Enea Grazioso Lanfranconi

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Enea Grazioso Lanfranconi (also Lafranconi ; born May 30, 1850 in Peglio , Lombardy, † March 9, 1895 in Pressburg ) was an Italian-Austrian technician and art collector.

Enea Grazioso Lanfranconi

Live and act

Lanfranconi comes from a patrician family from Varese . His parents were Giovanni Battista Lanfranconi and Maria De Romeri († 1914 in Pressburg). The father worked as an engineer on the construction of various railways in Austria-Hungary , such as the Semmering Railway , the Hungarian Western Railway or the Kaiser Ferdinand Northern Railway . He studied at the University of Milan and from 1867 lived in Pressburg, where he devoted himself to hydrology . His father, who moved also to Bratislava, acquired the granite - quarrying of Thebes at the March , his company Enea from father inherited that provided water blocks that the last third of the 19th century for the development and regulation works of the river Danube required were.

He mainly dealt with river regulation. The plans for the regulation of the Danube, starting from the mouth of the March in Devín to Klížska Nemá / Gönyű in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, came from him.

For economic reasons he was already an advocate of building a water connection between the Danube and the rivers Rhine , Oder and Elbe .

But he also wrote theoretical works. His first work appeared in 1879 with the title About the waterways of Central Europe with special consideration of the regulation of the Danube river between Theben-Gönyű, Pressburg 1879. The work is a hydrographic map of the said Danube section from 1879 in five-color print attached, which he had 100 copies printed at his own expense of 60,000 crowns. In 1882 his second work, The Regulation of the Rivers of Hungary was published . At the Geographers' Congress in Venice he received the gold medal for his first work.

Lanfranconi was also an advisor to the Hungarian government in matters of flood protection and Danube regulation.

The Lanfranconi Villa at the confluence of the Weidritzer Bach in the Danube dates from the second half of the 19th century. It was demolished in the 1980s.

The palais-like building on the east side of the former coronation hill square in Pressburg also reminds of Lanfranconi as a building contractor . The 3-storey building was built for Lanfranconi in 1876/1877 by the Pressburg architects Ignaz Feigler jr. designed and realized in an eclectic architectural style.

In the later years he devoted himself more to archeology and art. As an art collector, he left behind a large number of books, especially about the Russo-Turkish wars, as well as illustrated books. His collection also contained around 3,000 views of Hungarian cities from the 15th to 18th centuries. 2100 volumes are now in the Széchényi National Library in Budapest. His map collection consisting of 20,000 sheets (including plans of castles and palaces, hydragraphic river maps, etc.) was purchased by the Kingdom of Hungary after his death . The rest, including important paintings and especially valuable copperplate engravings, were auctioned in Cologne in October 1895 .

The Lanfranconi Palace in Pressburg

Lanfranconi was also in close contact with numerous Hungarian historians and archaeologists. He also caused a sensation with research on Árpád , whose grave he suspected near Deutsch-Altenburg .

Lanfranconi has received the highest awards for his services to science and culture. In August 1894 he was made a knight of the Commander's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order . He was also the bearer of the highest Romanian and Serbian orders. But he was also a member of numerous humanitarian institutions and was considered a philanthropist who welcomed donations. In his adopted home of Pressburg, he supported and promoted numerous humanitarian and charitable institutions.

His wife, Chlotilde b. Bogen, he had to care for due to months of illness. He committed suicide on March 9, 1895 for reasons unknown. His grave is in Varese .

Enea Lanfranconi had two brothers: Romeo (?) And Luigi (* 1858, † 1920). His brother Luigi (* 1858, † 1920) was a building contractor and financier, who also played an active part in the economic and social life of the city in Pressburg. The Lanfranconis company existed until the beginning of the Second World War . However, on Holy Saturday , March 31, 1945 - before the Red Army marched in - the family was forced to leave Pressburg forever with the help of the Italian embassy.

Awards

In addition to the title of building officer , he was the bearer of the Knight's and Commander's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order.

Appreciation

The bridge over the Danube near Bratislava, completed in 1991, is called the Lafranconi Bridge .

literature

Pressburger Zeitung

Pressburger Zeitung of March 10, 1895, pages 2 and 3

  • Pressburger Zeitung of March 10, 1895, page 2.jpg
  • Pressburger Zeitung of March 10, 1895, page 3.jpg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to other information, his father's name was Antonio Lanfranconi, he died in 1875 and was buried at the Andreas cemetery in Pressburg.
  2. ↑ a b c d Enea Lanfranconi †. In:  Pester Lloyd , March 9, 1895, p. 9 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / pelShort obituary
  3. ^ A b Anton Klipp: EG Lanfranconi. 2010, p. 191f.
  4. ^ National Széchényi Library , accessed on June 12, 2010.
  5. ↑ Enea Lanfranconi †. In:  Pester Lloyd , March 10, 1895, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / maintenance / pel

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personal data
SURNAME Lanfranconi, Enea Grazioso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-Austrian hydrologist and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Peglio
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1895
Place of death Pressburg