Jakob Ceconi

Jakob Ceconi (born August 23, 1857 in Gemona del Friuli , Kingdom of Lombardo-Venetia , Austrian Empire ; † June 21, 1922 in Salzburg , Austria ) was an Austrian builder and architect .

biography

The son of the Furlan master builder and architect Valentin Ceconi (1823–1888) and his wife Eva, b. Ostermann was born shortly before his parents moved to Gemona and spent most of his youth in Salzburg. After studying architecture with Heinrich Ferstel in Vienna and a study visit to Rome , he joined the construction company founded by his father in 1884 as a partner and, after his father's death in 1888, took over the management of the company, which with over 1000 employees is the largest construction company in Salzburg was. In 1883 he married Anne Schädler in Innsbruck , with whom he had a son Karl in 1884 (* 1884, † 1946).

His invention, the production of components in stone , made him widely known and his construction company was unrivaled for years. Within ten years, Valentin Ceconi & Sohn built around 200 larger structures under his leadership and grew to become one of the most important construction companies in the entire Alpine region. Ceconi took on both the execution and planning of the buildings for many orders, but also repeatedly worked with renowned architects such as Josef Wessicken and Karl Pirich .

After his death he was buried in the family grave of the Salzburg municipal cemetery. His son Karl took over the management of the company.

Well-known buildings

One of the most famous buildings by Jakob Ceconi in Salzburg is the bazaar building (1881–1882, 1901–1906), in which, in addition to the café bazaar, the Carl Spängler bank has its headquarters. From 1890 to 1892 he was responsible for the construction of the (new) Grubhof Palace in Lofer planned by Joseph Wessicken . The Generali-Hof in Paris-Lodron-Strasse was completed in 1893, and Wessicken also distinguished himself as an architect here. From 1892 to 1898 he built the Andräkirche in Salzburg's Neustadt , again according to Wessicken's plans . The Zwink house in Schrannengasse (1894), the (former) Sternbrauerei in Riedenburg (1898–1907), and the infantry barracks on Franz-Josef-Kai in Lehen (1898–1899; today Christian ) were built, partly according to Ceconi's own plans -Doppler-Gymnasium ), the elementary and citizen school St. Andrä (1900; planning city building authority) and from 1901 to 1903 in cooperation with Karl Pirich the Antonius Church in Itzling .

Also worth mentioning are the villas Rudolfskai 50 and 52 as well as other villas on Giselakai that have been built since the 1890s, the supply house in Nonntal , the primary school buildings in Itzling and Mülln , the children's hospital and the old morgue at the Salzburg municipal cemetery .

Literature and Sources

• Walburga Schobersberger: Builder of an Era. The early days of the Ceconi family of builders and architects in the city and state of Salzburg. In: Communications from the Society for Regional Studies in Salzburg . Volume 125, pp. 703-729. Salzburg 1985.
• Adolf Haslinger, Peter Mittermayr (ed.): Salzburger Kulturlexikon. Residenz Verlag . Salzburg-Vienna-Frankfurt / Main 2001. ISBN 3-7017-1129-1
• Friederike Zaisberger , Reinhard R. Heinisch : Life beyond death ... Celebrities in the Salzburg municipal cemetery. Announcements from the Society for Regional Studies in Salzburg. 23. Supplementary volume. Self-published by the company. Salzburg 2006

Web links

• Jakob Ceconi in the Salzburg Wiki