Schlagwort: 1140wien

The Palace Miller-Aichholz (since 1955 Europahaus Vienna) in the 14th district was built in the mid-18th century by Johann Bernhard Fischer vor Erlach for Baron von Grechler.

Later it was owned by the Esterházy family for about 100 years and due to its favorable location near the Vienna Woods it was a meeting place for private hunting parties, in which even Emperor Franz Josef I took part. From 1894, the Miller zu Aichholz family of industrialists and scholars used the property, which they then had to sell to the state in 1938 due to the world economic crisis.

The 2-story, elongated baroque building with garden-side state rooms with a rich collection of pictures is today, together with the extensive park including the largely original „Sonnenfanghaus“ (Orangerie), used for weddings, seminars and festivities of all kinds.

The freestanding Roman Catholic church at Steinhof from 1907 in Penzing (often called the „Otto Wagner Church“ after the architect) is considered a highlight of Viennese Art Nouveau and was built as an institutional church for mentally ill patients of the sanatorium and nursing home located there. Due to its imposing gilded dome, visible from afar, the site on the Baumgartner Höhe is often called „Limoniberg“, as it is reminiscent of half a lemon.

In addition to the unusual figures (including those of St. Leopold, to whom the church is also dedicated) and decorative elements typical for Wagner, such as laurel wreaths, copper crosses, marble slabs fastened with copper nails and a row of columns facing the main facade, the interior decoration, which is tailored to the caretakers, and the leaded glass windows with figures of saints, designed by Kolomann Moser, are particularly worth seeing.

Recently, the church can now be visited again in winter as part of guided tours by the Wien Museum.