Isidore Demant

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Isidor Karl Theodor Demant (* 1880 in Chernivtsi , Austria-Hungary , † 1953 in Cyprus ) was an Austrian civil servant, architect , painter and founder of the non-profit small settlement cooperative.

Live and act

Isidor Demant studied architecture in Vienna and then became an official at the State Railway Directorate in Linz . Due to his artistic nature, he retired early and worked as a freelance painter and architect. He also took part in archaeological excavations with Gabriel Welter as a draftsman for three years . With Paul Theer , he developed social housing projects in Linz in the 1930s in the form of urban outskirts , the so-called demant settlements . He founded the non-profit small settlement cooperative in Linz . This social project for unemployed people looking for a home was also funded by the state federal government.

After the National Socialists came to power in 1938, Demant, who had converted to Christianity, had to emigrate because he was of Jewish descent. After staying in several countries, he and his family settled in Cyprus, where he lived until his death in 1953.

Realizations

The only surviving house of the demant settlement Kleinmünchen in the Wahringerstraße, Linz

Settlements on the outskirts of Linz (together with Paul Theer ):

  • Ing.-Demant-Siedlung Hagenau (at the Wimhölzelstraße / A7 semi-junction Industriezeile), demolished
  • Ing.-Demant-Siedlung Neue Welt (east of the Western Railway, today railway or VÖEST site), demolished
  • Ing.-Demant-Siedlung Kleinmünchen (east of the Westbahn near Wahringerstraße), demolished except for one semi-detached house
  • Residential house in Cyprus, destroyed in the war

Most of the Linz settlement houses were demolished from 1938 onwards due to the establishment of the Hermann Göring Works ( VÖEST ).

literature

  • Verena Wagner: Jewish worlds. Ten biographies from Linz. Historical yearbook of the city of Linz 2012, Linz 2013, ISBN 978-3-900388-60-7
  • Pamela Neuwirth, Tanja Brandmayr: Cooperative living. In the footsteps of Isidor Karl Theodor Demant. Promedia Verlag, Vienna 2015. ISBN 978-3-85371-392-1

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personal data
SURNAME Demant, Isidore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Demant, Isidor Karl Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect, painter and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Chernivtsi
DATE OF DEATH 1953
Place of death Cyprus