Carl Schlimp

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Citizens' School in Saaz (Žatec)

Carl Schlimp (born January 13, 1834 in Welletitz (Bohemia), † January 5, 1901 in Vienna ) was a German- Bohemian architect , engineer and entrepreneur who worked in Vienna and the Bohemian countries .

He was one of the leading architects of railway constructions in Austria-Hungary . His station buildings are mostly symmetrical buildings with central or side projections . As an architect, he had a formative effect on the cityscape of Vienna in the sense of historicism . The buildings erected in the 1870s followed the principles of the Italian Renaissance with symmetrical facades and clear structure, uniaxial side elevations and plastic decorative elements. In the 1880s he used the styles of German Renaissance buildings .

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The son of a farmer and merchant, born in Welletitz (now Veletice, OT von Holedeč ) in 1834, attended the Prague Polytechnic Institute from 1850 to 1852 . He then studied agriculture, hydraulic engineering and road construction at the Vienna Polytechnic under Josef Stummer von Traunfels and Anton Schrötter von Kristelli, and from 1854/1855 architecture at the architecture school of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . There were Eduard van der Null and August Sicard von Sicardsburg his teachers. In 1856 Schlimp became an assistant in building science and construction accounting at the Polytechnic Institute under Josef Stummer von Traunfels and went on a study trip to Italy. He became a member of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects .

In 1858 he became an employee of the Südbahn-Eisenbahngesellschaft under the building management of Wilhelm von Flattich . From 1860 he was responsible as an engineer for the construction of the high-rise buildings at Vienna's Südbahnhof and at the stations in Hetzendorf , Atzgersdorf and Liesing . From 1865 he worked as an employee of the central office of the building department in the planning of the high-rise buildings of the Brennerbahn and a project for the renovation of the Trieste train station .

In 1868 he switched to the newly founded Austrian Nordwestbahn-Gesellschaft as inspector and director of the building construction department, and until 1872 he planned almost all of the buildings for the Nordwestbahn , which ran from Vienna via Znojmo to Nimburg and on to Jungbunzlau (Mladá Boleslav) and from Lissa to Prague . His type buildings for the stations of the new railway lines shaped the style of the entire Danube Monarchy and had a high reuse value. In 1871 he acquired the master builder license. Its most famous building was the Prague Northwest Railway Station (1872-1875), which was considered one of the most beautiful Central European railway stations, but was completely demolished in 1985.

From 1872 he was first employed by the general construction company and later as an independent contractor for the construction of the Elbe Valley Railway from Nimburg to Tetschen-Mittelgrund , which made the connection to the Northwest Railway. In addition to his work for various railway companies, Schlimp also designed residential and commercial buildings as well as schools from 1875.

Carl Schlimp's grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery

In 1876 Schlimp acquired a clinker factory in Schattau (Šatov) near Znojmo , which from 1879 became the “first Schattau artificial basalt stone, chamotte and stoneware factory. C. Schlimp, before C. Hellwag und Comp. ”. In 1898 the company was converted into the "Erste Schattauer Thonwaarenfabriks-AG formerly C. Schlimp" under the management of his son Carl Schlimp. In 1884 he founded the kaolin slurry plant in Winau (Únanov) near Znojmo. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I. Schlimp donated two scholarships for students from his place of birth Welletitz and for the technical college of the clay industry in Znojmo. In 1894, Carl Schlimp and Leopold Nobis presented a “project for the vaulting of the Vienna River with clinker stones”. Carl Schlimp's office was in Vienna, Hessgasse 7. In Vienna 21, Floridsdorf (Strebersdorf), Schlimpweg was named after him in 2017 on the site of the former Roigk grounds.

According to the information on the grave of honor at the Vienna Central Cemetery , Carl Schlimp was married twice and had a total of five daughters. He was appointed professor for civil engineering, was president of the Lower Austrian Chamber of Engineers and received numerous awards:

