August Schwendenwein from Lanauberg

August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg (born December 1, 1817 in Vienna ; † November 3, 1885 ibid) was an Austrian architect and builder of several Viennese palaces.

Life

August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg studied first in Vienna, later in Munich . In 1837 he was awarded the Gundel Prize .
From the 1840s he worked intensively with Johann Romano vonringen . At that time, August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg specialized primarily in castle and upscale residential architecture.

In 1894, the Schwendenweingasse in Vienna- Währing (18th district) was named after him.

Important buildings

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  "Nibelungenhof" in Vienna (1870)

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  Metternich Palace

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  Palais Schey

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  Wolfsberg Castle

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  Henckel von Donnersmarck Palace

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  Great Synagogue in Brno

Well-known buildings by the duo Johann Romano von Rings and August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg are:

• in Vienna
  • 1848 Palais Metternich , built for Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich .
  • 1859 Palais Festetics , built for the Counts of Festetics at Berggasse 16 in Vienna's 9th district .
  • 1864 Palais Schey von Koromla , built at Opernring 10 on behalf of the banker Friedrich Schey von Koromla .
  • 1866 Palais Dumba , for Nikolaus Dumba , on Parkring , today the Italian embassy.
  • 1868 Palais Ofenheim , for Viktor Ofenheim, on Schwarzenbergplatz , today the headquarters of Zurich Insurance Austria .
  • 1870 “Nibelungenhof” at Friedrichstrasse 8 / Nibelungengasse 1–3 / Makartgasse 1 in Vienna
  • 1871 Henckel von Donnersmarck Palace in Weihburggasse , today the Radisson SAS Hotel

• in Hungary
  • 1847 Erdődy Castle , in Vép

• in Carinthia
  • 1853 Wolfsberg Castle

• in Lower Austria
  • 1870 Maissau Castle

• in Czech Republic
  • 1855 Great Synagogue in Brno

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schwendenwein von Lanauberg, August . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 32nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, pp. 372–374 ( digitized version ).
• Karl Weiß:  Schwendenwein von Lanauberg, August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 381 f.
• Adler - Journal for Genealogy and Heraldry: 21st (XXXV.) Volume (2001–2002) No. 7 (July-September 2002) p. 278
• Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna, Volume 5 p. 184 (wrong title of nobility).
• Schwendenwein from Lanauberg August. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005,ISBN 3-7001-3580-7, p. 46 f. (Direct links on p. 46 , p. 47 ).

Web links

Commons : August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• August Schwendenwein. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
• August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
• August Schwendenwein on Planet Vienna

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ines Müller: "There, in Kakanien, this lost, misunderstood state ...". Synagogues between Vienna and Budapest. In: Scientific work from Burgenland . Issue 92, Eisenstadt 1993, p. 261, digitized on ZOBODAT