''Schloß Pötzleinsdorf'' or ''Schloss Pötzleinsdorf'' is a former

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in Pötzleinsdorf, Vienna. It is currently being used as a primary school.

History

The palace was a nobleman's residence in the mid-17th century, but in the next century the building became known as ''Ricci'scher Freihof'', after a merchant called Ricci who used it for cloth manufacture and silk dying. The estate was bought by Countess Philippina von Herberstein toward the end of the 18th century. She began turning the grounds into a park, before selling to the banker

Johann Heinrich Geymüller Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning " Yahweh is Gracio ...

in 1797. He rebuilt the house as a palace, and had the gardens landscaped in a romantic English style, since when they have been considered some of Vienna's finest.pg. 192. Dieter Klein, Martin Kupf, Robert Schediwy (Ed.) Stadtbildverluste Wien - Ein Rückblick auf fünf Jahrzehnte. LIT Verlag, Vienna 2005. After Geymüller went bankrupt in 1841, the estate was auctioned, and had changed hands several times when the

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Max Schmidt purchased it in 1920. Since 1935 the palace and the surrounding 33 hectares of

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have belonged to the city of Vienna and have been open to the public. When

Roland Rainer Roland Rainer (1 May 1910 – 10 April 2004) was an Austrian architect. Born in Klagenfurt, Roland Rainer decided to become an architect when he was 18, so he studied at the Vienna University of Technology. His thesis was about the Karlsplatz in ...

modernised the building after the Second World War he removed many of the decorative features, both interior and exterior (including a set of impressive perrons at the front of the building) when a youth hostel was opened there. Today it houses the Vienna-Pötzleinsdorf ''Rudolf Steiner-Schule'' (a Steiner/Waldorf school).

Location

The palace is in Geymüllergasse, Währing, the 18th district of Vienna. The address is ''Geymüllergasse 1, A-1180 Wien''.

Notes

External links

Pötzleinsdorf Palace Park

Homepage of the Rudolf Steiner-Schule
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schloss Poetzleinsdorf Buildings and structures in Währing Pötzleinsdorf