Liszthaus Raiding

The Liszthaus Raiding is the birthplace of Franz Liszt in Raiding in Burgenland, Austria. Liszt was born here in 1811. Today it is a museum.

Liszthaus Raiding
General information
AddressLisztzentrum Raiding
Lisztstraße 46
7321 Raiding
Town or cityRaiding
CountryAustria
Coordinates47°34′1″N 16°31′45″E
Completed16th century
Website
http://liszt-haus.at/

A concert hall, next to the house, was opened in 2006.

History

Liszt's time and earlier

The stone building was built in the 16th century; it was part of an estate created by von Guniafalva, a noble, and extended in the mid-17th century by his son-in-law Johann Illesy. The estate was bought in 1805 by the Esterházy family.[1]

At that time, Raiding (Hungarian name Doborján) was in the Kingdom of Hungary. The building had a roof of wooden shingles, and had six rooms, a kitchen and a room for wine fermentation. Adam Liszt, father of the composer, was steward of the sheep on the Esterházy estate; he was also a musician, playing cello in Prince Esterházy's orchestra.[1][2]

The future composer, only son of Adam Liszt and his wife Maria Anna, was born here on 22 October 1811. He was baptized the following day in the neighbouring town of Unterfrauenhaid. Franz received music lessons from his father from the age of six. Adam was unable to obtain funds for Franz's education from the Esterházy family, and the Liszts moved to Vienna in 1822.[2]

Recent years
Liszt's birthplace and the adjacent concert hall

In 1951, after two year's renovation, the building, called a Gedächtnisstätte (place of remembrance) was officially opened. In 1971 Paul Esterházy, the last owner from the Esterházy family, gave the building to the town of Raiding.[3][4]

In 1979 the building was re-opened as a museum. The concert hall, next to the house, the Lisztzentrum Raiding, was opened in 2006. Its capacity is about 580, and it is the home of the Raiding Liszt Festival. In 2011, 200 years after Liszt's birth, the contents and technology of the museum were updated.[3][5][6]

See also

References
  1. Geschichte des Hauses Official site, accessed 28 January 2017.
  2. Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Official site, accessed 28 January 2017.
  3. Museale Nutzung Official site, accessed 28 January 2017.
  4. Feierliche Eröffnung des Liszt-Hauses. Burgenländische Freiheit, 14 October 1951, page 3.
  5. Franz Liszts Geburtshaus wird ein Museum. Burgenländische Freiheit, 19 April 1979, page 41.
  6. Lisztzentrum Raiding Kulturzentren Bergenland, accessed 28 January 2017.
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