Episcopal Ordinary
ResidencePassau
New Residence
The New Episcopal Residence of the Prince-Bishops of Passau was built between 1712 and 1730 in the style of Viennese Late Baroque. The master builders were presumably the Italian Domenico d’Angeli and the Viennese Antonio Beduzzi.
Under Prince-Bishop Cardinal Leopold Ernst von Firmian, the building received its facade ornamentation with two portals and a roof balustrade from the Viennese Melchior Hefele between 1765 and 1771. The two projecting balconies are marked with the years 1770 and 1771.
Inside, the staircase is particularly significant, with its stucco work by Johann Baptist Modler and the ceiling fresco by Johann Georg Unruhe from around 1768. The ceiling fresco depicts the gods of Olympus. Putti, created by the Passau sculptor Joseph Bergler the Elder, sit on the stair railings.
The staircase is accessible. Today, the New Residence houses the Episcopal Ordinariate with the entrance to the Cathedral Treasury Museum.
The building is connected to the Old Residence via the so-called Saalbau.
Take Mobile History with you
You are reading this text for free. Premium adds what matters on the road: descriptions read aloud, sites found through your camera, whole regions taken offline.
- Every description, including the ~17,700 Premium sites
- Audio guide: have descriptions read to you on location
- AR finder: see sites through your camera, with distance and bearing
- Unlimited saved sites
14 days free, then from €2.99 a month. Cancel anytime.
Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
This description draws on the facts documented in the linked Wikipedia article; Wikipedia content is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wording and editing: Mobile History.
Location: 48.5740, 13.4669