{"id":1944,"date":"2022-12-27T20:14:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T19:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2023-02-06T13:49:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T12:49:29","slug":"the-final-residence-of-beethoven-schwarzspanierhaus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/the-final-residence-of-beethoven-schwarzspanierhaus\/","title":{"rendered":"The final residence of Beethoven: Schwarzspanierhaus"},"content":{"rendered":"
Beethoven was on the move. Always. He had dozens of residences during his lifetime, sometimes as a guest, sometimes his own rent. Among the many, probably the most famous is the one, where he passed away on March 26th, 1827.<\/strong><\/p>\n The house was called Schwarzspanierhaus, meaning black Spanish house<\/em>. Today, the exact address is Schwarzspanierstra\u00dfe 15, 1090 Vienna<\/a>. Beethoven used to live on the second floor, overlooking a meadow.<\/p>\n The original building was a convent building for the Schwarzspanier monastery. It was built between 1687-1727 (a convent wing with courtyard on the street, and a garden behind the building). Joseph the II.<\/a> later relocated the convention and the building was handed over to the army. In 1781 it was auctioned off, the first owner was a merchant called Joseph Ignaz Sigmund, who converted the building into a rental house.<\/p>\n The name Schwarzspanier came into use to distinguish the convention from the Trinitarians<\/a>, who were called \u201cWhite Spaniards\u201d<\/em>, after their white monk robe.<\/p>\n After Beethoven, who lived here from 1825 till 1827, two more residents occupied the same apartment. First Nicholas Lenau (a Hungarian-Austrian poet), and as last resident, Otto Weininger (an Austrian philosopher). On November 17, 1903, despite public anger, the building was demolished, destroying the Beethoven-apartment forever. Some parts, like the door and the parquet floor, were saved and today these can be seen in Vienna\u2019s House of Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n On the new building, for the memory of Beethoven, a bronze relief was placed by Anton Grath, unveiled on November 3, 1929.<\/p>\n
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