Hofbauamt

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A Hofbauamt ( Hofbaudirektion ) was the building institution at numerous royal courts and was responsible for the construction, maintenance and furnishing of the manorial buildings. This authority was usually headed by a general court building director .

Example of the Habsburg Monarchy

In the Habsburg Empire , the court building department was established at the time of Emperor Maximilian I and existed essentially until 1848. It was under the court chamber until 1715 . Since 1715, his area of ​​responsibility has been expanded because since then no building has been allowed to be erected without prior approval by the authorities. The General Building Director was now allowed to make his own decisions on personnel issues, while the Court Chamber continued to have the last word on financial issues. At times important architects such as Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach were among the employees . Numerous subordinate officials and craftsmen were assigned to the office. At the time of Maria Theresa and Franz I Stephan, with an increase in construction activity, the court building department was converted into a court building directorate, later the general court building directorate, with an enlarged staff and subdivided into various departments. The concept of the Hofbauamt as a department continued to exist. This was not only responsible for the Hofburg , but also for other construction work in the capital. At the time of Joseph II, responsibility was at least temporarily extended to other state and public buildings in the broadest sense, including streets and ports.

In 1849 the court building system was decentralized.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adelung, Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect, Volume 2. Leipzig 1796, p. 1236. Online version

literature

  • Christian Benedik: Organization and regulation of the Imperial General Building Directorate and their regional offices. In: The Eighteenth Century and Austria. Vienna, 1994 pp. 13-28
  • Karin Schneider: The Viennese court in the Franciscan-Josephic period. In: The Vienna Hofburg and the residential building in Central Europe in the 19th century, Vienna a. a. 2010 p. 76f.