Hans Feßler

Hans Feßler (born February 15, 1896 in Dornbirn , † December 14, 1973 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Hans Feßler studied architecture from 1918 to 1922 at the technical universities in Graz , Karlsruhe and Munich . He then worked in Clemens Holzmeister's office in Innsbruck. In 1928 he founded his own office in Innsbruck. In 1942/43 he worked as a teacher at the technical college in Innsbruck , after serving in the war and being a prisoner of war, he resumed work in his office in 1945. In 1970, Federal President Franz Jonas awarded him the title of building officer .

In 1923 he married Hilda Zumtobel. The couple had six children. Two of the sons also became architects. Ingo Feßler worked in his office from 1949 and became his partner in 1963, Ulrich Feßler worked in his father's office from 1957 to 1963. His grandson Arno Feßler has been running the office since 1999.

In addition to numerous residential buildings and churches in Tyrol and Vorarlberg, Hans Feßler designed the plans for the renovation and new construction of twenty-three hotels. Starting from the Heimatstil , he achieved the New Objectivity by the end of the 1920s . His decidedly modern solutions are adapted to the landscape and local building tradition and are partly type-defining. Many of his buildings were placed under monument protection.

Works (selection)

Christ the King Church of Zürs

Patscherkofelbahn valley station

Valley station and mountain station with mountain hotel of the Patscherkofelbahn , 1927/28 (mountain hotel destroyed)
Expositurkirche Langen am Arlberg , 1929
Office, residential and warehouse Zumtobel, Dornbirn, 1930
Hotel Gstrein, Vent , 1932
Extension and renovation of the Hotel Alpenrose, Zürs , 1932/33
Christkönigkirche Zürs, 1935/36
War memorial, parish church Dornbirn, 1937
Parish Church of the Holy Cross, Mitterlana , 1938–1943
Cemetery and memorial chapel for those who fell in the World War, St. Anton am Arlberg , 1952 (destroyed)
Hotel am Silvretta-See, Klosters , 1956 (with Ingo Feßler)
New Parish Church of John the Baptist , Vandans, 1959 (with Ingo Feßler)
Bildungshaus St. Arbogast , Götzis, 1959–1969 (with Anton Rhomberg)
Elisabethinum Home for the Disabled, Axams , 1971–1974 (with Ingo Feßler and Ulrich Feßler)

Expositurkirche Kühtai , 1976 (with Ingo Feßler)

Web links

Commons : Hans Feßler - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Hans Feßler in the Archive for Architecture at the University of Innsbruck
Hans Fessler. In: arch INFORM .

Individual evidence

^ Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, cultural department (ed.): Culture reports from Tyrol 2007. 60th monument report. Innsbruck 2007, p. 150 ( PDF; 10.7 MB )

personal data
SURNAME	Feßler, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dornbirn
DATE OF DEATH	December 14, 1973
Place of death	innsbruck

[1] Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, cultural department (ed.): Culture reports from Tyrol 2007. 60th monument report. Innsbruck 2007, p. 150 ( PDF; 10.7 MB )