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opening - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1990 - 5 Shilling

Designer: Dorner, Ferdinand

opening - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1990 - 5 Shilling


Theme: Flora
CountryAustria / II. Republic of Austria
Issue Date1990
Face Value 5.00 
Colormulti-colored black
Printing TypePhotogravure
Stamp TypeCommemorative
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1354
Chronological ChapterOOS-OE2
Michel IDOOS 2011
SID850895
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On 19 June 1882, the Palm House was opened after two years of construction. The Habsburgs' growing collection of plants had made the construction necessary, and so Emperor Franz Joseph I had the court architect F. v. Chr. Segenschmid commissioned the planning of the Palm House. Together with the structural engineer Ing. S. Wagner and the yard iron engineer I. Grindl he realized the largest (28 m height, 25 m length) glass-iron construction of its kind on the European continent even today. On February 7, 1945, the Palm House was hit by three American aerial bombs. Most of the botanical treasures froze as a result of total glass breakage at deep winter temperatures. It was not until 1953 that the Palm House was reopened. The damage in construction, pollution and blindness of the glazing, which began in the following decades, forced a renewed general refurbishment in 1986, after which the Palm House was reopened to the public on 30 November 1990.

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On 19 June 1882, the Palm House was opened after two years of construction. The Habsburgs' growing collection of plants had made the construction necessary, and so Emperor Franz Joseph I had the court architect F. v. Chr. Segenschmid commissioned the planning of the Palm House. Together with the structural engineer Ing. S. Wagner and the yard iron engineer I. Grindl he realized the largest (28 m height, 25 m length) glass-iron construction of its kind on the European continent even today. On February 7, 1945, the Palm House was hit by three American aerial bombs. Most of the botanical treasures froze as a result of total glass breakage at deep winter temperatures. It was not until 1953 that the Palm House was reopened. The damage in construction, pollution and blindness of the glazing, which began in the following decades, forced a renewed general refurbishment in 1986, after which the Palm House was reopened to the public on 30 November 1990..