Jugendheim Lindenhof, Protected heritage monument in Eggenburg, Austria.
Jugendheim Lindenhof is a training home for male youths run by the City of Vienna in Eggenburg, Lower Austria. Its oldest building, erected in 1888 on Grafenbergerstraße, is a multi-winged complex with projecting risalits; the 1908 pavilions on Felberstraße are laid out symmetrically like a park, with late-historicist decoration and castle-like forms.
Built in 1887–1888 as a correctional institution for children on Grafenbergerstraße, it housed about 200 boys and girls aged six to fourteen. In 1908 the city bought the former hospital building and added pavilions on Felberstraße; in 1922 Vienna took over its administration.
The name Lindenhof refers to the linden trees of the site; the institution has drawn media attention since the 1960s. Around 30 young men live here and learn trades such as mason, carpenter, baker, gas and water fitter, and painter. Social integration of the residents is the stated aim.
The Lindenhof is a residential training home, not a public venue, so visits are not open to tourists. The complex lies between Grafenbergerstraße and Felberstraße on the edge of Eggenburg's old town; the 1888 main building and the 1908 park-like pavilions can be viewed from the surrounding streets.
The 1908 pavilions on Felberstraße were built as an extension in a park-like symmetrical layout, reusing the town's former hospital building. Their late-historicist decoration borrows Old German-Romantic castle forms, and several foyers and staircases keep their original fittings. The agricultural training buildings with stables and workshops were put up in timber-frame construction with brick ornament.
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