Thinnfeld Palace

Palais Thinnfeld (also Thienfeld or Thinfeld) is a former Graz city palace at the corner of Mariahilferstraße and Südtiroler Platz in the fourth district of Lend. It is directly connected to the Graz Kunsthaus.

At the site of the present-day palace were two houses, which were in bourgeois possession and were considered the most highly taxed houses of the old Murvorstadt. Johann Adam Thien, an iron merchant, had two wings built on the Mur side in 1701. Around 1740, the building was extended and renovated. Under Balthasar Thi(e)n(n) von Thinnfeld, Adam Thien's son, the old building was demolished and a new main wing was erected in its place according to the plans of the architect Anton Erhard Martinelli. The construction of the palace, completed in 1742, was carried out by master builder Johann Georg Stengg. In 1820, Palais Thinnfeld came into the possession of Master Purgleitner, a leather manufacturer. After 1838, the building was owned, among others, by the Graz ophthalmologist Johann Stieger and other bourgeois owners. From 1848 to 1850, the Iron House was added. After 1910, the company Lechner acquired the palace and used the premises as a department store from 1955. The Iron House was converted into the Kunsthaus Graz at the beginning of the 21st century. The city of Graz acquired Palais Thinnfeld, had it renovated in 2007, and has since used the rooms as office and exhibition spaces.