Anton von Braunmühl (architect)

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Anton von Braunmühl , also Anton Edler von Braunmühl , (born January 31, 1820 in Schwabmünchen , † March 2, 1858 in Tbilisi ) was a German architect .

Life

The Kainzenbad in Partenkirchen on a postcard from around 1900.

He was born as the son of the Bavarian government councilor Anton von Braunmühl and his wife Sybilla born. Edle von Weckbecker was born in Schwabmünchen. He first studied at the Polytechnic School, then at the Building School of the Academy in Munich (both are now part of the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Munich ) with Friedrich von Gärtner . Gärtner, who quickly recognized his great talent, accepted him into his office in 1843 after successfully passing the state building service examination. He was considered one of the most imaginative and stylish architects of his time.

One of his first major works was the Kurhaus for Joseph Braun in Bad Tölz (1843); numerous large residential buildings, especially in Munich, followed in the next few years. In 1850 the Kainzenbad spa hotel near Partenkirchen was built according to his plans . In his booklet from 1869 "The Kainzenbad near Partenkirchen in the Bavarian High Mountains and its healing effects", the author A. Terne describes the house: The two Kainzenbad spa houses were new, solid and with reasonable consideration of their purposes twenty and a few years ago at considerable expense Purpose has been built. They are surrounded by light and air all around, are completely dry, criss-crossed by bright, spacious corridors and contain a beautiful large social room. The friendly living rooms intended for the spa guests offer the most charming views of the mountains and the valley. Both houses have balconies, respectively. Veranda provided to allow the stay in the open air even when it rains.

Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi, around 1870

In addition to his work as an architect, from 1847 to 1852 he also taught architecture and architectural drawing at the building trade school in Munich . Following the interest of the time in old architecture, he increasingly shifted the focus of his work to the preservation of historical building structures ; He was responsible for the restoration of the church in Niederstotzingen ( Heidenheim district ) and the Princely Residence Palace in Oettingen in Bavaria ( Donau-Ries district ).

In 1852 he accepted an invitation from the Russian painter, diplomat and later president of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts , Prince Grigori Grigorievich Gagarin (Григорий Григорьевич Гагарин) to Tbilisi (Tblissi) , which he had previously met some years during which diplomatic activity in Munich. Together they drew u. a. responsible for the restoration of the Sioni Cathedral and the Bethany Monastery south of Tbilisi. Braunmühl took on the architectural part, while Gagarin devoted himself to fresco painting.

Anton von Braunmühl was married to Anna Maria Schlenz and is the father of the mathematician Johann Anton von Braunmühl .

Anton von Braunmühl's estate is in the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Munich . Sketches and drafts are available online via the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Munich or the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin .

literature

  • Tamas Gersamia: German master builder in Tbilisi in the second half of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. In: Georgica , Volume 18 (1995), pp. 115-117, ISSN  0232-4490 .
  • Winfried Nerdinger , Florian Zimmermann (Hrsg.): The architectural drawing. From the ideal baroque plan to axonometry. (Exhibition catalog) Prestel, Munich 1986.
  • Winfried Nerdinger, Antonia Gruhn-Zimmermann (ed.): Romanticism and restoration. Architecture in Bavaria at the time of Ludwig I (1825–1848). (Catalog for the exhibition of the architecture collection of the Technical University of Munich and the Munich City Museum in connection with the Central Institute for Art History) Hugendubel, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-88034-309-8 .
  • A. Terne: The Kainzenbad near Partenkirchen in the Bavarian high mountains and its healing effects. o. O. 1869.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Munich
  2. ^ Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin