St. Leonhard (Graz)

St. Leonhard is the second city of Graz district. It is located east of downtown Graz along the Leonhard Bach. To the south it extends to the St. Peter's town cemetery.

History

St. Leonhard goes to one of the oldest medieval settlements in the Graz area back ( Guntarn 1043 ). In 1361 the first church was mentioned in records on the same spot. During the French siege of the Graz Schlossberg 1809 also came to the church of St. Leonhard to several engagements. Briefly interned as a French prisoner in the church around 400 Austrians, many of whom died during the following battles here. In the former schoolhouse, now Mesnerhaus, then a makeshift hospital was set up. 1824 arises in the west of present-day district at " Woodyard " (now Kaiser- Josef-Platz ), the Evangelical Church of the Redeemer. In the second half of the 19th century, the free space between the inner city of Graz and the village of St. Leonhard as a settled area serves. At this time, so the most bourgeois houses in the Elizabeth and Leonard Street and in the Sacred Heart neighborhood. There is also a new church in 1887, the Sacred Heart Church, inaugurated.

December 1, 1900, the Second City District Leonhard is from the Second City District Jakomini separated and Jakomini as VI. Municipality newly created. On July 16, 1913, the two streams of the district, Leonhard Bach and Kroisbach cause (now the Maria Trost Erbach ), the last - and most devastating - high water, after which they are channeled in the urban area.

Education

  • Odilien institute for the mentally or physically disabled people
  • BG and BRG Seebachergasse (former Girls Lyceum 1873)
  • BG and BRG Lichtenfelsgasse, former k.u.k. State (real) high school and First Bundesrealgymnasium
  • Two Catholic private schools: Sacre Coeur (since 1846) and Ursuline (1900)
  • Graz University of Technology
  • University of Music and Performing Arts Graz

Traffic

  • The Leonhardstraße was until the mid 19th century, the only way of Graz in the East. Then to the Elizabeth Street was built parallel to the northern boundary of the district.
  • Tram lines 1, 3, 7, 13; Bus lines 60, 61, 63, 64, 64E.

Structures

  • Parish Church of St. Leonhard 1361 first mentioned. 1433 still existing oldest part of the church is consecrated. After destruction by the Turks in 1532 and restoration of the church tower in 1717 gets its present form. In 1747 the church is Baroque. In 1817, the cemetery is canceled around the church and moved to its present location in south-east of the church. 1858 takes place once a redesign of the interior in neo-Gothic style. Followed in 1961 by the preliminary final extension.
  • Church of the Sacred Heart: built 1881-1887 by architect Georg Hauberrisser in neo-Gothic style with a large nave and lower church. The church tower is with 109.6 meters is the third highest church tower in Austria. Worth mentioning are mainly glass windows that depict a few closed ensemble of neo-Gothic art glass. The altar room is redesigned to mark the centenary in 1988 by Gustav Troger.
  • Saviour Church: Following the adoption of the tolerance patent by Emperor Joseph II, it is with some restrictions again possible to build Protestant churches. But since you do not meet these conditions in Graz, the nearest Protestant parish includes one in Wald am Schoberpaß and founded in 1821 a branch church. On October 10, 1824 construction of the prayer house at the former timber yard is (now Kaiser- Josef-Platz ) completed. 1853 this will be rebuilt by Franz Gruber toes to a church, as it is still preserved. 1856 one lets go of the mother parish of Wald am Schoberpass. 1988-1993, the church is being renovated and will receive stained glass windows that are designed by the Graz artist Edith Temmel.
  • Old Technology: Main building of the Technical University of Graz, opened in 1888 by Emperor Franz Joseph I..
  • Odilien Institute for the Blind: Former Guntarn yard. Built in 1798. Since 1881 Institution for the Blind. Additions in 1885 and 1901.
  • Steirerhof: Formerly Grand Hotel, demolished in the 1990s and replaced by a modern building, it now includes a shopping center.
  • Palais Meran: former city palace of John of Austria, built in 1843. Today it houses the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
  • Palais Kottulinsky: Formerly the Palace, built in 1853.
  • Many bourgeois houses from the 2nd half of the 19th century, mostly arranged as blocks with a leafy courtyard.

Others

  • The resulting 2004 film Six Days and the moped woman ( Director: Alfred Schwarzenberger ) plays entirely in St. Leonhard, where especially the Sacred Heart Church occupies a prominent role. Portrayed is more or less documentary the life of the sometimes rather strange inhabitants of the district.

Pictures

Look at the Naglergasse, in the background the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

Schiller Place

House with Art Nouveau façade, crossing Naglergasse / Schützenhof alley

Look at the Naglergasse

Look at the Sparbersbachgasse

Saviour Church on Kaiser- Josef-Platz

Naglergasse, Sacred Heart Church

Row of houses in front of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

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