Palais Rothschild, Palace in Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria

Palais Rothschild is an early Historicist palace at Renngasse 3 in Vienna's Innere Stadt, built in 1847 to plans by Ludwig Förster. Its facade projects one axis beyond the street line, with straight-pedimented windows in rows, a round-arched portal and Corinthian pilaster frames on the piano nobile. The cornice projects far forward; inside, a glass staircase was installed in 1999/2000.

Ludwig Förster built the palace in 1847 for Salomon Freiherr von Rothschild, and it housed the bank S. M. v. Rothschild, Austria's largest private bank until the Anschluss of 1938 and the following "Arisierung". The Schoellerbank bought the building from the Rothschild family in 1951 and still occupies it at Renngasse 3 in the Innere Stadt.

The Rothschild family used this residence as the center of their Vienna life, displaying artworks and furnishings accumulated over decades. The place reflected their standing as major figures in European finance and banking.

The palace stands at Renngasse 3 in the 1st district, Innere Stadt, and is still in use as the Schoellerbank headquarters, so the interior is not open to the public. From the street, look for the facade projecting one axis beyond the building line, the round-arched portal and the widely projecting cornice.

The building projects one axis beyond the street line of Renngasse, so its facade sits slightly forward of its neighbours. The interior was largely redesigned while keeping older fabric, and a glass staircase was installed in 1999/2000. The Schoellerbank has occupied the palace since buying it from the Rothschild family in 1951.