Tenants

In 1734, Count Friedrich Karl von Schönborn- Buchheim resigned fromhis position as Imperial Vice- Chancellor in Vienna. He left the city andhenceforth devoted himself to his position as Prince- Bishop of Bam-berg and Würzburg. Prior to that, he had appointed Johann Lucas vonHildebrandt as General Inspector of all his estates. In 1740, FriedrichKarl had the city palace of the Batthyány family( now Palais Schönborn-Batthyány) on Renngasse purchased, to which

the precious furniture and artworks from theSchönborn Garden Palace were then transferred.Thereafter, the Schönborn Garden Palace waslet out to other noble families including theCounts of Sylva- Tarouca, Salm, and Wurmbrand.

1820 saw Baron Johann Adam Wetzlar vonPlankenstern move in along with his extensivegallery of paintings. In 1845, Baroness AmaliaPasqualati opened a private theatre here, which

By that time, thebuilding looked muchthe worse for wear,for which reasonlocals referred to it asthe Wanzenburg.

she received a concession to run publicly in 1860. The actor JuliusConradi then took over her theatre and added a theatre school in 1862.During that same year, the Schönborn estate was purchased by theCity of Vienna. The baroque garden was designated a public park, andindividual areas of the palace were made available to various furthertenants. Restaurateur Joseph Benedikter opened a public house here;this Bierhalle hosted private celebrations, balls, and weddings. Theformer Schönborn Garden Palace was described around this time asa Haus für Alles( house for everything): a cooper and a casket makeropened up workshops, a democratic association held its meetingshere, a gymnastics club trained in one of the halls, and new con-scripts came here for their medical examinations once each year.

1870 saw the Garden Palace occupied by the newly foundedRoyal- Imperial Academy of Agriculture, which adapted the buildingfor its own purposes and expanded the eastern wing out to the edgeof Lange Gasse. Teaching began in 1872. When this institution moved

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