To be privately owned
ResidenceGraz-Innere Stadt
Lengheimb Palace
Palais Lengheimb is a former city palace in Graz. It is located in Bürgergasse in the first district, Innere Stadt. A palace of the same name, which belonged to the Lengheimb family, stands in Hans-Sachs-Gasse.
The Renaissance-style palace was built in 1577 for Adam von Lengheimb and first mentioned in documents in 1596. The Lengheimb family, originally from Carniola, settled in Styria and acquired several lordships, such as the East Styrian castles of Kapfenstein and Pertlstein. In 1620, the family was elevated to the rank of baron, and in 1674, to count.
Counts Andreas and Max Adam von Lengheimb sold the palace in Bürgergasse in 1732 to the Jesuit College, which maintained a seminary in the neighboring buildings. The Jesuit order had the building extended upwards. After the dissolution of the order in Graz in 1773, the Imperial-Royal Court Chamber took over the palace. In the 19th century, it changed hands several times. From 1927 to 1935, it was owned by the Academic Gymnastics Club. In 1945, after the Second World War, it was taken over by the Styrian provincial government, handed over to the city of Graz, which finally reimbursed it to the Gymnastics Club. From 1960 to 1963, a comprehensive renovation took place. Today, large parts of the premises are rented out.
Architecture and Design+
A special feature of the four-story building with its four wings is a polygonal corner oriel on corbels, extending over all upper floors. Below the oriel is a corner bumper stone from the time of construction. The plain facade is structured only by the stone-framed windows. Through the Renaissance portal with two flanking round pillars and iron-clad gate wings from the 18th century, one reaches the inner courtyard through a cross-vaulted passage. There are arcaded walkways supported by Tuscan columns. A stone tablet above a ground-floor arcade is inscribed with the construction year (1577). In 1996, plastered-over sgraffiti were uncovered at the arcades. The balcony walkways on the west side were added later in the 19th century.
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