Villa Schmederer

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The Villa Schmederer , also known as the 2nd Apothekerhof, is a representative mansion in the Parsch district of Salzburg (Kreuzbergpromenade 4). The villa represents the claim to power of the upper middle class in the late 19th century.

In 1887, the brewery owner Ludwig Schmederer (1846–1935) from Munich ( Paulaner and Thomas breweries ) bought the former court pharmacist Dr. Alexander Petter the so-called Upper Apothekerhof (this will later be converted into a Meierhof). In the years 1887–89 he had a stately villa built in neo-Renaissance style by the construction company Valentin Ceconi and Jakob Ceconi according to plans by the Austrian architect Josef Wessicken (1837–1918) . A garden with a gardener's house, chapel, enclosing walls and representative driveways will be built around the building. Later a riding stable, its own gardening shop, a bowling alley and a small power station were added. Ludwig Schmederer, honorary citizen of the city of Salzburg, lived in the villa for almost 45 years during his stays in Salzburg until his death in 1935. After his death, the property passed to his second wife, the singer Minka Schmederer, née Derra de Moroda, and subsequently to her sister, the dance teacher Friderica Derra de Moroda . After her death in 1978, Hans Asamer became the owner.

The villa was a meeting place for artists during Schmederer's lifetime, not least after he became president of the Salzburg Art Association in 1890 . Friderica Derra de Moroda ran a ballet school in Villa Schmederer. During the hottest days in August 1983, Luciano Pavarotti shot the Christmas shows for the Europe-wide Christmas program "Christmas with World Stars" in the Villa Schmederer with five puppets from the Arlequin Theater . The villa also served as the venue for the Salzburg Festival for a long time . In 2002 the building was completely renovated and a swimming pool was built in the basement of the villa. The "International Salzburg Association" was housed here for a long time. Today the villa is owned by the German billionaires ( MediaMarkt , Saturn Hansa , real estate companies Convergenta and Vision) Helga and Erich Kellerhals .

The villa has an almost square floor plan, a base floor to compensate for the slope of the property, two main floors and a top floor with a hipped roof . The facades are richly structured. The north side is characterized by a three-storey facade tower. On the second floor there is a terrace with a representative wrought iron grille above a loggia. The facades show uniformly designed side axes with round arched windows with arched squaring in the base zone. In the piano nobile , the architraved rectangular windows are highlighted by a frame. The façades are structured horizontally by protruding cornices or a cornice on the first floor. The top floor crowns the central project with a gable structure with large, arched windows. The interior is said to have been made by Munich artisans (e.g. classicist bronze statuettes of Venus and Apollo , dark marble floors, architraved door frames in a classicist style, side walls covered with red damask , heavy wooden ceilings).

literature

  • Helene Karrer: 200 years of villa construction in Aigen. With Abfalter, Parsch and Glas. Aigen Initiative Salzburg Association, Salzburg 1995.

Web links

Commons : Villa Schmederer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of the International Salzburg Association

Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 10.3 ″  N , 13 ° 4 ′ 44.1 ″  E