Herrengasse
The Herrengasse (meaning in German language: "Street of the Lords" or "Lords Lane") is a street in Vienna, located in the first district Innere Stadt.
History
Palais Wilczek,
Herrengasse 5
Herrengasse 5
Palais Modena,
Herrengasse 7
Herrengasse 7
Palais Mollard-Clary, Herrengasse 9
The street existed during
Freyung and Lobkowitzplatz squares was known during the Middle Ages
as Hochstraße (High Street).
After Vienna began to establish itself as the
Habsburg rulers. After the Estates of Lower Austria built their assembly house at the Palais Niederösterreich
in 1513, the street was renamed Herrengasse.
Palaces
The typical
concert hall established in 1872. Famous artists such as Franz Liszt, Anton Rubinstein, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. and Hans von Bülow
performed there. The palace was ripped down and replaced by a modernistic high-rise building in 1913.
After the dissolution of the
periods.A direct subway connection to the U3 line has existed since the 1990s.
City palaces (known as Palais) which still exist include:
- Palais Herberstein (built in 1897, at Herrengasse 1-3)
- Palais Wilczek (former Palais Lembruch, 1737, Herrengasse 5)
- Federal Ministry of the Interior, 1811, Herrengasse 7)
- Palais Mollard-Clary (1689, Herrengasse 9)
- Palais Niederösterreich (formerly Niederösterreichisches Landeshaus [Estates House of Lower Austria], 1839–1848, Herrengasse 13)
- Freyung2)
- Palais Batthyány (integrates parts of the former Palais Orsini-Rosenberg, 1716, Herrengasse 19)
- Palais Trauttmannsdorff (1834–1838, Herrengasse 21)
- Palais Porcia(1546, Herrengasse 23)
Right next to the Herrengasse is the
Freyung square, where more aristocratic residences are located. Other noble palaces in the vicinity can be found at Minoritenplatz
square.
References
- ISBN 3-7991-5769-7
External links
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