Palais Erzherzog Wilhelm

Palais Erzherzog Wilhelm—better known locally as the Deutschmeister-Palais—was built in Vienna between 1864 and 1868 as a residence for Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria. He was born in 1827 and, at the time, served as Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, the Deutschmeister, and the palace takes its identity from that role. The building was designed by the Danish-Austrian architect Theophil von Hansen (1813–1891), and its façade includes statues by Austrian sculptor Joseph Gasser von Valhorn. This is also one of the reasons the site feels bigger than any single household: from 1938 to 1945 it functioned as the seat of the Viennese SS headquarters, and from 1945 to 1974 it became the Federal Police Department in Vienna. Today, it houses the offices of the OPEC Fund for International Development. …

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