Emil von Förster

Emil Ritter von Förster, lithograph by Adolf Dauthage

Emil Ritter von Förster (born October 18, 1838 in Vienna ; † February 14, 1909 there ) was an Austrian architect of historicism and the grandfather of Heinz von Foerster and Uzzi Förster .

Life

Emil Förster was the son of the ducal Saxon-Coburg court architect Ludwig Christian Friedrich Förster , who founded the Allgemeine Bauzeitung . He graduated from the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna before going to Berlin to study architecture . In 1860 he entered his father's studio and after his death in 1863 completed the buildings he had begun. The intended publication of a work on Tuscan architecture prompted Förster to go on a study trip to Italy. However, due to a lack of public interest, the project did not get beyond its beginnings.

Emil Förster returned to Vienna in 1866 and continued to publish the Allgemeine Bauzeitung together with his brother Heinrich . He began an extremely productive construction activity as an architect, before he was appointed by the Kaiser on February 3, 1895 to head the Department of Building Construction in the Ministry of the Interior . At the same time he joined the kk Hofbaukomitee and became a member of the city expansion commission. Förster founded an architecture studio within the department , in which not only important building projects were worked out, but other state projects were also monitored with regard to their integration into the surrounding area. As a result, he had a great influence on construction activity within the monarchy around 1900. However, despite his labor-intensive state position, he continued to work as a freelance architect.

Emil von Foerster died on February 14, 1909 in his apartment Maximilianplatz 15 (now Roosevelt Square 15-17) in which he had built in 1876/77 Palais Angerer to a paralysis of the heart . He was initially buried in the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery , but in 1918 he was reburied in Purkersdorf .

The deceased left a widow, Amalie (née Braun), two sons, Max, lieutenant of the line, and Emil, engineer, and a daughter, Marie. Since Förster, by his own admission, was not unscrupulous enough in pursuing business opportunities, his estate was relatively modest.

His brother Heinrich Förster was also an architect. His sister Sophie was married to Theophil von Hansen .

meaning

Emil von Förster created large numbers of private residential buildings as well as public buildings. It is characterized by monumental and representative design, but also a well thought-out room arrangement and elegant interior designs. Stylistically, he preferred the Neo-Renaissance based on the Italian model, from which he seldom deviated. Among his most famous buildings are the Ringtheater and the Dorotheum in Vienna.

Buildings and designs

Ringtheater (1872–1874) by Emil von Förster

Palais Angerer (1876–1877), house where Emil von Förster died

Residential building at Reichsratsstrasse 11–13. Started by Förster in 1883 and completed by Dionys Milch in 1887

