Karl Ceconi

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Karl Ceconi (born March 9, 1884 in Salzburg ; † December 16, 1946 there ) was an Austrian builder and architect .

biography

Karl Ceconi represented as the son of Jakob and Anne Ceconi, geb. Schadler is the third generation of the famous builder and architect family Ceconi from Salzburg, who originally came from Friuli .

He studied at the Technical University in Vienna and then completed an internship abroad. In 1914 he was called up for military service and in the course of the First World War he was taken prisoner by Russia , where he fell ill with typhus .

After the death of his father in 1922 he took over the Ceconische construction company . Due to the almost complete standstill of construction activity in Salzburg and the adjoining Alpine region during the war and the post-war period, the company was in dire financial straits. Karl Ceconi himself was severely impaired by military service and imprisonment, but managed to continue the company for ten years, albeit with moderate success. Increasingly pushed out of local competition in Salzburg as well, in 1932 he had to stop the construction activities of the once respected company and have the company liquidated. He then worked personally as an expert in building law matters.

His most famous buildings include the police barracks in Salzburg and the crematorium at the Salzburg municipal cemetery . After his death he was buried in the Ceconic family grave at the 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
personal data
SURNAME Ceconi, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian builder and architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg , Duchy of Salzburg , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1946
Place of death Salzburg , Austria