Villa Wertheimstein, Heritage protected villa in Döbling, Austria.
Villa Wertheimstein stands at Döblinger Hauptstraße 96 in Vienna's Döbling district. The Biedermeier house, remodeled in 1834/35, now holds the Bezirksmuseum Döbling, and its adjacent park is named Wertheimsteinpark after its donor.
The house, formerly a monastery property called Tullnerhof, was bought by industrialist Rudolf von Arthaber in 1833 and rebuilt as a Biedermeier villa in 1834/35. After Arthaber's death in 1867, Leopold and Josephine von Wertheimstein acquired it from his heirs. Their daughter Franziska bequeathed house and park to the City of Vienna in 1907.
The villa houses rooms dedicated to important writers, including a space for Ferdinand Saar and another for Eduard von Bauernfeld. These spaces help visitors connect the house to Vienna's literary world of the 1800s.
The museum building stands on a main street and is accessible by tram and bus lines. It is best to call ahead to confirm visiting hours and current opening days.
The salon where Eduard von Bauernfeld and Ferdinand von Saar met other artists survives in its original condition. Ferdinand von Saar, Franziska's admirer and a guest for over three decades, died in the villa in 1906.
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