Sonnenhof (Vienna)
The Sonnenhof was an early hospital and supply house for the poor in today's 5th district of Vienna, Margareten .
history
Hans Ehrenreich Freiherr von Oppel had the Sonnenhof built as a Meierhof for his rule Margareten . The Meierhof got its name from his stepson Franz Anton Graf Sonnau, who inherited the rule. The city of Vienna , which acquired the rule in 1727, had no interest in agricultural use itself and leased the arable land. The Meierhof was converted into a residential building.
Since 1715, the government's general insistence on the establishment of hospitals by the landlords was mostly ignored. In Margareten, the city of Vienna followed this obligation and on October 8, 1740 instructed the administrator of the Margareten estate to terminate the residents of the Sonnenhof in order to free the building for its future task.
After the building had been adapted to its new purpose, the first sick and poor were admitted, whereby the poor must have been born on the grounds of the City of Vienna.
In 1745 the government demanded that a hospital should also be set up in Margareten Castle and that the above-mentioned admission condition should be lifted in the Sonnenhof. The Vienna magistrate was able to fend off the demand to set up a hospital in the castle.
Due to a lack of space, the capacity of the Sonnenhof was increased in 1749 through the construction of extensions and the addition of heights to existing buildings. In addition, a chapel was built in accordance with a government request .
In 1759 the Congegatio sancti Joannis Eleemosynarii took over the Sonnenhof and managed to improve the conditions for the 250 inmates. The poor who were able to work were obliged to spin cotton and stocking knitting for the army. People who became bedridden due to their age or state of health were transferred to the Bäckenhäusel or the Kontumazhof in Alservorstadt . Part of the profit was paid out to the poor, with the remainder being used to expand the Sonnenhof in 1761.
By handwriting from Emperor Joseph II on October 10, 1785, the Sonnenhof in Margareten was closed after the opening of the General Hospital . The fosterlings were transferred to the infirmary for the Blue Lord in Vienna-Alsergrund. The Sonnenhof was sold in four tranches on May 26, 1786 in Lizitationsweg .
Parish Church of St. Joseph of Margareten
The church of St. Josef zu Margareten was built in its current form in 1769 on the site of the Sonnenhof hospital chapel. With a new parish division issued by Joseph II on April 20, 1785 , the church was given the function of Margareten's parish church in addition to its function as a hospital church, which it remained after the Sonnenhof was dissolved.
The City of Vienna, as the landlord, was given a building site free of charge for the construction of the rectory, but since it was too small for the planned integration of the first Margaretens school into the building, there were long legal disputes between the city and the government.
In 1784 the required building site was finally made available. In 1786 the rectory was completed and the school opened. In 1887, a new parsonage was built in Ramperstorffer Gasse 56 in a strictly historical style.
memory
Next to the Sonnenhofgasse between Schönbrunner Strasse and Rechten Wienzeile, the Sonnenhof residential building, built by Rudolf Goebel between 1896 and 1897, is a reminder of the facility.
literature
- Franz Maurer: The Sonnenhof in Margareten. Vienna 1906.
- Dehio: Vienna - II. To IX. and XX. District. Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-7031-0680-8 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 26.7 " N , 16 ° 21 ′ 15.7" E