Don Quijote de Viena
Wien, 1. Bezirk (the art of palace buildings in the core of downtown Vienna) - Strauchgasse/Heidenschuss/Naglergasse (Palais Montenuovo)
Palais Montenuovo (Strauchgasse)
In the place of the palais once there have been some smaller houses, among them also the one 'to heath shot (Heidenschuß)". With it, was the legend connected that the Turks during the First siege of Vienna in 1529 had dug a mine until below the basement of the house that only at the last moment could be discovered. Since this house with the name "Heath shot" but was already mentioned in 1365, the truthfulness of this saga is likely to be rather low. In the 15th century, the estate belonged to the mayor of Vienna Laurenz Haiden. 1566 Florian Grießkirchner as owner is named. From 1820 to 1850 the here standing house from the 16th century belonged to Barbara Geringer. 1851/52 erected in its place the architect Josef Winter for the Count and later Prince Wilhelm Albrecht Montenuovo today's Palais. The name of the prince goes back to his mother, Marie Louise. She was the daughter of Emperor Francis I and was married for political reasons with Napoleon I. After their separation, she had an affair with her lord chamberlain, Count Neipperg, whom she married in 1821 morganatically. The children from this union got the Italianized name of their father: Monte Nuovo = Neuberg = New Mountain. 1863 the prince rented a part of the palace to the recently created Anglo-Austrian Bank, which acquired the building in 1871 by purchase and had it converted to Bank palace. After the liquidation of the bank in 1938, the palace has been converted into an office and commercial building. In 1987, the building by the Austrian Control Bank, maintaining its offices here, was renovated completely and increased.
The palace has an elongated front in Strauchgasse and only a five-axis facade at heath shot (Heidenschuß). At the corner between the two streets is a replica of the old house sign (a Turk on horseback, brandishing a scimitar) attached. In rusticated base of the facade to Strauchgasse there are two arched portals, which have rich ornamental frames and are built over by balconies. The vertical structure of the upper floors is done by superimposed, fluted Corinthian columns. They also aggregate as well as the cornices each two floors. The inner courtyard by the Anglo-Austrian bank already has been provided with a glass roof and converted into a cash office. Today it serves as a so-called Reiter (Equestrian) hall for lectures and other events. At its rear wall stands the bronze equestrian statue of St. George, slaying the dragon. It was created in 1852 by Anton Dominik Fernkorn. It is an early work of the artist, which he created soon after his move to Vienna.
Location/Address: 1010 Vienna, Strauchgasse 1-3
Wien, 1. Bezirk (the art of palace buildings in the core of downtown Vienna) - Strauchgasse/Heidenschuss/Naglergasse (Palais Montenuovo)
Palais Montenuovo (Strauchgasse)
In the place of the palais once there have been some smaller houses, among them also the one 'to heath shot (Heidenschuß)". With it, was the legend connected that the Turks during the First siege of Vienna in 1529 had dug a mine until below the basement of the house that only at the last moment could be discovered. Since this house with the name "Heath shot" but was already mentioned in 1365, the truthfulness of this saga is likely to be rather low. In the 15th century, the estate belonged to the mayor of Vienna Laurenz Haiden. 1566 Florian Grießkirchner as owner is named. From 1820 to 1850 the here standing house from the 16th century belonged to Barbara Geringer. 1851/52 erected in its place the architect Josef Winter for the Count and later Prince Wilhelm Albrecht Montenuovo today's Palais. The name of the prince goes back to his mother, Marie Louise. She was the daughter of Emperor Francis I and was married for political reasons with Napoleon I. After their separation, she had an affair with her lord chamberlain, Count Neipperg, whom she married in 1821 morganatically. The children from this union got the Italianized name of their father: Monte Nuovo = Neuberg = New Mountain. 1863 the prince rented a part of the palace to the recently created Anglo-Austrian Bank, which acquired the building in 1871 by purchase and had it converted to Bank palace. After the liquidation of the bank in 1938, the palace has been converted into an office and commercial building. In 1987, the building by the Austrian Control Bank, maintaining its offices here, was renovated completely and increased.
The palace has an elongated front in Strauchgasse and only a five-axis facade at heath shot (Heidenschuß). At the corner between the two streets is a replica of the old house sign (a Turk on horseback, brandishing a scimitar) attached. In rusticated base of the facade to Strauchgasse there are two arched portals, which have rich ornamental frames and are built over by balconies. The vertical structure of the upper floors is done by superimposed, fluted Corinthian columns. They also aggregate as well as the cornices each two floors. The inner courtyard by the Anglo-Austrian bank already has been provided with a glass roof and converted into a cash office. Today it serves as a so-called Reiter (Equestrian) hall for lectures and other events. At its rear wall stands the bronze equestrian statue of St. George, slaying the dragon. It was created in 1852 by Anton Dominik Fernkorn. It is an early work of the artist, which he created soon after his move to Vienna.
Location/Address: 1010 Vienna, Strauchgasse 1-3