Palais Esterházy

The Esterházy Palace at the Wallnerstraße is a palace in the first district of Vienna Inner City. In contrast to the Count Esterházy Palace to the Kärntner Straße it was in the possession of the royal line of the Esterházy family.

History

There were originally 14 different houses that were only in the course of time to the Esterhazy family, which the palace was only gradually expanded to its present location of the palace. The origin of the Palais form called three houses in the Wallnerstraße 4, two referred to as Hungarian House building and the power house, later home of Grabner and Unverzagt. The two Hungarian houses came to Nikolaus Oláh, the supreme chancellor in Hungary and Archbishop of Eger. After his death they were divided among his heirs. In a later episode was in 1616 a house by marriage to the Esterházy family, the other in 1664 by selling after the previous owner had run into financial difficulties. The power house was sold in 1668 to Paul I. Esterházy, who was now in possession of all three houses.

In 1685 he had to make some alterations, but two years later he decided to complete construction of a new palace. Who was responsible for the construction is unknown, but probably it was Francesco Martinelli, who had already made ​​the conversion. The Viennese master mason Johann Carl Trumler processed the hard Kaiserstein from the Imperial quarry, especially for stages stones and supporting architecture components. 1695 the palace was completed. Various adaptations came in 1745 - instead of 1746 and 1751. This was, inter alia, a new portal and the installation of an additional staircase, executed by the master stonemason Gabriel Steinböck. 1755 acquired Paul II Anton Esterházy the houses on the Haarhof and left the palace in 1756 by architect Johann Ferdinand Mödlhammer expand. The royal living quarters were renovated in 1791.

Nicholas II Prince Esterházy led a lavish life as his grandfather and bought at different time points adjacent to the palace houses in the Naglergasse. In three stages there several additions were built. Thus, Nicholas had taken but financially and despite the sale of several other possessions, the Palace was placed in receivership in 1832. Although it was Paul III. Anton Esterházy achieve a temporary suspension of this state, but the sequestration was only finally completed in 1898. After the last owner, Paul V. Prince Esterházy died in 1989, his widow gave Melinda shares in its next relatives and sold it to them at the Palais Esterházy Development Ges.mbH, a company that belongs to the Creditanstalt.

Today the rooms in the palace are leased to various companies, organizations and individuals.

Description

The main facade of the Wallnerstraße is barockklassizistisch with ionic Riesenpilastern. The ornate wrought iron railing bears the golden coat of arms of the Esterházy. Inside there are two courtyards. The most important areas are several lounges, large and small family gallery, the dining room with a large oven Empire and the Vieux- Laque Room with Chinese lacquer panels. There is also a 1699 hl the. Leopold consecrated chapel with a two-story dorm room. The chapel contains Baroque altars and an organ around 1800. She was a workplace of Joseph Haydn. The consecration is still upright, but will not read any more shows.

Esterházykeller

The wine cellar goes back to the Hungarian House. Presumably in 1808 the well-known restaurant was opened, which has changed little since that time.