is a prayer room for the Sikh religious community . The Bundesrealgymnasium Rosasgasse is around the corner.
Christine Busta Park
On the east side of the street, the Christine-Busta-Park connects to the Theresienbad south across Füchselhofgasse. The park used to be popularly known as Füchselhofpark, as the property of the Füchselhof, which was demolished in 1903, was once located here from Meidlinger Hauptstrasse in the east to Ruckergasse. To the west there are strictly historical apartment buildings from the end of the 19th century.
No. 20: Friedrich Sacher
The writer Friedrich Sacher lived in house number 20 from 1934 to 1982 . There is a memorial plaque on the house.
No. 40: Public building
In 1890 the building authority of the Untermeidling community built this block-like public building on the corner of Pohlgasse, which housed a social welfare office and later the SPÖ district organization. Austria's first television studio was located in the same block in 1955, in Singrienergasse, parallel to Ruckergasse, in a former school building (see: ORF ).
No. 44: School of the City of Vienna
The School of the City of Vienna was built in 1901/1902 by the Vienna City Building Office and redesigned in 1961. It is a cubic building block with staggered side fronts.
No. 54–58: Urban residential complex
This residential complex of the City of Vienna was built in 1953/1954 by Karl Hauschka, Herbert Prehsler, Karl Molnar and Bruno Buzek . Several building blocks were separated from one another by green spaces. They extend between Ruckergasse and Aichholzgasse. On the narrow sides of the Ruckergasse there are large-format mosaic pictures depicting the four seasons. It is spring from Susanne Peschke-Schmutzer , summer from Mutz Stanek, autumn from Ilse Pompe and winter from Hilde Prinz. In the complex there is an artificial stone man with calf (1963) by Gabriele Waldert. The Meidling slaughterhouse was located here until 1953 .
The former Meidling slaughterhouse
Mosaic "Summer" (1953) by Mutz Stanek
Mosaic "Winter" (1953) by Hilde Prinz
Mosaic "Autumn" (1953) by Hilde Pompe
Mosaic "Spring" (1953) by Susanne Peschke-Schmutzer
"Man with a Calf" (1963) by Gabriele Waldert
The residential complex on Aichholzgasse
Mosaic "Wedding" by Heribert Potuznik
Mosaic "Learning Children" by Johannes Wanke
No. 62: Former Meidlinger training barracks
The Meidlinger Trainkaserne was built in 1904–1906 as part of the large-scale barracks transaction by the architects Rudolf Tropsch and Hans Prutscher as a replacement for the Trainkaserne in Ungargasse and Favoritenstrasse ( Holzhofkaserne ). In front of the entrance with secessionist decoration are two monumental sculptures depicting horse tamers. The area extends to the west, along Hohenbergstrasse and Edelsinnstrasse, to Schwenkgasse.
The regional gendarmerie command for Lower Austria was housed here in the eastern part of the barracks on Ruckergasse; since the merger of police and gendarmerie in 2005, it has been a police barracks. The western part is used by the armed forces.
No. 73: Former Tram shed
The back of the former tram depot Koppreitergasse of Wiener Linien , which was in operation from 1914 to 1977, faces Ruckergasse. The area is still owned by the company. Friedrich Achleitner describes the Remise by Otto Wagner student architect Rolf Geyling as one of the "most closed and beautiful facilities of its kind."
gallery
Ruckergasse 2
Ruckergasse 4
Ruckergasse 6
Ruckergasse 44
Ruckergasse 44
Ruckergasse 46
Ruckergasse 71
Ruckergasse 73
Individual evidence
- ^ Hugo Portisch , Sepp Riff: Austria II. The long way to freedom , Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-218-00442-X , p. 515 f.
- ^ Friedrich Achleitner : Austrian architecture in the 20th century. A guide in four volumes , Volume III / 1, Vienna, 1. – 12. District, Residenz Verlag, Salzburg and Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7017-0635-2 , p. 328
literature
- Dehio Handbook Vienna. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Anton Schroll: Vienna 1996
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Ruckergasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 2 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 40.3 ″ N , 16 ° 19 ′ 35.6 ″ E