Celestine Recla

Cölestin Recla (born March 7, 1842 in Sarnonico , Nonstal , Austrian Empire ; † December 2, 1908 in Untermais , Merano , Austria-Hungary ) was a builder in Merano. Its buildings shape the face of the city to this day and are partly under monument or ensemble protection.

Life

Recla first worked with the architect Karl Moeser before planning and realizing villas himself. Its buildings are assigned to historicism . In 1908 his colleague Eduard Hofele took over the construction company, who named it “C. Recla, builder ”continued.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Merano

See also : List of protected ensembles in Merano

Building (selection)

image	Surname	Built	address	Others
	Villa Marienruhe	1880	Leichtergasse 4.	Mary Howitt's retirement home
	Praderhof	1887	Ifingerstraße 6	Planning by Karl Moeser Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Hotel Europe	1888	Freedom Street 178
	Villa Plant	1888	Otto-Huber-Strasse 1	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Villa Nadine	1890	Carduccistraße 43	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Villa Venosta	1893	Otto-Huber-Strasse 3–5	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Villa Ortler	1893	Carduccistraße 28	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	House Hörmann	1895	Rennweg 16-20	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	New York mansion	1896	Rätiastraße 6	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Evangelical rectory	1896	Carduccistraße 31	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

literature

• Walter Gadner, Magdalena Schmidt: In a straight line, urban planning and architecture in Merano 1860–1960 . Edition Raetia, Bozen 2017, ISBN 978-88-7283-574-6

• Anna Pixner Pertoll: Villa construction in Merano at the turn of the century . Innsbruck 1990 (dissertation)

Web links

Commons : Cölestin Recla  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Obituary in the Burggräfler dated December 5, 1908, digital copy of the Teßmann library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Der Burggräfler of December 30, 1908
2. ↑ Anna Pixner Pertoll: Built into the light. The Merano villas, their gardens and the development of the city (1869-1920) , Bolzano 2009
3. ↑ Gadner, Schmidt p. 94