Austria Classic Hotel Wien
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The Austria Classic Hotel Wien is a three-star hotel, located on Praterstraße in Vienna
's second district, the Leopoldstadt
. It is a member of the Austria
Classic Hotels group and was named Hotel Nordbahn until a rebranding in Jannuary 2008.
of the k.k. Nordbahnhof (Vienna North Station) on Nordbahnstraße was inaugurated, the existing building was extended by one floor and established as Hotel Nordbahn, as due to the increasing international traffic touristic accommodation needs increased accordingly.
From 1843 to 1849 further extensions and adaptations were undertaken by hotel owner Josef Scheiflinger. Since that time the hotel has remained a family property.
From 1944 to 1945, the building was partially destroyed in World War II
and was under Soviet administration until 1955. After the Allied Occupation of Austria, the hotel management was restored to Kommerzialrat Felix Scheiflinger, who had succeeded his father Josef Scheiflinger in 1908. In 1961, the management came to Erika Blumauer, Felix Scheiflinger's daughter, who modernised the house and passes management to her son Reinhard Blumauer in 1973.
Prior to the inauguration of the new Wien Praterstern railway station (before Bahnhof Wien Nord, before Bahnhof Praterstern, originally k.k. Nordbahnhof) the Hotel Nordbahn undertook a rebranding
in its 170th year of existence and was renamed Austria Classic Hotel Wien by the 1st of Jannuary 2008.
The latest change of management occurred in 2010 when Reinhard Blumauer passed management on to his daughter Ines Pietsch, who thereby "became one of the youngest hotel managers of Austria".
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
's second district, the Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt is the 2nd municipal District of Vienna . There are inhabitants over . It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau , forms a large island surrounded by the Danube Canal and, to the north, the Danube. It is named after Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor...
. It is a member of the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
Classic Hotels group and was named Hotel Nordbahn until a rebranding in Jannuary 2008.
History
The building Zum schwarzen Tor on Praterstraße Nr.72 (named Jägerzeile until 1862) was completed in 1808. It originally served as residential house for a Peter Danhauser and only comprised two floors. In 1838, one year after Austria's first steam railway, the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway , had opened and the first station buildingStation building
A station building, also known as a head house, is the main building of a passenger train station. It is typically used principally to provide services to passengers.A station building is not to be confused with the station itself...
of the k.k. Nordbahnhof (Vienna North Station) on Nordbahnstraße was inaugurated, the existing building was extended by one floor and established as Hotel Nordbahn, as due to the increasing international traffic touristic accommodation needs increased accordingly.
From 1843 to 1849 further extensions and adaptations were undertaken by hotel owner Josef Scheiflinger. Since that time the hotel has remained a family property.
From 1944 to 1945, the building was partially destroyed in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and was under Soviet administration until 1955. After the Allied Occupation of Austria, the hotel management was restored to Kommerzialrat Felix Scheiflinger, who had succeeded his father Josef Scheiflinger in 1908. In 1961, the management came to Erika Blumauer, Felix Scheiflinger's daughter, who modernised the house and passes management to her son Reinhard Blumauer in 1973.
Prior to the inauguration of the new Wien Praterstern railway station (before Bahnhof Wien Nord, before Bahnhof Praterstern, originally k.k. Nordbahnhof) the Hotel Nordbahn undertook a rebranding
Rebranding
Rebranding is the creation of a new name, term, symbol, design, or a combination of them for an established brand with the intention of developing a differentiated position in the mind of stakeholders and competitors....
in its 170th year of existence and was renamed Austria Classic Hotel Wien by the 1st of Jannuary 2008.
The latest change of management occurred in 2010 when Reinhard Blumauer passed management on to his daughter Ines Pietsch, who thereby "became one of the youngest hotel managers of Austria".