Works

buildings

  • 1861 Nagykanizsa (Kanizsa) station of the Southern Railway Company, Buda-Nagykanizsa railway line (Hungary)
  • 1861 Balatonszentgyörgy station (rebuilt by Ferenc Pálinkás in 1895)
  • 1865 residential building, Vienna 6, Sandwirtgasse 10 (demolished and replaced by a new building)
  • 1868–1872 Buildings for the Northwest Railway, including the train stations in Znojmo (Znojmo), Iglau (Jihlava) and Deutschbrod (Havlíčkův Brod)
  • 1870 Jedlesee station (a two-storey structure, longitudinal gable roof with transverse roof over the central projection, exposed tiles on the base, cornices, window frames and on the corner pilasters, demolished in 2003)
  • 1871 Martinice station in the Giant Mountains (Martinice v Krkonoších) (under monument protection ID No. 105843 )
  • 1872–1875 Prague Northwest Railway Station (Praha-Těšnov) (demolished 1985)
  • around 1872 Railway colony in Nimburg (Nymburk) and station building in Friedland (Frýdlant)
  • 1874 Steam plant in Ústí nad Labem-Střekov (under monument protection ID No. 104623 )
  • 1875–1876 Lohner-Werke headquarters - residential and commercial building of the kk Hofwagen manufacturer Jakob Lohner, Vienna 9, Porzellangasse 2, Servitengasse 1 (an example of the use of the Italian Renaissance)
  • 1876 ​​residential houses, Vienna 4, Mostgasse 9–11 (changed after 1945, facade decor removed, No. 11 probably a new building)
  • 1878 Rosenhügel Reservoir, Vienna 13 (together with Agular and Eduard Skazil) (under monument protection ID No. 9527 )
  • 1879 boys and girls primary school 6, Stumpergasse 56 (demolished and replaced by a new building)
  • 1879–1881 Bundesrealgymnasium Wien 6, Marchettigasse 3, four-storey building with additional structure and straight window roofs. Ground floor, side projections and the portal area with relief decoration, otherwise exposed bricks (under monument protection ID No. 20411 )
  • 1880 Citizens' School in Saaz (Žatec) (97 m long building, listed as a historical monument)
  • 1882–1884 Five residential buildings, Vienna 9, Servitengasse 16–22, Hahngasse 25–25a (an example of the use of German Renaissance styles)
  • 1884/1885 Haus Schlimp, Vienna 3, Strohgasse 24 / Veitgasse 18 (changed after 1945, decoration removed)
  • 1887 Residential and commercial building Vienna 1, Wipplingerstraße 15 (business area partially changed) (under monument protection ID No. 9905 )
  • 1887 residential building, Vienna-Brigittenau , Wintergasse 11
  • 1887 water reservoir on the Wienerberg , Vienna 10
  • 1889–1890 St. Josef Institution Church of the State Neurological Clinic Maria Gugging (Lower Austria) (together with Friedrich Kleibl (1856 – around 1927), expanded in 1906)
  • 1896–1898 vaulting of the Wien river with Schattauer clinker bricks (together with Eduard Skazil)

drafts

Publications

  • Carl Schlimp: Buildings of the Austrian North-West Railway. In: ZÖIAV 24.1872, pp. 1–6, sheets 1–2
  • Carl Schlimp: About the construction of the royal Bohemian state insane asylum in Dobran near Pilsen. In: WÖIAV 2.1877, pp. 127-131
  • Carl Schlimp, Leopold Nobis: Project for the vaulting of the Wien River with clinker stones. Vienna 1894

gallery

Station buildings

  • Former Jedlesee station

  • Wien-Hetzendorf train station

  • Vienna Atzgersdorf-Mauer train station

  • Vienna Liesing train station

  • Retz train station

  • Unter Retzbach station

  • Hollabrunn train station

  • Hetzmannsdorf-Wullersdorf train station

  • Zellerndorf train station

  • Nagykanizsa Railway Station

  • Balatonszentgyörgy railway station

  • Steam plant at the Ústí-Střekov railway station

  • Railway colony in Nymburk, Husova

  • Kolín train station (not executed design)

  • Jihlava railway station

  • Former Railway station in Prague-Tešnov

  • Martinice v Krkonoších railway station

  • Frýdlant railway station

Buildings in Vienna

  • Vienna, house Wipplingerstr. 15th

  • Gymnasium Vienna, Marchettigasse 3

  • Headquarters of Lohnerwerke Vienna, Porzellangasse 2

  • Rosenhügel Reservoir in Vienna

literature

Web links

Commons : Carl Schlimp  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945 (with picture) (accessed on July 13, 2018)
  2. ↑ OeBL - Austrian Biographical Lexicon: Schlimp, Karl (accessed on July 13, 2018)
  3. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia Karl Schlimp (Czech) (accessed on July 13, 2018)
  4. ↑ Wien City ABC, Hessgasse 7 (accessed on July 13, 2018)
  5. ↑ Nagykanizsa Station (accessed on July 13, 2018)
  6. ↑ Jedlesee station from construction to demolition (accessed on July 13, 2018)
  7. ↑ Martinice v Krkonoších station (accessed on July 13, 2018)
  8. ^ Building history at Marchettigasse 3 (accessed on July 13, 2018)
  9. ↑ Wien City ABC, Wipplingerstraße 15 (accessed on July 13, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Schlimp, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schlimp, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Bohemian architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Welletitz, Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1901
Place of death Vienna