Villa Hellenaion (Graz)
The Villa Hellenaion , also called Manowarda-Schlösschen , was a villa in the style of secessionist architecture in the Styrian capital Graz .
location
The villa was in the Stiftingtal valley of Graz in the Ries municipality . In its place is now the Otto Möbes Academy.
History and design
The villa was built in 1904 and 1905 according to the plans of the Viennese architect Adalbert Pasdirek-Coreno . The construction was commissioned by the Manowarda family. The building stood in the middle of a spacious park on a terrace. The smooth facade of the cubic structure was loosened up by a few elements: a turret with a dome on the northeast corner, the entrance portal with pillar porch, loggias , a winter garden with a glass ceiling and a terrace. Inside there was a hall with a main staircase around which the rooms were arranged in a ring. Strictly geometric ornaments adorned the interior.
Only a few years later, in 1912, the Jewish couple Arthur and Sofie Bader bought the villa. They opened the “Kurpension Sophienhöhe” on the premises. After Austria was annexed to Germany in 1938, the property was " aryanized " in 1938, and after the Second World War the Chamber for Workers and Employees acquired the building in 1948 . She had the Villa Hellenaion rebuilt in such a way that nothing remained of the original character of the building. Their architectural and historical importance was completely misunderstood at that time. All special features disappeared and were replaced by sober construction elements. In the early 21st century, nothing can be seen of the state of construction after 1948 because further modifications and extensions were carried out.
literature
- Ulrike Schuster: Lost Graz. A search for traces in the 19th and 20th centuries for demolished buildings and monuments in the Styrian capital. Vienna: Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag 1997, pp. 89–93.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 47 ° 5 ′ 32.5 ″ N , 15 ° 29 ′ 51.5 ″ E