Franz von Gruber

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Franz Gruber , since 1882 Ritter von Gruber (born July 20, 1837 in Vienna , † November 1, 1918 in Vienna) was an Austrian civil and military architect.

Life and status

In addition to his own training, Franz Gruber was shaped by the professions of his father, the ear doctor Ignaz Gruber and his younger brother, the hygienist Max .

After graduating from school, he joined the military and was with the Pioneer School Company in Tulln . He then attended the Genius Academy in Klosterbruck in Moravia. He then studied at the architecture school of the Academy of Fine Arts and then at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna.

In 1868 he was promoted to captain, until 1877 he was a professor at the Imperial and Royal Technical Military Academy and on the higher genius course. In 1871 he got from the Austro-Hungarian War Ministry to build barracks and military hospitals. He was one of the first to recognize the connections between building barracks and health care. The barracks were only built by him on two floors, in contrast to the buildings that used to have up to four floors. He also attached more importance to the separation of the horse stables, which were previously housed on the ground floor. The design and conversion of military buildings was his area of ​​responsibility until 1878, when he left the army.

In 1882 he received the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class and was raised to the hereditary Austrian knighthood due to the statutes of the order.

After leaving the army, he specialized in hospital construction. Here, too, he tried to contribute not only from the architectural point of view, but also with new hygiene standards. He also expanded his knowledge by attending numerous hygienic congresses. In 1887 he organized a congress on hygiene and demography himself . The importance he assigned to hygiene can also be seen in the fact that in 1881 he and the physician Theodor Billroth founded the Austrian Health Care Society founded. As a result of these efforts, he was even appointed as an extraordinary member of the Supreme Sanitary Council in 1888 . His considerations in hospital construction led to a loose pavilion design .

In 1896 he was proposed unanimously for the chair for utility science and railway construction at the Technical University in Vienna. Gruber's conditions, however, were not acceptable.

In 1899 he was retired, but in 1905 he was still a member of the commission for holding the 2nd state examination for building construction at the Technical University.

He worked in the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects until 1908, as his health no longer allowed him to do so. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Fonts

In 1880 he published "Examples of the systems of barracks, ailing houses and military hospitals". These plans served as the basis for the construction of new barracks until the First World War . He wrote “Newer Hospitals” , the “Clues for a new building code in all relationships relating to health care” . He also wrote several articles for Paul Kortz, “Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century” (Vienna 1906).

Works (excerpt)

Former infection pavilion of the troop hospital in Wiener Neustadt, today a kindergarten (2013)
  • 1902–1903: Kaiser Franz Josef Troop Hospital in Wiener Neustadt
  • 1902–1904: Extension of the General Hospital of the City of Linz
  • 1903: Kaiser Franz-Josef-Kavalleriekaserne, Wiener Neustadt, (after 1920 infantry barracks, since 1967 Bechtolsheim barracks ; 1977 demolition of the central wing)
  • 1907– 0000: Wilczek pavilion extension, Rudolfinerhaus hospital
More buildings

Awards

  • 1881 - Knight's Cross of the Royal Danish Danebrog Order 3rd Class
  • 1882 - Order of the Iron Crown III. Class (for his performance in the subject)
  • 1883 - Commandeur Cross of the Royal Serbian Order of Takowa
  • 1889 - Councilor (because of his services as Secretary General of the International Hygienic Congress)
  • 1889 - French Order of the Legion of Honor
  • 1891 - National Honorary President of the Architecture Section at the 7th Hygienic Congress in London
  • 1899 - Commander's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order
  • 1906 - Honorary President of the 14th International Congress for Hygiene and Demography in Berlin

literature

Web links

Commons : Franz von Gruber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Gruber in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
    Grave Site Franz Gruber , Vienna, Central Cemetery, Group 89, Row 13, No. 7.
personal data
SURNAME Gruber, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruber, Franz Ritter von; Gruber, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil and military architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1918
Place of death Vienna