Strindberghof
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| Address: | Strindberggasse 2 | |||
| District: | Simmering | |||
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 10 '45 " N , 16 ° 24' 46" E | |||
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| Construction time: | 1930-1933 | |||
| Apartments: | 552 (originally 599) in 2 buildings / 32 stairs | |||
| Architects: | Emil Hoppe , Otto Schonthal | |||
| Artwork by: | Angela city lord | |||
| Named after: | August Strindberg | |||
| Cultural property register of the city of Vienna | ||||
| Municipal housing Strindberghof in the digital cultural property register of the City of Vienna (PDF file) | ||||
The Strindberghof is a municipal housing estate in Strindberggasse 2 in Vienna's 11th district Simmering .
history
In the interwar period in Red Vienna , numerous communal residential buildings were built, especially in the outlying districts of Favoriten and Simmering, which were inhabited by many workers . The Strindberghof was built from 1930 to 1933 according to designs by Otto Wagner students Emil Hoppe and Otto Schönthal on the site of the former brass, zinc and copper works Chaudoir & Comp. built. At that time it comprised 599 apartments. Infrastructural facilities included a number of business premises and a branch of the Freie Schule - Kinderfreunde , which is still used today by the Vienna Kinderfreunde .
Immediately before the annexation of Austria , left-wing people and activists from the Fatherland Front met in Strindberghof on March 11, 1938 , including Alfred Ströer , who later became a member of the National Council . During the Nazi dictatorship , the NSDAP had a party venue in the Strindberghof.
In the late 1980s, elevator systems were retrofitted, for which an elevator shaft had to be added to each stairwell on the inner courtyard side. From 1996 to 1998 the residential complex was renovated, including replacing the windows and doors and connecting to the district heating system . 16 new apartments have been created by extending the attic .
The Strindberghof is the largest community building in Simmering that was built in the interwar period. It is named after the Swedish writer August Strindberg .
Architecture and design
The 552 apartments on 32 stairs and listed ( list entry ) residential complex is bordered by Strindberggasse, Rinnböckstraße, Zippererstraße and Delsenbachgasse. In addition, the part of the neighboring block to the southeast on Strindberggasse also belongs to the residential complex. The subway station Zippererstraße is located on the western corner of the apartment block .
The Strindberghof is home to the Pensioners' Club of the City of Vienna and the Vienna Chamber of Labor . The wide, are located on both sides upwardly open entrance area in the Strindberggasse 2 small shops and 1933 by Angela City Mr. shaped sheet copper reliefs symphony of work or Lebensallegorien , the workers and peasants represent with their families. Next to the entrance gate at Strindberggasse 1 there is a memorial plaque commemorating the six Jewish tenants who were driven out of the house by the National Socialists in 1938.
In the large, park-like inner courtyard of the block-like residential complex, there is a children's playground, among other things. A kindergarten run by Wiener Kinderfreunde can be reached via Rinnböckstraße and has a ground-level extension built in 1997 and its own playground in the inner courtyard. Next to the kindergarten entrance there is a commemorative plaque installed by the KPÖ Simmering in 1947 , which commemorates Otto Koblicek, who was an employee of the Simmering gasworks and wanted to prevent its destruction by an SS unit on April 5, 1945 . Koblicek was beaten and shot in the stomach in what was then the NSDAP pub in Strindberghof, shortly afterwards he was shot in the neck in a nearby building.
Individual evidence
- ^ SPÖ Simmering - Rotes Simmering ( Memento from January 9, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Otto Koblicek. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
literature
- Hans and Rudolf Hautmann: The Municipal Housing of Red Vienna 1919–1934 , Vienna 1980
Web links
- Strindberghof. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)