Stubentor underground station
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| Stubentor station: entrance to Parkring | |
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| District : | Inner city |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 12 '27 " N , 16 ° 22' 46" E |
| Opened: | 1991 |
| Tracks (platform): | 2 ( side platform ) |
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| Transfer options : | 2 3A 74A N25 N38 N60 N66 N75 |
The underground station Stubentor on the U3 line opened on April 6, 1991. It is located in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City, and extends between the Stubenbastei and the Stubenring . The station name refers to the former parlor gate of the city fortifications .
The attachment
The three-storey station, in which the two tubes of the U3 line are lined up one above the other for reasons of space, is rather contemplative due to the few transfer options and the high number of passengers at the two next stations, Stephansplatz and Landstrasse, Wien Mitte station . Escalators lead to the distributor floor under Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz and on to the Wollzeile exit. Another exit leads directly to the park ring via a fixed staircase and 3 lifts. There you can change to the ring tram line 2, the city bus line 3A in the direction of Schottenring and to the bus line 74A in the direction of the St. Marx cemetery . Another fixed staircase leads to Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz via the distribution floor, which also houses a public toilet.
Environment of the station
In the immediate vicinity is the museum and the Academy of Applied Arts , the old university with the university archive and the Institute for Byzantine Studies , the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Simpl .
Design
The three murals Movements of the Souls by the East Tyrolean artist Michael Hedwig have been located in the basement of the station since 2005 . The boards have a size of 10 m × 1.2 m or 5 m × 2.2 m, the third board protrudes into the elevator shaft and is 8.8 m high and 2.2 m wide. Hedwig addresses the spiritual forces in us as well as the aura that surrounds us and meets the aura of other people. The pictures give the finish a cheerful, friendly and communicative atmosphere. The panels were first painted on cardboard using the watercolor technique and then transferred to aluminum plates using the grid technique; the painting process took a little over a year.
Movements of souls , picture 1
Image 1, detail
Movements of souls, picture 2
Image 3, lower part
Image 3, upper part
Until 1858, the parlor gate of the Vienna city fortifications was located in the area of the station . As part of the construction of the station, the city walls were expected to be found, so the work was accompanied by archaeologists. After the excavations, part of the city wall was openly presented at Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz; the trench also serves as a station exit via a staircase. Two further parts of the city wall were integrated into the distribution floor. A low, symbolic wall was erected on Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz, on which four information boards remind of the parlor gate.
Part of the city wall at the Stubentor
Remnants of the wall, exit Stubentor
Remnants of the wall on the distribution floor
Information board at Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz
Individual evidence
- ^ U3 line Ottakring - Simmering
- ↑ Philipp Maurer in Johann Hödl (Ed.): Wiener U-Bahn-Kunst. Wiener Linien, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-200-02173-0 , pp. 123ff.
- ↑ New art on the U3: Michael Hedwig's "Movements of Souls"
- ^ Johann Hödl: Vienna subway art. Wiener Linien, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-200-02173-0 , pp. 198ff.
Web links
- Construction site Stubentor, 1986 Photo from tramway.at
| Previous station | Vienna subway | Next station |
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Stephansplatz ← Ottakring |
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Landstrasse Simmering → |