Palais Dorotheum (1898–1901) by Emil von Förster

Prague Palace of Justice

• Building group on Franzensring in Vienna , Vienna 1 
  • Universitätsring 10 (formerly: Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 10 or Franzensring 20), replaced by a new building 
  • Universitätsring 12 (formerly: Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 12 or Franzensring 22), residential and commercial building of the Allgemeine Österreichische Baugesellschaft (1869–1872) 
  • Mölkerbastei 3 
  • Rooseveltplatz 14/1 (formerly: Maximilianplatz 12) 
  • Rooseveltplatz 14/2 (formerly: Maximilianplatz 13) 
  • Rooseveltplatz 15 (formerly: Palais Angerer , Maximilianplatz 14; today: Hotel Regina ) 
  • Währinger Straße 1 (previously: Maximilianplatz 15) 
  • Schwarzspanierstraße 16 (today also: Günthergasse 4) 
  • Schwarzspanierstrasse 18 
  • Schwarzspanierstrasse 20 
  • Schwarzspanierstraße 22 (today also: Währinger Straße 9) 
• Hotel Austria in Gries near Bolzano
• Hotel Meranerhof in Merano
• 1871: Expansion of the Wertheim Palace at Canovagasse 3–5 in Vienna 1,
• 1871; Villa Voelcker at Hauptstrasse 80 in Kritzendorf 
• 1872: Villa at Bahnhofstrasse 10 in Purkersdorf ,
• 1872–1874: Ringtheater am Schottenring 7 in Vienna 1 (destroyed)
• 1872–1874: Residential and commercial building of the Allgemeine Österreichischen Baugesellschaft at Hohenstaufengasse 11–13 in Vienna 1 (destroyed)
• 1874–1880: Group of houses next to the Votive Church in Vienna 9th 
• around 1875: Hotel and guest house at Neuer Kasino-Park, Marienbad ,
• 1877: Rental house on Kolonitzplatz in Vienna 3
• 1878–1879: Bernhard Bächer house at Helferstorferstraße 6 in Vienna 1,
• 1879–1880: Former Förster house , at Hohenstaufengasse 4 in Vienna 1,
• Wenzel Reymann residence , Hohenstaufengasse 6, Vienna 1 (the building is owned by a foundation left by Karl Wlaschek in 2015 ).
• 1880–1883: Wiener Giro- und Kassenverein , Rockhgasse 4, Vienna 1 (offices replaced by apartments in 1986/87) 
• 1882: Residential and commercial building at Wollzeile 14 in Vienna 1,
• 1883: Rental houses at Graf-Starhemberg-Gasse 16-20 in Vienna 4
• 1883: Rental house at Lehargasse 3 and 3A (previously: Dreihufeisengasse 3 and 3A), Vienna 6  
• 1883: House at Reichsratstrasse 11 in Vienna 1 ( completed by Dionys Milch in 1887 ; one of the arcade houses in the Rathausviertel)
• 1885–1887: Allgemeine Österreichische Bodencreditanstalt at Teinfaltstrasse 8–10 in Vienna 1
• 1886: House in Frankgasse 1 in Vienna 1,
• 1887: House at Mariahilfer Strasse 97 in Vienna 6
• 1887–1888: Maximilianhof office and residential building at Währinger Strasse 6–8 in Vienna 9 (destroyed in World War II) 
• 1887–1889: Grand Hotel Continental in Bucharest ,
• 1889–1890: Theater in Bielsko-Biała ,
• 1890: Rental house at Alserstraße 47 in Vienna 8,
• 1890–1891: Albrechthof rental house at Schwarzspanierstraße 8 and Garnisongasse 7 in Vienna 9
• 1892–1894: Former Allgemeine Depositenbank at Schottengasse 1 or Teinfaltstraße 2 (formerly: Teinfaltstraße 4), Vienna 1
• 1893: House at Teinfaltstrasse 4 in Vienna 1
• 1894: The residential and apartment building of Consul General Alexander von Bernd at Jacquingasse 6 in Vienna 3, destroyed 
• around 1895: Rental house at Porzellangasse 1 and Berggasse 21, Vienna 9 
• 1895–1896: Redesign of the representative rooms in the former Bohemian Court Chancellery at Judenplatz 11 in Vienna 1st district 
• 1896: Austrian credit institute for trade and commerce in Prague- Neustadt, Na příkopě 850/8
• 1897–1899: Reconstruction of the New Hofburg on the garden facade with outside staircase, southern wing, right wing, connection to the Old Hofburg in Vienna 1,
• 1897–1900: alterations and restoration of the interior of the Belvedere Palace at Rennweg 6 in Vienna 3,
• 1898: Institute for Education for the Blind on Wittelsbachstrasse 5 in Vienna 2 (simplified repair after war damage) 
• 1898: Reconstruction of the auditorium in the Burgtheater at Universitätsring 2 in Vienna 1,
• 1898–1901: Dorotheum at Dorotheergasse 17 in Vienna 1st district 
• 1899–1900: Fichtnergasse grammar school in Hietzing
• 1901–1903: Palace of Justice in Prague New Town, Spálená 6/2 - Karlovo náměstí 6/20
• 1901–1904: Police building, Vienna 9 at Berggasse 41–43 or Rossauer Lände 5–9 (plans and construction management: Karl Holzer, Moritz Kramsall, Alfred Keller ; revision of plans by Emil Förster)
• 1902: Rental house at Schaumburgergasse 11 in Vienna 4,
• 1902: Rental house at Schulerstraße 12 in Vienna 1,
• 1902–1904: Financial Directorate for Styria at Conrad-von-Hötzendorf-Strasse 14–18 in Graz ,
• 1902–1904: Palace of Justice , Kai Zatkovo Nabrezi 2, Budweis ,
• around 1907: District court building in Feldkirch 

Publications

• On the Architectural Treasures of Tuscany , 1864 
• Julius Raschdorff (ed.), - (photo): Palace architecture of Upper Italy and Tuscany from the XV. to XVII. Century . Wasmuth, Berlin 1888, OBV .
• Crossing the inner city and the bottleneck in Bogner- and Naglergasse am Graben . Mechitharist printing house, Vienna 1894, OBV .

