Anton Mutschlechner

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Anton Mutschlechner (born August 26, 1795 in Tristach , Tyrol , † April 18, 1846 in Innsbruck ) was a builder and architect .

Live and act

Anton Mutschlechner's most famous work today: Main entrance and arcades at the main cemetery in Mannheim , 1841
Draft for the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum , 1842 (rebuilt and changed 1884–1886)

He was the son of Anton Mutschlechner the Elder (1757–1822) from Lavant and his wife Maria geb. Lamprecht (1766-1815). Even the father was active as a builder and built various churches in East Tyrol.

Mutschlechner attended secondary school in Klagenfurt , learned architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and completed his training in Rome .

In 1825 he returned home and visited most of the German capitals for study purposes. In 1826 the Grand Duchy of Baden took him over as an architect in the state service. He was involved in the construction of various state buildings and churches, and finally he became the site manager for the reconstruction of the burned down town of Triberg in the Black Forest .

From 1832 onwards, Anton Mutschlechner traveled again to Italy for further training purposes. In 1834 he settled in Karlsruhe as a freelance architect and published his impressions and ideas in relevant magazines. On the Middle and Upper Rhine , he built stately domiciles for the upper class of society.

From 1839 to 1842 Mutschlechner worked as the city ​​architect of Mannheim . In addition to villas and town houses, such as B. the Palais Lauer, which was destroyed in World War II , or the Palais Scipio , which was demolished in 1952 , he created here a. a. the 125 meter long entrance and arcade hall of the New Main Cemetery , which was to become one of his most important works. He carried out a similar, smaller construction at the nearby Jewish cemetery , which, however, was redesigned in 1903 and blown up by SA men in 1938 during the November pogroms . Anton Mutschlechner was responsible for the planning and construction management for both of Mannheim's cemeteries, which were laid out in 1841/42, of which he designed the main cemetery in the Italian Camposanto style .

From Mannheim in 1842 Anton Mutschlechner submitted a plan for the new building of the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum, which was accepted. In the same year he returned to Tyrol, began with the execution and advanced to the city architect of the state capital Innsbruck. Its museum building was changed from 1884 to 1886 and rebuilt.

Mutschlechner suffered a stroke while the museum was being built and died of its consequences in 1846.

Family environment

Anton Mutschlechner's son Julius also studied architecture at the Munich Academy and was matriculated there in 1844. Mutschlechner's brother Alois (* 1797) worked in the same field and built a. a. the parish churches of Niederrasen (1822) and Sexten .

gallery

  • The Mannheim main cemetery from the television tower, with Mutschlechner's monumental main facade

  • Manheim main cemetery, partial view of the arcades with graves placed underneath

  • View through Mutschlechner's arcades to the Mannheim TV tower

  • Mannheim main cemetery, partial view of an arcade wing from the street

  • Main entrance of the Mannheim cemetery

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical page on the father
  2. ↑ Sponsors of historical graves in Mannheim eV (ed.): Die Friedhöfe in Mannheim , Mannheim, 1992, ISBN 3-87804-213-2 , p. 36
  3. ↑ Website with enlargeable photos of the Scipio-Haus Mannheim
  4. ^ Gustav Ebe: The German Cicerone: Guide through the art treasures of the countries of the German tongue , Volume 2, 1898, p. 292; (Detail scan)
  5. ^ Conrad Fischnaler: Innsbrucker Chronik , 1929, p. 159; (Detail scan)
  6. ↑ Website on the history of the Ferdinandeum ( Memento of the original from 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bda.at
  7. ↑ Julius Mutschlechner's matriculation entry
personal data
SURNAME Mutschlechner, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect and builder
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Tristach
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1846
Place of death innsbruck