{"id":35708,"date":"2021-09-13T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=35708"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:01:19","slug":"geymullerschlossel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/geymullerschlossel\/","title":{"rendered":"Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel Biedermeier house"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"#tickets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/geymullertickets.jpg\" alt=\"Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel road sign\" class=\"wp-image-74799\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Take a journey back in time to the Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel and visit the kind of summer residence a rather rich banker might have owned in 1810: one filled with the kind of furniture you&#8217;d buy to impress the other bankers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Large house with several rooms in the style of the early 1800s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biedermeier &amp; Empire fittings and furniture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also antique mantel clocks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quick to get round (only a few rooms)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A little out of the way in the 18th district<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2026 season runs May 9th to Nov 1st<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#tickets\">What special exhibition is on<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a 2-hr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_WalkingTours\" rel=\"sponsored\">walking tour<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/vienna-pass-review\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3960\">The Vienna Pass<\/a> (gives you one-time free entry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7100\">The MAK museum<\/a> (who manage the house)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biedermeier &amp; Empire<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/geymuellerschloessel.jpg\" alt=\"The Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel summer house\" class=\"wp-image-47551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/geymuellerschloessel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/geymuellerschloessel-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The view from the gateway)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of the talk in Vienna about historical furniture, fittings, and general interior design focuses on the turn-of-the-century and the stars of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/wiener-moderne\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28303\">Wiener Moderne<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/biedermeier\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29296\">Biedermeier<\/a> slips quietly into discussions, too: the post-Napoleonic period that saw the growth of the middle class and an elegant refinement fill the drawing rooms of pre-revolution Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And predating Biedermeier we had the Empire style, though the association with France did little for its popularity in Vienna. After all, Napoleon gave the city rather too many slaps around the head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel residence in the Viennese suburb of P\u00f6tzleinsdorf is an excellent opportunity to see Biedermeier and Empire items in their natural environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The house itself went up in the early 1800s as a summer home for the banker and business man, Johann Jakob Geym\u00fcller. Hence the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A checkered history followed that ended in a period of disrepair. However, renovation work restored everything to its Biedermeier glory in what is now an external location of Vienna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7100\">MAK applied arts museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/geymuellerfashion2024.jpg\" alt=\"Room with Biedermeier furniture and mannequins\" class=\"wp-image-74800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/geymuellerfashion2024.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/geymuellerfashion2024-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Displays from the 2024 exhibition of fashion by Florentina Leitner in one of the rooms at the Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel as part of the (CON)TEMPORARY FASHION SHOWCASE series; press photo \u00a9 MAK\/Christian Mendez)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But where to get original period furniture to fill the pristine rooms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, the MAK has its own extensive collection of Biedermeier and Empire furniture, plus a collection of old clocks from one of the Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel&#8217;s earlier occupants (Franz Sobek).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the residence is now kitted out much as it might have looked some 200 years ago, offering a feel for the d\u00e9cor of a rich family of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suffice to say, the sofas, chairs, desks, tables, cabinets and other items are the kind where you&#8217;d drink red wine around them <em>very<\/em> carefully. Among my personal highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An 1800 Empire-style Pan\/satyr-flavoured writing desk with cloven feet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An 1810\/1812 sofa set that once belonged to the Empress Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, wife of the Austrian Emperor of the time (Franz I\/II)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An 1840 walnut secretary by Vinzenz Hefele with a remarkable 105 drawers (most of which are hidden)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior also often has a special exhibition of contemporary art juxtaposed with the historical exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Tickets, exhibition &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of writing, the Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel only opens at weekends and only from sometime in May to sometime in late autumn. The 2026 season, for example, runs from May 9th to November 1st. See the website (below) for exact dates as they become available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Vienna Pass (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/vienna-pass-review\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3960\">my review<\/a>) gets you in once for free. Alternatively, book a ticket on-site or book one online from the MAK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Well-Dressed Table<\/em> (May 9th to November 1st, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some tips for your visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authentic look of the rooms comes in part from an absence of display labels. Pick up a booklet (available in English) from the ticket counter, which has background information on most of the items you encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You won&#8217;t need long to look around, since the house only has a handful of viewable rooms. Pop outside, too, to look at the small landscaped garden with its trees, shrubs, lawns and contemporary art installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Turrell&#8217;s <em>Skyspace<\/em>, for example, lives permanently outdoors: a walk-in room with a square opening in the roof that creates a remarkable aesthetic that changes with the sky and light conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing about residences in the country is that they tend to be, well, in the country. Even if the city of Vienna has grown into, around, and beyond the village of P\u00f6tzleinsdorf. The surrounds still have an old village feel to them with summer villas and one-storey houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being Vienna, though, a direct tram link manages to take you from the centre almost to the doorstep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tram\/bus: take the 41 tram from its start (Schottentor in the centre) to its end (P\u00f6tzleinsdorf). Then either go one stop further on the 41A bus or simply walk up to the house (about 400m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: P\u00f6tzleinsdorferstra\u00dfe 102, 1180 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mak.at\/weiterestandorte\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1G1JqCaIFJT9xk7v01SX4IL93otIsKj2D\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a journey back in time to the Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel and visit the kind of summer residence a rather rich banker might have owned in 1810: one filled with the kind of furniture you&#8217;d buy to impress the other bankers. 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