{"id":70392,"date":"2024-04-05T09:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T08:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=70392"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:51:14","slug":"palais-eschenbach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/palais-eschenbach\/","title":{"rendered":"Palais Eschenbach"},"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\/01\/eschenbachtickets.jpg\" alt=\"Wrought iron gate\" class=\"wp-image-67363\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The palatial 19th-century home of two prestigious organisations doubles as an event venue: notably for concerts of light classical music by the Vienna Supreme Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Completed in 1872<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opened by Emperor Franz Joseph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Central location<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-attractions-c60335\/tickets-for-vienna-supreme-concerts-at-palais-eschenbach-p1031427\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Esch\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert tickets<\/a>* for Palais Eschenbach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8230;highly-rated by visitors<\/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\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5359\">Concert venues<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/ring\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1546\">The Ringstrasse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Architects &amp; arpeggios<\/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\/2024\/01\/eschenbach2.jpg\" alt=\"Front view of Palais Eschenbach\" class=\"wp-image-67361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/eschenbach2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/eschenbach2-300x225.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\">(View of the building from the road)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you might imagine, the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects (\u00d6IAV) does not sound like the sort of group that would occupy just any kind of building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the early 1870s, the association built their current home close to the great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/ring\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1546\">Ring boulevard<\/a> and just between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/overview\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1446\">Kunsthistorisches Museum<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/gemaldegalerie-paintings-gallery\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"42411\">Academy of Fine Arts Vienna<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaiser Franz Joseph himself offered the land at a favourable price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such a location, sponsor and occupant demanded a prestigious palais that projected gravitas and representational weight. So no pressure on architect Otto Thienemann, then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outcome proved more than satisfactory, though.<\/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\/2025\/06\/palaiseschenbach1882.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a newly-constructed town palais in 1882\" class=\"wp-image-83968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/palaiseschenbach1882.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/palaiseschenbach1882-300x225.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\">(View of the building from Getriedemarkt immediately after the opening in 1872, as photographed by Carl Haack; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 157166\/112; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One journalist, writing the day after the November 26th, 1872 opening described the building as (my rough translation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2026an exceptional artistic moment for Vienna<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>They also wrote that the latest addition to the cityscape was notable for its stylish beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thienemann delivered a kind of palladian neorenaissance look (unlike him, I&#8217;m not an architect so I could be way out with my technical description). And the decorative elements adorning the fa\u00e7ade certainly project the required symbolic strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building was (and still is) actually a double construction: No.9 Eschenbachgasse housing the \u00d6IAV and the &#8220;other half&#8221; at No.11 housing what would eventually become today&#8217;s \u00d6GV national business association.<\/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\/2024\/01\/palaiseschenbach1900.jpg\" alt=\"View of Eschenbachgasse around 1900\" class=\"wp-image-67364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/palaiseschenbach1900.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/palaiseschenbach1900-300x225.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\">(View of Eschenbachgasse 9 and 11 published around 1900 by Gerlach &amp; Wiedling; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 135047\/2\/1; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emperor Franz Joseph actually attended the opening. Rather politely, he entered through the \u00d6GV portal and exited through the \u00d6IAV one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, Thienemann also built one of the more notable buildings on the Graben pedestrianised street that dominates Vienna&#8217;s very centre: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/grabenhof\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5023\">Grabenhof<\/a> (together with the great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/otto-wagner-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4917\">Otto Wagner<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both parts of the Palais find their representative zenith in their ceremonial halls (Festsaal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u00d6IAV Festsaal has beautiful wood panelling and inlaid columns. The \u00d6GV equivalent has a lighter marble touch with more of a southerly feel to it. Almost as if the two form a glorious spring &#8211; autumn duet.<\/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\/2024\/04\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"Entranceway to Palais Eschenbach\" class=\"wp-image-70406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Entrance and sign for the \u00d6IAV Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concerts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The two associations also offer Palais Eschenbach as an event venue. It finds regular use, for example, in highly-rated concerts given by the Vienna Supreme Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This accomplished ensemble, together with singers and ballet dancers, delivers an evening of lighter classical pieces tailored to the needs of visitors to the city. The more famous works of Mozart and the Strauss family feature, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The palais is still used by the \u00d6IAV and \u00d6GV so you cannot simply wander in and walk around. However, the public concerts obviously allow access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Booking service provided by Tiqets.com*, who I am an affiliate of)<\/p><div data-tiqets-widget=\"availability\" data-layout=\"full\" data-product-id=\"1031427\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"AW_Esch\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Nothing on your dates? Try some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=MSconcerts\" rel=\"sponsored\">alternative concerts<\/a>*)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you worry about the right to clothes to wear for such an occasion, I have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/classical-concert-dress-code\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"75082\">some pointers for you<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of nearby activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You might like to draw some musical inspiration from the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozart-monument-burggarten\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5870\">Mozart monument<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/burggarten\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2746\">Burggarten park<\/a> before attending a concert featuring his compositions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coffee and cake beforehand in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-sperl\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9714\">Caf\u00e9 Sperl<\/a> adds a further classic touch to the experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to Palais Eschenbach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The location is very central so easily walked to from the old town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: practically next door to the MuseumsQuartier subway station on the U2 line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tram: just up from the Burgring stop on the Ringstrasse on the D, 71, 1 and 2 tram lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Eschenbachgasse 9 and 11, 1010 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oiav.at\/\">\u00d6IAV<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gewerbeverein.at\/\">\u00d6GV<\/a><\/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>This prestigious 19th-century palais doubles as a venue for concerts of light classical music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70392"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89066,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70392\/revisions\/89066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}