Franz Glaser Sr.

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Franz Glaser Sr.

Franz Glaser Sr. (* May 9, 1822 in Laubendorf , Austrian Empire ; † February 2, 1885 in Dornbach near Vienna , Austria-Hungary ) was an Austrian builder and mayor of Dornbach near Vienna.

Life

Franz Glaser was the son of Wenzel and Katharina Glaser, née Ficker, and grew up in Bohemia .

As a member of genius troops he was after the Hungarian surrender in October 1849 as Fortifikations mason polished in Komarno stationed where the sons Franz Glaser jun. and Heinrich Glaser from their marriage to Josefa Glaser, born in 1860, who died young. Dengler, were born. Both sons were architects and builders and continued to run their father's construction company after his death. In 1861 Franz Glaser sen. from the military and in 1863 married Antoinette Wenk (1837-1883), who later shot herself.

After leaving the military, Franz Glaser founded a construction company in Dornbach near Vienna. From 1867 he was a member of the Dornbach municipal council. In 1870 he received the master builder license and became a member of the master builder and mason cooperative in Vienna. In 1872 he built the prestigious "Villa Glaser" in Promenadegasse 53 , which from then on served him as his private residence.

In 1882 Glaser was elected mayor of his community. He held this office until death. His body was buried in the Dornbacher Friedhof .

Besides his son, Franz Glaser should not be confused with the city ​​architect of the same name (1864–1906) and the carpenter of the same name from Vienna- Neubau , born in 1887 .

Buildings (selection)

Family house Dornbacher Straße 100
Terrace, Tortum and garden house of Friedrich von Schmidt's "Bear Villa" at Andergasse 8
  • 1869: House at Dornbacher Strasse 69 , Vienna 17
  • 1870: Villa facade Andergasse 64 , Vienna 17
  • 1870: Family house at Dornbacher Straße 100 , Vienna 17
  • 1871: Villa Promenadegasse 17 , Vienna 17 (later rebuilt)
  • 1872: "Villa Glaser", Promenadegasse 53 , Vienna 17
  • 1872–1873: School, Rupertusplatz , Vienna 17 (demolished)
  • 1873: House at Dornbacher Strasse 114 , Vienna 17
  • 1879: House at Dornbacher Strasse 70 , Vienna 17 (1885 and 1895 additions by the sons Heinrich and Franz Glaser jun.)
  • 1879: Terrace, tortum and garden house for "Bären-Villa" by Friedrich von Schmidt , Andergasse 8 , Vienna 17
  • 1879: Extension and adaptation of the residential building at Dornbacher Strasse 68 , Vienna 17
  • 1880: Residential building Neuwaldegger Straße 41 , Vienna 17 (demolished)
  • 1881: Warrior chapel of the parish church Dornbach , Rupertusplatz , Vienna 17 (rebuilt in 1968 by Erich Huber )
  • 1881: Conversions at the Nathaniel Rothschild Palace , Theresianumgasse , Vienna 4
  • 1883: Renovations to the residential building, Schmöllerlgasse 1 / Plößlgasse 11 , Vienna 4 (built in 1834 by Philipp Brandl )
  • around 1889: Three villas in Franz-Glaser-Gasse 8, 10, 12

Honors

  • Honorary citizenship, Dornbach near Vienna
  • Naming of Glasergasse in Dornbach near Vienna; since 1894 Franz-Glaser-Gasse (the adjacent ecological development area is called Franz-Glaser-Höhe )

literature

Web links

Commons : Franz Glaser sr.  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Other villa buildings by his sons also bore the name "Villa Glaser".
personal data
SURNAME Glaser, Franz sen.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian builder and mayor of Dornbach near Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Laubendorf , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1885
Place of death Dornbach near Vienna , Austria-Hungary