Karl König (architect)
Karl (Carl) König (born December 3, 1841 in Vienna ; † April 27, 1915 there ) was an Austrian architect of historicism .
Life
Karl König was of Jewish origin, his family came to Vienna from Pressburg . He studied at the Technical University of Vienna under Josef Stummer von Traunfels and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Friedrich von Schmidt , having previously chosen the latter between painting and architecture. In 1861 he was accepted into Schmidt's master class. From 1866 he was assistant to Heinrich Ferstel at the Technical University, from 1873 extraordinary and from 1875 full professor for propaedeutics of architecture. In 1878, König resigned from the Israelite religious community and remained without a denomination . Together with Viktor Luntz , König became professor of architecture in classical antiquity and the Renaissance in 1885 . From 1884 to 1888 he was finally dean and in the academic year 1901/02 rector of the technical university . In 1888, König became an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts and in 1908 a councilor.
Karl König was married and had a daughter.
meaning
Karl König is one of the most important architects of late historicism in Vienna, by whom numerous representative buildings of this epoch were built for the rich upper middle class. As a teacher, he primarily influenced his most important student, Friedrich Ohmann .
Work (selection)
- Synagogue Turnergasse , Turnergasse 22, Vienna 15 (1871/72, destroyed in 1938)
- Philipphof , Vienna 1 (1883/84, destroyed 1945)
- Synagogue in Reichenberg (Bohemia) (1887–1889), destroyed in 1938
- Exchange for agricultural products , Vienna 2 Taborstraße (1887–90) (now: Serapionstheater )
- Rotenturmhof , Vienna 1 (1889)
- Villa of the painter Probst (1891-1893)
- Villa Taussig, Vienna 13 (1893–1895)
- House for Wilhelm Zierer, Kärntner Straße 14, Vienna 1 (1895/96, destroyed 1945)
- Mozart monument (1896)
- Herbersteinpalais , Vienna 1 (1897)
- Zierer tomb in Vienna's central cemetery (1899)
- Landaupalais , Vienna 4 (1900/01)
- Lützow Tomb in Vienna's Central Cemetery (1903)
- Waldstein's Tomb in Vienna's Central Cemetery (1903)
- Böhlerpalais , Vienna 4 (1904/05)
- Philipp's tomb in the Vienna Central Cemetery (1905)
- Villa Kuffner (1905–1908)
- House of Industry , Vienna 3 (1906–1909, with the oldest paternoster lift in Austria)
- Extension of the Vienna University of Technology (1907–1909)
Herberstein Palace
House of Industry
Blueprint for the Turnergasse synagogue
Turnergasse synagogue
Grave temple of the Philipp family ( Vienna Central Cemetery , 1905)
literature
- Felix Czeike: Historical Museum Vienna. Volume 3. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994.
- J. Brandstetter: Karl König 1841–1915. The architectural work. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 1996.
- M. Kristan: Carl König. A new baroque city architect in Vienna. In: Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna (ed.): Viennese personalities. Volume 1. Vienna 1999.
- Wagner-Rieger: King Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1969, p. 36 f. (Direct links on p. 36 , p. 37 ).
- Juliane Mikoletzky, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber (editor): A Collection of Extraordinary Completeness / A Collection of Unusual Completeness: Die Rektorengalerie der Technische Universität Wien / The Gallery of Rectors of the TU Wien . Festschrift 200 Jahre Technische Universität Wien, Volume 13, Vienna, Böhlau-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20113-7 , page 82 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
Web links
- Carl King. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
- Karl König in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | King, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1915 |
| Place of death | Vienna |