Lengheimb Palace

Palais Lengheimb is a former city palace in Graz. It is located in Hans-Sachs-Gasse in the first district, Innere Stadt. A palace of the same name, which belonged to the Lengheimb family, stands in Bürgergasse. Palais Stubenberg is directly connected to the palace.

A predecessor building, mentioned as early as 1512, is presumed to have stood at the site of the current palace. In 1689, a division of land occurred, in which a plot of land was transferred tax-free to Count Bernhard von Rindsmaul, a regimental councilor of Inner Austria. He commissioned the master builder Joachim Carlone with the construction of the current palace. From 1719 to 1803, the house was owned by the Lengheimb family. After a fire in 1719, significant damage occurred to the building. Between 1804 and 1813, the palace was owned by Baron Anton von Königsbrunn and eventually passed into bourgeois ownership, from 1827 to the Seßler family, then to the Reicher family. From 1865, a music institute named Johann Buwa, with the eponymous Buwasaal, where concerts were held, was located on the second floor.

After the demolition of the city wall and the bastions, the palace was extended, with the original facade design remaining unchanged. The Workers' Accident Insurance Institute became the new owner of the city palace from 1909. On February 19, 1945, the entire corner of the house, where the "Reichsknappschaft" was located, was destroyed by a direct hit during a bombing raid. The reconstruction was led by Alexander Bogner in 1948, and from 1961, various university institutes were housed in the premises. Today, various commercial premises are primarily located on the ground floor.