Schoenbrunn Palace - Vienna

General Information

Schönbrunn castle, Vienna, is one of the most important cultural objects of Austria, built in the 17th century. It includes a beautifully decorated roman-catholic chapel.
Schönbrunn Castle is known as a ”world cultural heritage” and the most visited monument in Austria with its 1.440 imperial rooms, gardens, fountains, glasshouse and zoological garden. Next to the main entrance into the Castle, passing the cashier and the “sala terrena” the Chapel of the Castle is situated, which also has access from outside.
The Chapel is situated in a north western corner of the Castle and in this way exposed to wind and rain, which normally comes from western directions in Austria. Problems arise from the humidity rising in the wall, which attack the marble decorations, for example. Therefore, the chapel was selected as one of the main case studies for the EU-funded project ”Smart Monitoring of Historic Structures” (smoohs.eu). In this project, the actual condition with respect to temperature, air-flow, air humidity and wall humidity is monitored in the chapel.

Details on that case study and the ongoing monitoring campaign could be found here: www.shm.uni-stuttgart.de

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