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Empress Elisabeth Memorial Cottage
In 1908, the municipality of Gföhl commissioned the Viennese architect Viktor Postelberg to build an orphanage. The building was dedicated to the memory of Empress Elisabeth, and in connection with this, the Gföhl Child Protection and Orphanage Association decided to have the same architect build an "Empress Elisabeth Memorial Cottage" in a small park opposite the orphanage.
In designing both projects, Postelberg adopted the picturesque vernacular style popular in rural areas, and the small memorial cottage, in particular, is characterized by its romantic and picturesque appearance.
Inge Scheidl, Art and Cultural Historian
In 1908, the municipality of Gföhl commissioned the Viennese architect Viktor Postelberg to build an orphanage. The building was dedicated to the memory of Empress Elisabeth, and in connection with this, the Gföhl Child Protection and Orphanage Association decided to have the same architect build an "Empress Elisabeth Memorial Cottage" in a small park opposite the orphanage.
In designing both projects, Postelberg adopted the picturesque vernacular style popular in rural areas, and the small memorial cottage, in particular, is characterized by its romantic and picturesque appearance.
Inge Scheidl, Art and Cultural Historian
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Inside, a marble sculpture depicting the youthful Empress was installed, approached in a humble pose by a commoner. The work is by the sculptor Alfonso Canciani, a member of the Vienna Secession and, at the time, a very well-known and particularly busy artist in Vienna. His design for the marble group now executed in Gföhl was shortlisted in the competition for the Empress Elisabeth Monument, erected in 1907 in Vienna's Volksgarten.
At the dedication ceremony, it was explicitly noted that both artists performed their work free of charge.
At the dedication ceremony, it was explicitly noted that both artists performed their work free of charge.
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