Notable Guests
- The Austro-American composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and film scoreFilm scoreA film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
composition pioneer Max SteinerMax SteinerMax Steiner was an Austrian composer of music for theatre productions and films. He later became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Trained by the great classical music composers Brahms and Mahler, he was one of the first composers who primarily wrote music for motion pictures, and as...
was born on the 10th of Mai 1888 in Hotel Nordbahn as Maximilian Raoul Steiner. At his time Steiner was one of the best-known composers in Hollywood. Sometimes referred to as "the father of film music", Steiner is widely regarded today as one of the greatest film score composers in the history of cinema. Steiner composed hundreds of film scores, amongst those "Casablanca"Casablanca (film)Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in...
, "Gone with the Wind"Gone with the Wind (film)Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard...
and "King Kong"King Kong (1933 film)King Kong is a Pre-Code 1933 fantasy monster adventure film co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and written by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman after a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. The film tells of a gigantic island-dwelling apeman creature called Kong who dies in...
. On the occasion of Max Steiner's 100th birthday a commemorative plaqueCommemorative plaqueA commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event...
was revealed at the hotel by owner Reinhard Blumauer, BezirksvorsteherDistricts of ViennaThe districts of Vienna are 23 named city sections of Vienna, Austria, which are also numbered for easy reference. For centuries, district boundaries have changed...
(head of district) Heinz Weißmann und Viennese mayor Helmut ZilkHelmut ZilkHelmut Zilk was an Austrian journalist and politician in the Austrian Social Democratic Party.- Biography :...
.
- Fine artFine artFine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....
ist and playwrightPlaywrightA playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
Stanisław Wyspiański, a PolishPolesthumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
member of the Vienna SecessionVienna SecessionThe Vienna Secession was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists who had resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists, housed in the Vienna Künstlerhaus. This movement included painters, sculptors, and architects...
, resided in Hotel Nordbahn in summer 1904, en route from convalescent care in Bad HallBad HallBad Hall is a market town in the Steyr-Land district in central Upper Austria, Austria. It has 5,200 inhabitants, as of 2006 estimates, in an area of 13.38 km². Its name, Bad Hall, means "Bath salt", a reference to its long history of baths and spas....
to his hometown Krakau. Since 1996 a plaque on the facadeFacadeA facade or façade is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face"....
of the hotel commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Österreichisch-Polnische Gesellschaft (Austrian-Polish Society) and Wyspiański's frequent stays at the Hotel, where amongst others he wrote his German dramatic fragment "Weimar 1829".
Literature
Referencing Literature:- Hermann BahrHermann BahrHermann Bahr was an Austrian writer, playwright, director, and critic.-Biography:Born and raised in Linz, Bahr studied Philosophy, Law, Economics and Philology in Vienna, Czernowitz and Berlin. During a prolonged stay in Paris he discovered his interest in literature and art...
(Hg.): Briefe von Josef KainzJosef KainzJosef Gottfried Ignaz Kainz was an Austrian actor of Hungarian birth. He was highly active in theatres in Austria and Germany from 1873–1910...
. Wien: Rikola Verlag, 1922 - Helga Gibs: Leopoldstadt: kleine Welt am grossen Strom. Wien: Mohl, 1997, S.67, ISBN 3900272549
- Albert Paris GüterslohAlbert Paris GüterslohAlbert Paris Gütersloh was an Austrian painter and writer.Gütersloh worked as actor, director, and stage designer before he focused on painting in 1921....
: Die tanzende Törin: Roman. München: Langen-Müller, 1973 - Cilly Kugelmann, Hanno Loewy: So einfach war das: jüdische Kindheit und Jugend in Deutschland seit 1945. Zeitzeugnisse aus dem Jüdischen Museum Berlin. Köln: DuMont 2002
- Allan H. Mankoff: Mankoff's lusty Europe: the first all-purpose European guide to sex, love and romance. New York City: Viking Press, 1972
- Franz Julius Schneeberger: Banditen im Franck: Politisch-socialer Roman aus der Gegenwart. Von A. v. S. Band 2, Wien, Pest, Leipzig: A. Hartleben, 1867
- Siegfried Weyr: Wien: Magie der Inneren Stadt. Band 1 von Eine Stadt erzählt. Wien: Zsolnay, 1968