Photo by Brigitte Semanek
This project records the various utilisations of the area that today is the Lower Austrian government’s quarter.
Funding
Institute of Rural History (own project) in cooperation with the Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Abteilung Kunst und Kultur
Duration
April – Dezember 2017
Principal Investigator
Ulrich Schwarz
Researcher
Cooperation partner
Abteilung Kunst und Kultur – Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum, Armin Laussegger and Johanna Zechner
Description
This project records the various utilisations of the area that is today the Lower Austrian government’s quarter. On selected site in the quarter we present primary sources and current research on the last two hundred years. Thus, the project connects political, economic, social and cultural history. It discusses spatial restructuring between urban and rural and the resulting changing perceptions of a place. Furthermore, the project seeks to draw connections to the history of the city of St. Pölten before and after it became the capital of Lower Austria.