Galler Palace

The Palais Galler, or Palais Prandegg, is a former Graz city palace on Karmeliterplatz in the Innere Stadt district.

In the course of the Baroque urban expansion, the city walls were moved eastward, and new building land was developed. The two predecessor buildings of the palace with garden plots were acquired in 1674 by Count Viktor Jacob von Prandegg. Subsequently, the houses were demolished, and the Baroque palace was erected on the site between 1680 and 1690 under the direction of master builder Bartholomäus Ebner. As early as 1693, the palace was bought by Count Wilhelm Galler. The subsequent owners are unknown until the palace was referred to as "Breuner'sches Haus" in 1748, and from 1785 to 1803, Countess Elisabeth von Galler was attested as owner. After further changes of ownership, master builder Andreas Stadler was commissioned by Friedrich Chevalier de Bachet to carry out a complete renovation.

From 1920, the Catholic missionary society Weißes Kreuz was the owner of Palais Galler until its expropriation in 1938. After Austria's annexation to Germany, the building served as the seat of the Gauleitung of the NSDAP until the Weißes Kreuz had its property rights restituted after the end of the war and was soon replaced as owner by the Diocese of Graz-Seckau. In 1977, Palais Galler was sold to the Styrian People's Party, which has had its headquarters there ever since.