Josef Kastan

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Josef Kastan (born March 3, 1795 in Weiher in Bodenbach, reign of Tetschen , Bohemia ; † August 21, 1861 in Baden ) was an Austrian master builder .

Life

Josef Kastan was Jewish and the son of master bricklayer Lorenz Kastan. He came from the North Bohemian Bodenbach, today's Podmokly, a district of Děčín. Nothing is known about his youth. In 1822 he is documented as a draftsman in Vienna , who married Josefa Anna Kurz that year, with whom he had seven children. In 1838 he obtained the master builder license, became a citizen of Vienna and joined the building and stonemason cooperative. Since that time Kastan has developed a brisk construction activity in Vienna. He died 66 years ago in Baden, where he has probably stopped for a cure to exhaustion and was on the St. Marx Cemetery buried in Vienna.

His three sons followed their father professionally. Peter Kastan (around 1825–1862) was an architect and town builder, Karl Kastan (1827–1900) was a master stonemason and Josef Kastan junior (1832–1895) was town builder and civil engineer.

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The focus of his activity was residential construction in Vienna, where he built many houses according to his own plans in addition to conversions and extensions. It was a matter of simple, sober rental houses, mostly three-story, with simply structured facades, simply framed and suspicious windows and base and end cornices. Buildings that differ from this and are more heavily decorated are rare. All Kastan's buildings correspond to contemporary functional architecture.

Bräunerstrasse 4-6 (1845)
Radetzkystraße 24-26 (1847)
  • Rental house , Fischergasse 1 / Ferdinandstraße 8, Vienna 2 (1838)
  • Rental house , Aspernbrückengasse 3 / Ferdinandstraße 12, Vienna 2 (1838–1839), facade simplified
  • Rental house , Untere Donaustraße 25, Vienna 2 (1838–1839), smoothed facade
  • Rental house , Margaretenstrasse 108, Vienna 5 (1839), demolished
  • Rental house , Florianigasse 3 / Wickenburggasse 6, Vienna 8 (1839–1840)
  • Rental house , Schmelzgasse 9 / Große Mohrengasse 24, Vienna 2 (1840), another storey was added in 1862
  • Rental house , Untere Donaustraße 13, Vienna 2 (1840), demolished
  • Rental house , Untere Donaustraße 23, Vienna 2 (1840), redesign; Built in 1838 by Adolf Korompay ; Smoothed facade
  • Rental house , Seidlgasse 21 / Marxergasse 24, Vienna 3 (1840), demolished
  • Rental house , Argentinierstraße 22, Vienna 4 (1840), redesign; Built in 1791 by Franz von Myginn; worn away
  • Rental house , Wickenburggasse 2 / Tulpengasse 4, Vienna 8 (1840)
  • Rental house , Agidigasse 20, Vienna 6 (1840)
  • Rental house , Lilienbrunngasse 11 / Hammer-Purgstall-Gasse 9, Vienna 2 (1840–1841), the facade completely smoothed
  • Rental house , Alser Straße 19, Vienna 8 (1841–1844), conversion to a rental house; built in 1824
  • Rental house , Hintere Zollamtsstraße 3, Vienna 3 (1842)
  • Rental house , Kramergasse 9, Vienna 1 (1842)
  • Rental house , Löwengasse 19 / Krieglergasse 3a, Vienna 3 (1843), slightly changed in 1950
  • Rental house , Danhausergasse 4, Vienna 4 (1844)
  • Rental house "Dämpfinger-Hof" , Seitenstettengasse 4, Vienna 1 (1844), extensions; 1823–1826 built by Joseph Kornhäusel with Jakob Hainz
  • Rental house , Franzensbrückenstraße 13, Vienna 2 (1844–1848), renovations; built at the beginning of the 19th century
  • Rental house , Franzensbrückenstraße 11, Vienna 2 (1845), conversions with Philipp Brandl; built in 1822 by Karl Högel; 1861 increase and adaptations; Facade simplified
  • Rental house , Hermanngasse 36, Vienna 7 (1845), renovations and facade renewal; built in 1825; worn away
  • Foundation house of Johann Georg Steiger , Bräunerstraße 6, Vienna 1 (1845), 1876–1877 extended by no. 4 (under monument protection )
  • Rental house , Haidgasse 1 / Im Werd 2, Vienna 2 (1845)
  • Rental house , Rauhensteingasse 4, Vienna 1 (1845), adaptation; built in 1710 by Anton Ospel
  • Rental house , Praterstrasse 56, Vienna 2 (1847), transverse tract in the courtyard; built at the beginning of the 19th century by Peter Gerl
  • Rental house , Lichtenauergasse 12, Vienna 2 (1847), demolished
  • Residential and commercial building , Dampfschiffstraße 18 / Radetzkystraße 24–26 / Ob. Weißgerberstraße 17, Vienna 3 (1847–1849), is currently being demolished (as of July 2018)
  • Residential building , Franzensbrückenstraße 7, Vienna 2 (1848–1849), additional storey; built in the 1st quarter of the 19th century; Facade revised later
  • Erdberger Parish Church Sts. Peter and Paul , Erdbergstrasse / Apostelgasse, Vienna 3 (1850), extension of 3 ground floor buildings south of the sacristy
  • Rental house , Hainburgerstraße 88, Vienna 3 (1850)
  • Rental house , Franzenbrückenstraße 28, Vienna 2 (1851), courtyard wing and adaptations; built in 1830 by Adam Hildwein ; 1952 renewed after bomb damage
  • Rental house , Rainergasse 3, Vienna 4 (1853), extension of a side wing; built in 1821
  • Rental house , Barnabitengasse 10, Vienna 6 (1853), additional storey; built in 1803
  • Residential building , Gärtnergasse 15, Vienna 3 (1854), 1st floor added
  • Hotel "Deutscher Hof" , Gr. Stadtgutgasse 31, Vienna 2 (1858), courtyard wing; built in 1821; Facade from the beginning of the 20th century, today Hotel Vienna
  • Rental house , Krieglergasse 11, Vienna 3 (1861), facade chipped
  • Rental house , Krieglergasse 13, Vienna 3 (1861), facade chipped

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personal data
SURNAME Kastan, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kastan Senior, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian builder
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Pond in Bodenbach, Děčín
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1861
Place of death to bathe