Johann Romano von Rings
Johann Julius Romano , from 1871 Romano vonringen (born October 10, 1818 in Konstanz ; † April 14, 1882 in Vienna ) was the kuk senior building officer and court architect in Vienna.
Life
Romano vonringen grew up in Italy and studied architecture in 1833/37 at the Vienna Polytechnic , today's Technical University . In 1837 he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . In 1839/41 he was an assistant at the Vienna Polytechnic.
He was promoted by Prince Metternich . From the 1840s he worked intensively with August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg . At that time, Romano vonringen specialized primarily in palace and upscale residential architecture. One of his first works is the Villa Hügel in Hietzinger Hauptstrasse, which was designed around 1840 for the naturalist and travel writer Karl Alexander von Hügel . (Canceled 1912)
Romano was appointed building officer in 1866 and senior building officer in 1869. On February 17, 1871, he was ennobled in Vienna to the Austrian knighthood with the addition of " von rings ".
He rests in a grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 0, row 1, number 44). In 1899 the Romanogasse in Vienna- Brigittenau (20th district) was named after him.
Important buildings
Metternich Palace
Palais Schey
Wolfsberg Castle
Henckel von Donnersmarck Palace
Great Synagogue in Brno
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Well-known buildings by the duo Romano von Rings and Schwendenwein von Lanauberg are in
- Vienna
- 1848 Palais Metternich , built for Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich , today the Italian Embassy, at Rennweg 27 in the 3rd district .
- 1859 Palais Festetics in Vienna, at Berggasse 16 in the 9th district of Vienna, built for the Counts of Festetics .
- 1864 Palais Schey von Koromla , built at Opernring 10 on behalf of the banker Friedrich Schey von Koromla .
- 1866 Palais Dumba , for Nikolaus Dumba , on Parkring , today residential and commercial building.
- 1868 Palais Ofenheim , for Viktor Ofenheim, on Schwarzenbergplatz , today the headquarters of Zurich Insurance Austria .
- 1871 Henckel von Donnersmarck Palace in Weihburggasse , today the Radisson SAS Hotel
- Hungary
- 1847 Erdődy Castle , in Vép
- 1853 Wolfsberg Castle
- 1870 Maissau Castle
- 1894 Würmla Castle
- 1855 Great Synagogue in Brno
Orders and decorations
- Order of the Iron Crown III. Class on February 17, 1871
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Romano von Rings, Johann Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1874, p. 321 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume VII, Volume 125 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2001, ISSN 0435-2408
Web links
- Johann Romano. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
- Romano at Planet Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ines Müller: "There, in Kakanien, this lost, misunderstood state ...". Synagogues between Vienna and Budapest. In: Scientific work from Burgenland . Issue 92, Eisenstadt 1993, p. 261, digitized on ZOBODAT
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Romano von rings, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Romano von rings, Johann Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Constancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1882 |
| Place of death | Vienna |