Josef Schmalzhofer

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Josef Schmalzhofer (born January 22, 1835 in Altheim (Upper Austria) ; † August 11, 1920 in Vienna ) was an Austrian builder who also worked as a designing architect . Under his direction and partly according to his designs, numerous church buildings in Vienna and in the Danube Monarchy were built in the styles of historicism in the decades before the First World War .

Life

Josef Schmalzhofer was the son of a master tailor and learned the mason trade . Before 1860 he came to Vienna as a master mason, where he acquired the master builder license. In cooperation with well-known architects from Friedrich von Schmidt's circle , he led the construction of numerous churches that had become necessary due to industrialization and population growth. He was also involved in the drafts to a no longer verifiable extent. Several churches were built according to his plans.

The conversion of Mayerling Castle into a Carmelite convent - together with Heinrich Schemfil - after Archduke Rudolf's suicide earned him the title of court architect in 1889 . In the same year he became a knight of the Papal Order of Gregory . In 1901 he received the Knight's Cross of the Emperor Franz Joseph Order .

Schmalzhofer was buried at the Hernals cemetery .

Works (selection)

Parish church Gersthof
(1887-1891)

In the case of the buildings executed by Schmalzhofer, it is not always clear how large his part in the architectural design was.

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SURNAME Schmalzhofer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Altheim (Upper Austria)
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1920
Place of death Vienna