Joseph Schemerl from Leythenbach

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Joseph Schemerl , from 1811 Knight von Leythenbach (born March 26, 1752 in Laibach , Duchy of Carniola , Habsburg Monarchy ; † January 28, 1844 in Vienna , Austrian Empire ) was an architect, hydraulic engineer and specialist book author.

job

The facade of today's Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana, then a country house, designed by Schemerl from 1786–1790

Joseph Schemerl attended the Jesuit grammar school in Ljubljana, where a teacher made him enthusiastic about hydrotechnology. From 1777–1779 he went on a study trip to the Netherlands and German countries to learn about canal construction. Then he worked in Ljubljana, most recently as road construction director. He was occasionally a guest at the round tables at which Sigmund Zois von Edelstein , at that time the richest Krainer, gathered talents from many fields. 1786–1790 he designed the facade of today's Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts . Before 1799 he came to Vienna and from 1799–1803 managed the expansion of the Wiener Neustädter Canal .

For the Viennese Danube regulation he proposed a breakthrough in 1810, as it was only realized in 1870–1875 (see here ). In 1811 he was raised to the nobility by Emperor Franz I.

The former polytechnic, built according to Schemerl's design until 1818, today the Vienna University of Technology on Karlsplatz

1815–1818 Schemerl directed the planning for the new building of the Polytechnic on Karlsplatz , at that time at the gates of the walled city of Vienna, today the main building of the Technical University of Vienna .

Under Emperor Franz I, Schemerl was appointed councilor in 1804, director of building council in 1809, and councilor in 1833 . He was awarded the Imperial Leopold Order .

In 1836 he was in court and Staatsschematismus the Austrian Kaiserthumes containing the further particulars country estate in Krain , extraordinary council of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna , the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts to honor member Venice and society of agriculture and the arts to Ljubljana mentioned . At that time Schemerl was also head of the court building accounts . Peter Nobile was at his side as court building officer .

family

Schemerl was married to Sara Kappus von Pichelstein (1756–1808) and had seven children with her: Augustin (* 1784), chancellery; Maria Josefa (* 1788); Rosa (* 1789); Raphael (* 1790); Felix Eugen (* 1794); Maria (* 1798) and Josefa (* 1801).

The father of Schemerl's Laibacher interlocutor, Sigmund Zois, Michael Angelo Zois (1694–1777), was married to Johanna Katharina (born 1726) from the same family for the second time.

Death, appreciation

The Schemerl Bridge, designed by Otto Wagner until 1898 and named in honor of Schemerl

Schemerl died in the so-called Bürgerspitalzinshaus built between 1784 and 1790, which was then the largest rental building in Vienna and was located within the city walls on what is now Albertinaplatz .

The Danube Canal Bridge was named in his honor at the Nussdorf weir and lock system, the Schemerl Bridge, built between 1894 and 1899 and is still called that today.

In 1904 Schemmerlstrasse was named in Vienna's 11th district; how often his name was erroneously spelled Schemmerl instead of Schemerl. The road accompanies the Aspang Railway , built around 1880 , which was built here on the filled in Wiener Neustädter Canal.

Schemerl's year of birth has long been mentioned in the literature as 1754. In the death report in the Wiener Zeitung on January 31, 1844, his age was given as 91, which excludes the year of birth 1754.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the academy
  2. p. 353
  3. ^ Wiener Zeitung , January 31, 1844, p. 247