Turmvilla Perko/Boschan - former

The builder of the villa in the village of Kaltenbach was the wealthy Viennese private individual August (the Noble von) Perko. He built several villas in Ischl, the "Turmvilla", later "Boschan", which he apparently had constructed to alleviate the hardship during the revolutionary year of 1848. Before that, he built the Villa Kaltenbach 54 (later "Duke of San Marco").

In 1848 he sold it to Count Kinsky, who in return granted him the opposite land, where Perko built a total of three villas at the house number Kaltenbach 56, two of which received the house numbers Kb. 66 and 67 during the land divisions in 1859 and 1862 respectively.

The "Turmvilla" (later "Boschan") differed greatly from other Ischler villas of its time. The complete disregard for symmetry, the low, strongly structured, multi-gabled building – from the street, the villa was only a single story – and not least the namesake lookout tower set it apart from the strictly classicist villa types. It seems that English country houses served as the model rather than classical designs. Unfortunately, the architect is unknown, and the building plans are lost.

The further fate of the villa in bullet points: 1892 sale, further sale in 1900 to Dr. Johann J. Wiener, who established a cold-water healing facility there. After World War I, the Zurich insurance cooperative 'Helios' acquired the house. After World War II, the 'Pension Insurance Institution of Workers' had a spa there, called 'Helios'.

Unfortunately, the buildings were significantly altered around 1950, partly demolished, so that nothing of the distinctive exterior remained. Today, the building serves as a staff residence for the 'Pension Insurance Institution'.