Awards, honors, prizes

• Building Council, 1884 
• Knight's Cross of the Leopold Order , 1897 

literature

• Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 2 . Kremayr & Scheriau: Vienna 1993
• Förster, Emil von (1838–1909), architect. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 332 f. (Direct links on p. 332 , p. 333 ).
• Lukeš, Zdeněk: Settling the debt: German-speaking architects in Prague 1900–1938 (Splátka dluhu: Praha a její německy hovořící architekti 1900–1938). Praha: Fraktály Publishers, 2002, 217 pp. ISBN 80-86627-04-7 . Section Emil Ritter von Förster, p. 53

Web links

Commons : Emil Förster  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Emil von Förster. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
• Entry on Emil von Förster in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} † Ministerialrat Emil Ritter v. Ranger. In:  Neue Freie Presse , afternoon paper (No. 15980/1909), February 15, 1909, p. 9, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
2. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) Ministerialrat Emil Ritter v. Ranger. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt (No. 15983/1909), February 18, 1909, p. 8, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). .
3. ^ Architect Emil Ritter von Förster:  Group of buildings on Franzensring. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1878, (XLIII. Year), p. 43 f. (Online at ANNO ). and
   architect Emil Ritter von Förster:  Group of buildings on Franzensring in Vienna. (Plan, picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1878, (XLIII. Year), p. (Panels) 34–39. (Online at ANNO ). .
4. ^ Villa Voelcker in Kritzendorf near Vienna. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1877, (XLII. Year), p. 32. (Online at ANNO ). and
   Villa Voelcker in Kritzendorf near Vienna. (Plan, picture table). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1877, (XLII. Year), p. (Plate) 31. (Online at ANNO ). .
5. ↑ Group of houses next to the Votive Church. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1880, (XLV. Year), p. 12. (Online at ANNO ). as well as a
   group of houses next to the Votive Church in Vienna. (Planning boards). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1880, (XLV. Year), p. (Panels) 11-18. (Online at ANNO ). .
6. ^ Karl Wlaschek's real estate in the first district of Vienna , in: Falter (weekly newspaper) , No. 33/2015, August 12, 2015, p. 16
7. ^ Office building of the Vienna Giro and Cash Register Association. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1883, (XLVIII. Year), p. 95 f. (Online at ANNO ). as well as the office
   building of the Viennese giro and cash register association. (Plan, picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1883, (XLVIII. Year), p. (Panels) 69–72 (online at ANNO ).
8. ^ The group of houses of Mr. Julius Hübsch in Vienna, VI., Dreihufeisengasse No. 3 and 3a. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1886, (LI. Year), p. 52. (Online at ANNO ). as well as the
   group of houses belonging to Mr. Julius Hübsch in Vienna, VI., Dreihufeisengasse No. 3 and 3a. (Plan, picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1886, (1st year), p. (Tables) 37 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
9. ^ The new building of the kk priv. General Austrian soil credit institution in Vienna, Teinfaltstrasse. Architect: Emil Ritter v. Ranger. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1889, (LIV. Year), p. 5 ff. (Online at ANNO ). as well as
   the new building of the kk priv. general Austrian soil credit establishment in Vienna, Teinfaltstrasse. Architect: Emil Ritter v. Ranger. (Plan, picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1889, (LIV. Year), p. (Panels) 1–9. (Online at ANNO ). .
   Portal of the Bodencredit-Anstalt in Vienna. (Illustration). In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung / Österreichische Bauzeitung , year 1887, (LIV. Year), p. (Plate) 90. (Online at ANNO ). .
10. ^ Residence of the Böhm brothers, Mariahilferstrasse 97 in Vienna. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1887, (LII. Year), p. 72. (Online at ANNO ). and the
    home of the Böhm brothers, Mariahilferstrasse 97 in Vienna. (Plan, picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1887, (LII. Year), p. (Panels) 57 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
11. ↑ The Maximilian Court in Vienna. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1890, (LV. Year), p. 7. (Online at ANNO ). as well as
    the Maximilian-Hof in Vienna. (Plan, picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1890, (LV. Year), p. (Tables) 2 ff. (Online at ANNO ). .
