Friedrich Kratochwjle
Friedrich Kratochwjle (born August 23, 1882 in Pottendorf , Lower Austria , † April 28, 1956 in Vienna ) was a Viennese garden architect and city garden director.
Kratochwjle completed an apprenticeship as a gardener and studied at the Higher Fruit and Horticultural School of the Horticultural Society. In 1905 he joined the community of Vienna. 1923–1925 he was director of the Horticultural Society's Higher Horticultural School, which he took over from 1923–1925. 1927–1940 and 1945–1950 he was Vienna City Garden Director.
Kratochwjle represented an active and socially oriented green space policy in the spirit of Julius Tandler . As city gardening director, he had the congress park and the Floridsdorfer water park designed in the inter-war period , and he drew for the planting of the courtyards of the George-Washington-Hof community building . The abandonment of smaller cemeteries resulted in numerous new green spaces in the 1920s, including the March Park opened in 1928 instead of the Schmelzer Cemetery in the 15th district of Vienna and the Hartäckerpark in the 19th district; furthermore the Schubertpark, Strauss-Lanner-Park and the Waldmüllerpark, which opened in 1923 instead of the Matzleinsdorfer Friedhof . The banks of the Danube Canal were partially landscaped. Numerous children's outdoor pools were built .
At the beginning of the Second World War , Kratochwjle was initially responsible for the intensification of fruit and vegetable cultivation, among other things by awarding "Grabeland". In 1940 he was forced to retire. From 1945 to 1950, Kratochwjle was again used as the city garden director. During this time most of the war damage could be repaired. 1945–1949 Kratochwjle was President of the Vienna Horticultural Society.
Kratochwjle is buried in the Heiligenstadt cemetery . Kratochwjlestrasse in the Danube city north of the Reichsbrücke is named after him.
Works
- The municipal gardens of Vienna , Vienna 1931
literature
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Kratochwjle, Friedrich (Fritz). In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 3, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , p. 597 ( digitized version ).
- Anton Eipeldauer: Fritz Kratochwjle †. In: Gartenzeitung 6, 1956, p. 3
Web links
- Friedrich Kratochwjle in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kratochwjle, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kratochwjle, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian landscape architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pottendorf , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1956 |
| Place of death | Vienna |