Hermesvilla

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Hermesvilla

Hermesvilla is a palace in the

Empress Elisabeth (nicknamed "Sisi"), and he called it the "castle of dreams.“ The name of the villa refers to a statue of Hermes made of white marble that is located in the garden of the villa. Today, the Hermesvilla is noted for its art and natural setting, and is used by the Vienna Museum for special exhibitions on cultural history.[1]

History

Hermés statue

Emperor Franz Joseph decided to build the Villa Hermés, originally called the "Villa Waldruh," in the summer of 1881. Ostensibly, the Emperor hoped it would encourage his wife, who traveled widely, to remain in Vienna. It was designed by architect

Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer, and construction lasted 1882 until 1886.[2] In 1885, the decision was made to rename the building "Villa Hermés". The Empress herself commissioned the sculptor Ernst Herter from Berlin to create the sculpture, titled Hermés der Wächter ("Hermés the Guardian") and instructed that it was to be placed in the garden of the villa. Documents at the Stadterweiterungsfond describe numerous stone deliveries of Sterzinger Marble, Laaser Marble and Wöllersdorfer Stone for staircases in the main building. Hard Mannersdorfer Stone, Almaser Stone, Lindabrunner Stone, St. Margarethener
Stone, as well as "Kaiserstein" from "Kaisersteinbruch" were used in surrounding buildings.

In 1886, the villa, and all surrounding buildings, including riding facilities and

assassination
in 1898, the imperial couple regularly spent time there every year in late spring, varying from a few days to a couple of weeks.

Fountain in the courtyard of the Villa

In developing the grounds, Emperor Franz Joseph ordered that care be taken to flatten all the meadows and remove all molehills, expressing concern that otherwise the Empress "could not hack her horses" there. At a small pond nearby, a gazebo was built for the Empress, though it is no longer there today. The street leading to the Villa was one of the first streets in Vienna with electric lighting, and the Villa was one of the first buildings in Vienna with a telephone connection.

During the post-

Sisi Myth" of the beautiful and unhappy Empress who had met a tragic fate[3]

Interior

Murals in the bedroom of the Empress depict scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Chin-up bar for pull-ups and rings. It also contains murals in the Pompeian style by August Eisenmenger, Hugo Charlemont and Adolf Falkensteiner
, showing various sports.

Behind the Empress'

Franz Matsch, Gustav Klimt and Georg Klimt
.

In front of the palace stands the sculpture "Elisabeth" by Ulrike Truger. In this statue, commissioned in 1998, installed in the Lainzer Tiergarten in 2001, and moved to the Hermesvilla in 2006,[4] the artist used the a central theme of "duty - escape - freedom“ (zwang – flucht – freiheit),[5] reflecting the Empress' inner feelings. It is made of Carrara marble,[6] stands about 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) high, and weighs 6.5 tonnes. Truger wanted the work to counter a romanticized "Sisi" stereotype.[4] The statue presents the Empress differently from each side, standing for different aspects within the personality of the Empress,[6] who chafed under the restrictions of court life: One side, "duty/obligation" (zwang) expresses the duty and obligations of her expected role. The next, "escape" (flucht ) expresses her desire to flee;[5] and finally the theme "freedom" (freiheit) is expressed with an image that includes wings.[4] Thus, Truger's interpretation of the Empress explores the interplay between structure and freedom.[6]

Stables

The

box stalls and tie stalls, still exist today to a large extent. Between the horse stalls is a Rondeau, a perfectly circular round pen of 20 metres (66 ft) diameter in which the horses of the Empress were longed during bad weather. From the 1950s until 2005 these stables were used as a summer stable for the Lipizzan stallions of the Spanish Riding School. For seven weeks the stallions were given holidays at this location, where their riders gave them a change in routine from their usual work, taking them out hacking in the nearby forests of the "Tiergarten
".

Gallery

  • Hermesvilla Hof
    Hermesvilla Hof
  • Hermesvilla
    Hermesvilla
  • Hermesvilla
    Hermesvilla
  • Tilgnerbrunnen fountain
    Tilgnerbrunnen fountain
  • Hermesvilla statue
    Hermesvilla statue
  • Hintererbrunnen fountain
    Hintererbrunnen fountain
  • Hermesbrunnen fountain
    Hermesbrunnen fountain

References

  1. ^ "Wien Museum Overview" English language brochure. Accessed April 2, 2010 Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d "Hermesvilla" Wien Museum. Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Web site, accessed 2 April 2010]
  3. ^ "The Sisi Myth" Tour of the Hofburg Web site. Accessed 25 March 2010
  4. ^ a b c ""Eilsabeth" (in German) Ulrike Truger. Web site, accessed 1 April 2010". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  5. ^ a b ""Gesellschaftspolitische projekte" (Socio-Political Projects). Ulrike Truger.(in German) Web site, accessed 1 April 2010". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  6. ^ a b c "Fischer, Lisa. "Female Montumentalität" (Female Monuments) Ulrike Truger.(in German) Web site, accessed 1 April 2010". Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2010.

External links

Media related to Hermesvilla at Wikimedia Commons

  • Thomas Trenkler. (2005) Sisi in Vienna. On the traces of the Empress Elisabeth. Vienna: Ueberreuter publishing.
    ISBN 3-8000-7115-0
    .

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