Heinrich Claus

Heinrich Claus (born May 3, 1835 in Halberstadt , † November 5, 1892 in Vienna ) was a German architect who worked in Austria .

Life

Heinrich Claus was the son of a master carpenter from Halberstadt in Saxony. Apparently he was training as an architect, but when and where is not known. In any case, when he was first mentioned in Vienna in 1864, he was listed as an architect in the Lehmann address book. Claus initially worked as chief draftsman in Carl Tietz's architectural office , where he met Josef Gross. The two formed an office community from 1874 to 1883, largely taking over the late Tietz's studio. From 1884 to 1888 Claus then worked in an office community with Moritz Hinträger .

Claus had been married since 1866 and had several children. He died of peritonitis at the age of 58 and was buried in the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery. Since he had rejected his sons-in-law, disputes over his not inconsiderable estate broke out for years. His partner Moritz Hinträger was appointed as guardian for his underage children.

plant

Roman bath (1872)

Nordbahnstrasse 50 (1872)

Schmerlingplatz 4–5 (1874–1875)

Concordiaplatz 3 (1881)

Heinrich Claus was a representative of historicism , who mainly used forms of the Neo-Renaissance . Together with his partner Josef Gross, he built numerous residential and commercial buildings as well as hotels that met the representational needs of the bourgeoisie. In the area of ​​decorative elements, the two were extremely resourceful. In this office community, Claus was primarily responsible for the artistic design of the building projects. In his later partnership with Moritz Hinträger, Claus was mainly active outside of Vienna. In addition, Heinrich Claus was also active as a craftsman and made chandeliers, lattices and centerpieces that were shown at the World Exhibition in 1873 .

• Interior design of the large hall, Grand Hotel , Kärntner Ring 9–13, Vienna 1 (1871), built by Carl Tietz
• Hotel Britannia , Schillerplatz 4 / Elisabethstraße 11, Vienna 1 (1871–1873), together with Josef Gross
• Hotel Donau , Nordbahnstraße 50, Vienna 2 (1872), together with Josef Gross (ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, before that Federal Railway Directorate), under monument protection
• Römisches Bad , Kleine Stadtgutgasse 9 / Holzhausergasse 4–6, Vienna 2 (1872), together with Josef Gross (partly destroyed in World War II, rebuilt as an office building, the still-preserved porticoed halls are currently used as storage rooms)
• Pollak rental house , Kolingasse 16 / Peregringasse 3, Vienna 9 (1872), together with Josef Gross, limited competition; Destroyed in 1945
• M. Faber house , Schwindgasse 5, Vienna 4 (1873), together with Josef Gross, under monument protection
• House C. Sarg , Schwindgasse 7, Vienna 4 (1873), together with Josef Gross, a listed building
• Administration and residential building of the kk priv. I. Siebenbürger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , Pest , Rudolfs-Quai / Arpad-Gasse (around 1873), together with Moritz Hinträger
• Rental house , Schmerlingplatz 5 / Reichsratsstraße 1, Vienna (1874), together with Josef Gross
• Rental house , Schmerlingplatz 4 / Bartensteingasse 2, Vienna 1 (1874–1875), together with Josef Gross
• Double house , Schwindgasse 16–18, Vienna 4 (1875), together with Josef Gross
• Gutmann house , Schwarzenbergplatz 11 / Gußhausstraße 1 / Schwindgasse 2, Vienna 4 (1875–1877), together with Josef Gross
• Forest house and residence of the Reichenau lordship for Leo Ritter v. Herbeck , Reichenau an der Rax (1877), together with Josef Gross, today an apartment house
• Villa Bachmayer , Starnberger See (1877), together with Josef Gross
• Hermann Gutscher's house , Hermannstrasse 7 (today Reithlegasse), Vienna 19 (1878–1879), together with Josef Gross
• Tonwarenfabrik , Znaim , Moravia (1879–1880), together with Josef Gross
• Hückel residential and department store , Heinrichsgasse 2 / Salzgries 13 / Concordiaplatz 1, Vienna 1 (1881), together with Josef Gross (under monument protection)
• Haas and Cziczek residential and department store , Kärntner Straße 5, Vienna 1 (1882–1883), together with Josef Gross (restricted competition), under monument protection
• Rental house , Obere Weißgerberstraße 11, Vienna 3 (1882), together with Josef Gross, destroyed by bomb damage
• Geiringer house , Schwindgasse 20 / Alleegasse (= Argentinierstraße 7), Vienna 4 (1883), together with Moritz Hinträger
• Tomb of Johann and Adolfine Schimke , Zentralfriedhof , Simmeringer Hauptstrasse 232–246, Vienna 11 (1884), with sculptor Peter Rummel
• Eduard Viereck's house , Weikersdorf near Mährisch-Ostrau, Moravia (around 1885), together with Moritz Hinträger
• Orphanage and poor house , Zwittau , Moravia (1886), together with Moritz Hinträger (competition, 1st prize)
• Villa Sponer , Zwittau, Moravia (around 1887), together with Moritz Hinträger
• Post and residential building of Mr. Masur , Pressbaum (1888), together with Moritz Hinträger
• Villa of Oswald Mechanel , Bozen (1888), together with Moritz Hinträger
• Girls' elementary and community school , Neutitschein , Moravia (1888–1889), together with Moritz Hinträger
• Boys' elementary and community school, together with the municipal museum and people's library , Iglau , Moravia (1888–1890), together with Moritz Hinträger
• Girls orphanage , Mährisch-Schönberg , Moravia (1890), together with Moritz Hinträger
• Rental house , Hainburger Strasse 15, Vienna 3 (1890)

literature

• Felix Czeike (Ed.): Claus Heinrich. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 580 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Claus  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Heinrich Claus. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.