August Engelbrecht (architect)

August Engelbrecht (1872)

Schmidgasse 18 (1844)

Domgasse 12 (1857-1858)

August Engelbrecht (* 1807 in Eltmann ; † May 11, 1887 in Vienna ) was an Austrian builder and architect of German origin.

Life

August Engelbrecht came from Lower Franconia and was the son of a bricklayer. When and why he came to Vienna is not known. In any case, the visit to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna between 1829 and 1833 is documented. In 1845 he received the master builder license, was accepted into the master builder guild and became a citizen of Vienna. A successful career as a builder and homeowner followed that made him wealthy. He built most of the buildings as the client and sold them after completion. Engelbrecht had been married since 1836 and had five children. He died of pulmonary edema at the age of 80 .

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August Engelbrecht was stylistically a representative of early historicism . His buildings show a great variety of designs from simple suburban houses to representative rental houses in the city center, whereby as the "property owner" he always made sure that the apartments could be rented profitably.

• Josefstädter parish hall , Schmidgasse 18 / Lange Gasse 40, Vienna 8 (1844), today District Museum Josefstadt , under monument protection
• Rental house , Lange Gasse 40 / Schmidgasse 18, Vienna 8 (1844–1845)
• Rental house , Nußdorfer Straße 88, Vienna 9 (1845)
• Rental houses , Lerchenfelder Straße 13 and Neustiftgasse 16 ( Schottdurchhaus ), Vienna 7 (1847–1848), connected with Durchhaus ; Client
• Rental house , Wohllebengasse 9, Vienna 4 (1847), adaptation, built in 1804, side wing by Andreas Lechner in 1833
• Rental house , Lenaugasse 19, Vienna 8 (1847), street wing of the Wallishauserische Buchdruckerei
• Rental house , Argentinierstraße 43, Vienna 4 (1847) replaced in 1863 by a new building by MA Werdoljak
• Residential building , Belvederegasse 12 / Mommsengasse 7, Vienna 4 (1847), own residential building and other family members; Replaced by a new building approx. 1887/1889
• Rental house , Webgasse 15, Vienna 6 (1850), not preserved
• Rental house , D'Orsaygasse 6, Vienna 9 (1850), not preserved
• Full and bathtub , Gumpendorfer Strasse 59 / Luftbadgasse 14, Vienna 6 (1851), not preserved
• Rental house , Landstraßer Hauptstraße 6, Vienna 3 (1851)
• Glass house extension at residential building , Landstraßer Hauptstrasse 102, Vienna 3 (1851)
• Rental house , Gumpendorfer Straße 61 / Luftbadgasse 16, Vienna 6 (1851), with through-house, not preserved
• Rental house , Krieglergasse 3, Vienna 3 (1853), painted in 1961
• Rental house , Landstraßer Hauptstraße 51 / Rasumofskygasse 31 / Erdbergstraße 1, Vienna 3 (1853), destroyed by bombing, 1951 new building by Alfred Dreier and Otto Nadis
• Rental house “Zur Maria Treu” , Josefstädter Straße 41, Vienna 8 (1854), adaptation and renovation; Built in 1733
• Rental and commercial building , Domgasse 1 / Schulerstraße 4, Vienna 1 (1857–1858), a listed building
• Rental house , Argentinierstraße 40 / Belvederegasse 22, Vienna 4 (1861), client
• Rental house , Argentinierstrasse 45 / Belvederegasse 20, Vienna 4 (1861–1862), client
• Rectory of the parish of St. Elisabeth and elementary school , Elisabethplatz 8 and 9, Vienna 4 (1867–1868)
• Sankt Josef Children's Hospital, Kolschitzkygasse 9–11, Vienna 4 (1870), extension; not received

Web links

Commons : August Engelbrecht  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• August Engelbrecht (architect). In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.