Villa Wertheimstein
The Villa Wertheimstein in Vienna - Döbling ( Döblinger Hauptstrasse 96) was the place where Josephine von Wertheimstein and her daughter Franziska salon held. The building now houses the Döbling District Museum , the park is named after the donor Wertheimsteinpark .
In 1833, the industrialist Rudolf von Arthaber bought the house that had previously been owned by the monastery and was called "Tullnerhof". He had it converted into a Biedermeier villa in 1834/35 and housed his famous collection of paintings in it. After Arthaber's death in 1867, the painting collection was auctioned and Leopold and Josephine von Wertheimstein acquired the property from the Arthaber's heirs. The Salon Wertheimstein was created here again, a meeting place for liberal personalities in Vienna. Franziska , Josephine von Wertheimstein's lifelong unmarried daughter, played a major role in this. The poet Ferdinand von Saar , Franziska's admirer, who had an intensive correspondence with his mother and daughter Wertheimstein for more than three decades, was the preferred house guest at the Villa Wertheimstein. The salon, in which Eduard von Bauernfeld , Ferdinand von Saar and other artists frequented, has been preserved in its original condition. In 1906 Saar put an end to his life in the Wertheimstein house. In 1908 Franziska von Wertheimstein bequeathed the house and park to the municipality of Vienna.
literature
- District culture guide Döbling . Vienna-Munich 1982
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Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 34.2 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 21 ″ E