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Wien, 7. Bezirk (the art of very historical listed palace buildings of Vienna) - Palais Trautson (Museumstraße/Weghuberpark) - 1710-1712 (built by Christian Alexander Oedtl on designs of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach)
The Trautson Palace, home of the Department of Justice
The Trautson Palace is a palace in the 7th District of Vienna Neubau at the Museum Road 7
History
The property in suburban St. Ulrich on which the palace is situated belonged from 1657 on to the Countess Maria Margareta Trautson. On one part stood a house, the rest were vineyards or undeveloped. In the course of the construction wave after the Second Siege of Vienna, the Reichshofrat (aulic council) and chamberlain Johann Leopold Donat Count Trautson (the later 1st Duke Trautson) in 1712 had built a palace here that is among the most important Baroque buildings of Vienna. His model war the Amsterdam town house. Master builder was Christian Alexander Oedtl and he built according to plans of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.
The palace was the scene of many festivities. Maria Theresa bought it in 1760 for around 40,000 guilders and put it available to the Hungarian Guard. This led to some modifications, the garden in front of the building became a riding school, instead of the garden wall and the Orangerie stables were built. 1848, the Hungarian Guard was disbanded and the palace was the seat of the Lower Austrian Army Command. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise emerged again a Hungarian Life Guards, which had its headquarters in the Palais. This led to further modifications. Even after the collapse of the monarchy, the building was owned by the Hungarian state and hosted from 1924 to 1963 the Collegium Hungaricum. The former People's Republic of Hungary sold the building to the Republic of Austria, because they did not want to fund the obligations imposed by the preservation orders and built a new construction in Eastern block-style in 2nd Viennese district of Leopoldstadt in Holland Road (Hollandstraße). The Garde alley in the 7th District since 1909 remembers the Hungarian Guard.
1961 acquired the Republic of Austria the palace for the administration of justice. Here, the demolition was considered, which led to heated discussions. The recent additions at Museum street and Lerchenfeld street were removed, on the site of the former garden built prefabs for UNIDO. The part at Neustift alley was replaced by an office building. Now, the Federal Ministry of Justice is housed in Trautson Palace .
The palace was provided with a richly decorated, three-story facade. Hans Georg Haresleben from Kaisersteinbruch got stone cutting commissions, who was using quarry of hard stone for portal, balcony and steps of the grand staircase. The imposing staircase leads to the Great Hall. Above many windows there are reliefs depicting scenes from ancient mythology.
Wien, 7. Bezirk (the art of very historical listed palace buildings of Vienna) - Palais Trautson (Museumstraße/Weghuberpark) - 1710-1712 (built by Christian Alexander Oedtl on designs of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach)
The Trautson Palace, home of the Department of Justice
The Trautson Palace is a palace in the 7th District of Vienna Neubau at the Museum Road 7
History
The property in suburban St. Ulrich on which the palace is situated belonged from 1657 on to the Countess Maria Margareta Trautson. On one part stood a house, the rest were vineyards or undeveloped. In the course of the construction wave after the Second Siege of Vienna, the Reichshofrat (aulic council) and chamberlain Johann Leopold Donat Count Trautson (the later 1st Duke Trautson) in 1712 had built a palace here that is among the most important Baroque buildings of Vienna. His model war the Amsterdam town house. Master builder was Christian Alexander Oedtl and he built according to plans of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.
The palace was the scene of many festivities. Maria Theresa bought it in 1760 for around 40,000 guilders and put it available to the Hungarian Guard. This led to some modifications, the garden in front of the building became a riding school, instead of the garden wall and the Orangerie stables were built. 1848, the Hungarian Guard was disbanded and the palace was the seat of the Lower Austrian Army Command. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise emerged again a Hungarian Life Guards, which had its headquarters in the Palais. This led to further modifications. Even after the collapse of the monarchy, the building was owned by the Hungarian state and hosted from 1924 to 1963 the Collegium Hungaricum. The former People's Republic of Hungary sold the building to the Republic of Austria, because they did not want to fund the obligations imposed by the preservation orders and built a new construction in Eastern block-style in 2nd Viennese district of Leopoldstadt in Holland Road (Hollandstraße). The Garde alley in the 7th District since 1909 remembers the Hungarian Guard.
1961 acquired the Republic of Austria the palace for the administration of justice. Here, the demolition was considered, which led to heated discussions. The recent additions at Museum street and Lerchenfeld street were removed, on the site of the former garden built prefabs for UNIDO. The part at Neustift alley was replaced by an office building. Now, the Federal Ministry of Justice is housed in Trautson Palace .
The palace was provided with a richly decorated, three-story facade. Hans Georg Haresleben from Kaisersteinbruch got stone cutting commissions, who was using quarry of hard stone for portal, balcony and steps of the grand staircase. The imposing staircase leads to the Great Hall. Above many windows there are reliefs depicting scenes from ancient mythology.