12. ^ "Albrechthof", residential building in Vienna, IX., Schwarzspanierstrasse (text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1894, (LIX. Year), p. 48. (Online at ANNO ). and
    Albrechthof, residential building in Vienna, IX. Bez. Schwarzspaniergasse (planning boards). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1894, (LIX. Year), p. 38 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
13. ↑ Vienna Buildings Album. (...) Building of the general deposit bank. (...) (text). In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung / Österreichische Bauzeitung , year 1894, (XI. Year), p. 339. (Online at ANNO ). as well as the
    building of the “Allgemeine Depositenbank” in Vienna. (Illustration). In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung / Österreichische Bauzeitung , year 1894, (XI. Year), p. (Plate) 52. (Online at ANNO ). .
    General Depositen-Bank building in Vienna, I., Schottengasse 4. (text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1895, (LX. Year), p. 8. (Online at ANNO ). as well as the
    building of the Allgemeine Depositen-Bank in Vienna. (Plan, picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1895, (LX. Year), p. (Panels) 4 ff. (Online at ANNO ). .
14. ^ Residence and apartment building of the Imperial and Royal Consul General Mr. Alexander v. Bernd in Vienna, III., Jacquingasse 6. (text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1894, (LIX. Year), p. 55 f. (Online at ANNO ). as well as
    residential and apartment building of the kk general consul Mr. Alexander von Bernd, Vienna, III. Jacquingasse 6. (plan and picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1894, (LIX. Year), p. (Tables) 41 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
    Viennese buildings album. (...) Rental house in Vienna, III. Jacquingasse (...) (text). In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung / Österreichische Bauzeitung , year 1896, (XIII. Year), p. 338. (Online at ANNO ). as well as
    rental house in Vienna, III. Jacquingasse. In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung / Österreichische Bauzeitung , year 1896, (XIII. Year), p. (Picture) 41. (Online at ANNO ). .
15. ↑ Vienna Buildings Album. (...) Rental house in Vienna, IX. Porzellangasse (...) (text). In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung / Österreichische Bauzeitung , year 1896, (XIII. Year), p. 644. (Online at ANNO ). and
    rental house in Vienna, IX. Porzellangasse, corner of Berggasse (picture panel). In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung / Österreichische Bauzeitung , year 1896, (XIII. Year), p. (Plate) 97. (Online at ANNO ). .
16. ↑ New construction of the reception rooms in the Imperial and Royal Ministry of the Interior. By architect Emil Ritter v. Forester, kk Ministerialrath. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1897, (LXII. Year), p. 97 f. (Online at ANNO ). as well as
    rebuilding the reception rooms in the Imperial and Royal Ministry of the Interior By architect Emil Ritter v. Forester, kk Ministerialrath. (Picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1897, (LXII. Year), p. (Panels) 26 ff. (Online at ANNO ). .
17. ↑ Construction news. Vienna. The new kk institute for the blind in the Prater. In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung / Österreichische Bauzeitung , year 1899, Der Bauinteressent , No. 10/1898 (XVI. Year), p. 61. (Online at ANNO ). .
18. ↑ Construction news. Vienna. (...) The reconstruction of the displacement office. In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung / Österreichische Bauzeitung , year 1900, Der Bauinteressent , No. 9/1899 (XVII. Year), p. 57. (Online at ANNO ). .
19. ↑ The new district court building in Feldkirch. (Text). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1908, (LXXIII. Year), p. 173 f. (Online at ANNO ). and
    the new district court building in Feldkirch. (Plan, picture panels). In:  Allgemeine Bauzeitung , year 1908, (LXXIII. Year), p. (Panels) 69–76. (Online at ANNO ). .
20. ↑ Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, p. 333.
21. ↑ Misc. Personnel message . In: Paul Kortz (Red.): Journal of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects . Volume 49.1897, issue 47. Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects, Vienna 1897, ZDB -ID 2534647-7 , p. 638. - Full text online (PDF; 12.6 MB) .

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Property owner and client: Allgemeine Österreichische Baugesellschaft .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Property owner and from 1876 client: Johann Angerer.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Property owner and from 1874 client: Robert Raschka.