{"id":6317,"date":"2018-10-08T05:46:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T04:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=6317"},"modified":"2025-02-10T17:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:50:59","slug":"deutschordenshaus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/deutschordenshaus\/","title":{"rendered":"Deutschordenshaus (&#8220;Mozart house&#8221;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ordenshaus_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sign outside Deutschordenshaus\" class=\"wp-image-6319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ordenshaus_thumb.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ordenshaus_thumb-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nearly all historical concert venues in Vienna can lay claim to one or other composer having once played there. In the case of the Deutschordenshaus, two actually lived there. Including a promising musician named Mozart. (I wonder what became of him?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Home to the Teutonic Order in Austria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mozart stayed here in 1781 (and Brahms later)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosts regular concerts by the Mozart Ensemble Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Concerts\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert experience<\/a>* for your Vienna trip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/classical-concert\/\">Concert venues<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozart\/\">Mozart locations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/brahms-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31950\">Brahms locations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"historical-background\">History, music &amp; more<\/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\/02\/deutschordenshaus.jpg\" alt=\"The Deutschordenshaus\" class=\"wp-image-42442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/deutschordenshaus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/deutschordenshaus-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 fa\u00e7ade along Singerstra\u00dfe)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The house and courtyards of the Deutschordenshaus belong to the Deutscher Orden (Teutonic Order) and date as far back as the early 13th century, just a few years after the order&#8217;s establishment in 1190 in Acre (now in modern-day Israel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Needless to say, the buildings have all undergone one or two changes in the meantime: much of what you see from the outside is 17th and 18th century in design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the headquarters of the Austrian branch of the order, this remains a working institution with its own church and treasury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The on-site guest house might interest you in particular, given it counts among the places to stay that are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/accommodation\/hotels-vienna-centre\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"42428\">closest to the centre of Vienna<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The musical connection<\/h3>\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\/2023\/02\/deutschordenshaus1902.jpg\" alt=\"Courtyard of the Deutschordenshaus around 1902\" class=\"wp-image-56874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deutschordenshaus1902.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deutschordenshaus1902-300x225.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\">(Inner courtyard view, as photographed around 1902 by August Stauda; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 27744; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/brahms-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31950\">Brahms<\/a> lived in the Deutschordenshaus briefly, which would normally be enough to give a location classical prestige.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But even a Brahms suffers in comparison to the main musical connection: the Archbishop of Salzburg (Hieronymus von Colloredo) stayed here in 1781, and his retinue of employees included a certain W. Mozart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colloredo failed to approve of Mozart performing outside of the Archbishop&#8217;s residence, which didn&#8217;t sit well with a young composer growing in fame and looking to make his mark in the big city and wider world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resulting arguments eventually ended with Colloredo&#8217;s steward kicking (literally and figuratively) Mozart out of the door. Fortunately, the Archbishop&#8217;s loss was our gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"product\" data-content-ids=\"1008299,1029872\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_Concerts1\"><\/div><script defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With connections to Salzburg now severed, Mozart remained in Vienna and the rest is, as they say, history. A plaque just inside the entrance to the Deutschordenshaus on the right-hand wall commemorates the composer&#8217;s stay; you can just about see it without going inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 200 years later and Mozart&#8217;s back, so to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-concerts\">The concerts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of writing, the Mozart Ensemble Vienna <a href=\"https:\/\/mozarthaus.at\/\">perform in the Deutschordenshaus<\/a> throughout the year (and dressed in period costume).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program features the music of those composers closely associated with Vienna, including Mozart, but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/beethoven\/\">Beethoven<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/schubert-in-vienna\/\">Schubert<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/joseph-haydn\/\">Haydn<\/a>, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/deutschordenshaus1733.jpg\" alt=\"1733 engraving of the Teutonic House\" class=\"wp-image-80213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/deutschordenshaus1733.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/deutschordenshaus1733-300x181.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 &#8220;Teutonic House&#8221;, as drawn by Salomon Kleiner, engraved by Johann August Corvinus, and published by Johann Andreas d. \u00c4. Pfeffel in 1733; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 105765\/74; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A notable feature of these concerts is the location: the <em>Sala Terrena<\/em> room, with its walls and domed ceiling covered in 18th-century frescoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such historical ambience can invite questions about what best to wear to a concert. Which I why I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/classical-concert-dress-code\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"75082\">this article for you<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To reach the Sala Terrena, you have to pass through a lovely old courtyard with one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stefansdom\/\">Stephansdom cathedral<\/a>&#8216;s towers rising above the walls. It looks particularly imposing at night, when the tower lights up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NB: The concerts take place in the &#8220;Mozarthaus&#8221; or &#8220;Mozart&#8217;s House&#8221;, so be careful when looking for it. The term Mozarthaus is commonly used for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozarthaus\/\">museum<\/a> on Domgasse; you want the house on Singerstra\u00dfe.<\/p>\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\/2023\/05\/therecruitdeutschord.jpg\" alt=\"Church tower of the Deutschordenshaus\" class=\"wp-image-60465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/therecruitdeutschord.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/therecruitdeutschord-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 church tower, which makes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/the-recruit-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60459\">brief appearance<\/a> in the Netflex series <em>The Recruit<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-get-to-the-deutschordenshaus\">How to get to the Deutschordenshaus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, the venue is close to the main cathedral and actually only a street away from that Mozarthaus Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carry on up Singerstra\u00dfe away from the centre and you reach another musical landmark: Schubert used to drop into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zuden3hacken.at\/\">Zu den 3 Hacken<\/a> inn for a bit of refreshment between compositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: Take the U1 or U3 lines to Stephansplatz station and the K\u00e4rntner Stra\u00dfe pedestrian exit pops you out at the end of Singerstra\u00dfe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bus: Take the 1A, 2A or 3A to Stephansplatz and it&#8217;s a 5 minute or so walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Singerstra\u00dfe 7, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1BrCYLfHiiy85k0jpzDwlKspb31KiYq4Y\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly all historical concert venues in Vienna can lay claim to one or other composer having once played there. 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