Springer Schlössl

The Springer-Schlössl , also: Springer-Villa , Springer-Schlösschen , Haus Vogelsang , is a seminar hotel in Vienna - Meidling , Tivoligasse 73.

history

Originally the 40,000 m² park area was owned by Carl Freiherrn von Hügel (1796–1870), the chief gardener of the neighboring Schönbrunn Palace Park . Hügel laid out the two parks at the same time. 170 natural monuments in the hotel's park still testify to his horticultural skills. The Viennese industrialist Gustav Freiherr von Springer (1842–1920) bought the area from the Hügel family and in 1887 had the Fellner & Helmer office build the Springer-Schlössl. After Springer's death, with which the male line of the house died out, his daughter Maria Cäcilia (born May 3, 1886 , † December 9, 1978 in Paris ) became the owner of the property in 1920, but usually only came here twice a year from Paris until she finally emigrated to France in 1936.

At the end of 1939 the house was confiscated by the National Socialists as Jewish property and converted into a Gauführerschule . Towards the end of the war it was supposed to be destroyed by Allied bombs, but none of the 22 bombs hit the Springer-Schlössl, but the park was badly damaged.

After the end of the war, Marie Springer got the devastated villa back. In 1953 she sold the building to the Wiener Volksheime association . In 1975, the ÖVP Political Academy decided to convert it into a seminar hotel .

literature

J (osef) Mentschl: Springer, Gustav Frh. Von (1842–1920). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 52.
Günther Berger: The Springer Villa. Builders and residents . Meidlinger Kulturverein, Vienna 1992.

Individual evidence

↑ Gustav Springer died. In: Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 19981/1920, April 13, 1920, p. 2, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
^ WH Auden - “Family Ghosts”. Marie-Cécile von Springer (I24633) . In: stanford.edu , accessed October 17, 2012.

Remarks

↑ He lived and died in a Viennese hotel. His magnificent villa in Meidling has only been inhabited by guests for years. - See: Gustav Springer died. In: Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 19981/1920, April 13, 1920, p. 2, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
^ First marriage to Eugène Fould (1876–1929), concluded in Vienna in 1905, to whom the Springer baron class was transferred in 1908 . - The resulting daughter, Liliane Freiin von Fould-Springer (1916–2003), was married to Élie de Rothschild (1917–2007) from 1942 .
Second marriage to Francis George Leyland Wooster (1890–1953) in Paris in 1933. - See: WH Auden - “Family Ghosts”. Francis George Leyland Wooster (I24634) . In: stanford.edu , accessed October 17, 2012.

Web links

Commons : Springer-Schlösschen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

48.17889 16.31862Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 44 ″ N , 16 ° 19 ′ 7 ″ E

[2] Gustav Springer died. In: Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 19981/1920, April 13, 1920, p. 2, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[3] WH Auden - “Family Ghosts”. Marie-Cécile von Springer (I24633) . In: stanford.edu , accessed October 17, 2012.

[1] He lived and died in a Viennese hotel. His magnificent villa in Meidling has only been inhabited by guests for years. - See: Gustav Springer died. In: Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 19981/1920, April 13, 1920, p. 2, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[4] First marriage to Eugène Fould (1876–1929), concluded in Vienna in 1905, to whom the Springer baron class was transferred in 1908 . - The resulting daughter, Liliane Freiin von Fould-Springer (1916–2003), was married to Élie de Rothschild (1917–2007) from 1942 .
Second marriage to Francis George Leyland Wooster (1890–1953) in Paris in 1933. - See: WH Auden - “Family Ghosts”. Francis George Leyland Wooster (I24634) . In: stanford.edu , accessed October 17, 2012.