Friedrich Grünanger

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Friedrich Grünanger (born January 24, 1856 in Schäßburg, today Sighișoara in Romania , † December 14, 1929 in Salzburg ) was a Bulgarian-Austrian architect.

Life

Friedrich Grünanger was born in the family of a weaver in Schäßburg, Transylvania . After attending the primary school there, he studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna between 1887 and 1879 under the director Friedrich von Schmidt . In 1879 Grünanger was first mentioned in Bulgaria in connection with the construction of the palace for Prince Alexander I in the Danube city of Russe . From 1883 he worked as a city architect in Razgrad.

Between 1884 and 1908 he was the chief architect in the directorate for public buildings, construction manager of the parliament building in the Bulgarian capital Sofia , architect for the construction and maintenance of the princely buildings. His particular merit was to develop a plan for the redesign of Sofia into a modern city with wide, straight boulevards, etc., which was implemented from 1889. During this time, Prince Ferdinand appointed him court architect. From 1898 he was a member of the Bulgarian Association of Engineers and Architects .

From 1915 to 1929 Grünanger worked in both Bulgaria and Austria. In 1909/10 he built the Villa Hedvig (today Grünanger-Villa am Kai) in Salzburg, but then went back to Bulgaria where he was the chief architect of the Ewlogi and Christo Georgiewi Foundation . Grünanger remained a Bulgarian citizen until his death. He died in Salzburg on December 14, 1929.

Famous works

  • High school (1882–1885) in Razgrad
  • Castle of Prince Alexander I (1882) in Russe
  • Palace of Justice (1896) in Sofia
  • Pedagogical school (1889–1894, today town hall) in Kyustendil
  • House of Major General Nikolaev (1892) in Sofia
  • North-east wing of the Prince's Palace in Sofia (1894–1895, today Ethnographic Museum)
  • Bulgarian Orthodox Seminary (1902–1914) in Sofia
  • Sweti Iwan Rilski (1902–1914) church in Sofia
  • Balkan Insurance Company (1904, destroyed during the bombing of Sofia ) in Sofia
  • Completion of the military club in Sofia
  • Samardschiev House (1903, today Turkish Embassy) in Sofia
  • Theological Academy (1904–1908, central dome destroyed during the bombing of Sofia) in Sofia
  • Central Synagogue (1904–1910, opened September 23, 1923) in Sofia
  • Villa Hedvig (1909–1910, today Grünanger-Villa am Kai) in Salzburg

  • The former princely palace (later the royal palace) in Sofia

  • The Prince's Castle in Russe

  • Jablanski's house in Sofia

  • View of the Sofia synagogue

literature

  • Grigor Doytchinov, Christo Gantchev: Austrian architects in Bulgaria. 1878-1918. Böhlau, ao Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-205-99343-8 , p. 119 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Joachim Böttcher: Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha 1861-1948 - A cosmopolitan on the Bulgarian throne . Osteuropazentrum Berlin - Verlag (Anthea Verlagsgruppe), Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-89998-296-1 , p. 89, 108 .
personal data
SURNAME Grünanger, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian-Austrian architect and Bulgarian high-level architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Schäßburg, today Sighișoara , Romania
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1929
Place of death Salzburg , Austria