Karl Moeser

This article describes the architect Karl Moeser. For the violinist, see Carl Moeser .

Karl Moeser (born September 2, 1837 in Staab , Bohemia , † June 18, 1888 in Meran ) was an Austrian architect . Its buildings shape the face of the city of Merano to this day and are partly under monument or ensemble protection.

Life

After attending the Benedictine grammar school in Merano, Moeser first studied law in Vienna. Shortly afterwards he switched to the kuk Polytechnikum and studied architecture , at the same time at the Vienna Art Academy . During his time in Vienna he was also an apprentice at the Dombauhütte of St. Stephen's Cathedral . During his studies, he built the German House in Merano for his father .

Moeser planned around 100 buildings and major renovations in Merano.

The builders Cölestin Recla and Tobias Brenner initially worked on Moeser's order, later they planned their own buildings.

Karl Moeser's son of the same name was director of the state archives in Innsbruck.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Merano

See also : List of protected ensembles in Merano

Building (selection)

image	Surname	Built	address	Others
	German house	1862/63	Steinachplatz 16	Moeser built the house for his father while he was still a student. The headquarters of the Karl Moeser construction company was also located here.
more pictures	Villa Rathgeb	1868	Steinachplatz 8	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Moser House	1868	Freedom road 126	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Villa oriel house	1868	Vergilstrasse 11	Under ensemble protection
	Villa Wieser	1869	Goethestrasse 6
	Villa Schillerhof	before 1870	Cavourstrasse 97-99
more pictures	Villa Fanny	around 1870	Winter promenade 2–4	The client was Viktor Weber von Webenau . The villa is named after his mother-in-law, Fanny Elßler . When Bertha (Wilhelmine Emilie) Blauert became engaged to Behrens at the end of 1891 and came to Meran as a guest in March 1891, she moved into the "Villa Fanny". Ferdinand Behrens , the city portraitist of Merano, moved his studio in October 1900 from the “Villa Waltershof” to the rented “Villa Fanny”.
	Villa Gufler	1875	Passerpromenade 88–90	Under ensemble protection
	Villa Karl's Ruhe Villa Oberkofler	1876	Petrarcastraße 1	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
more pictures	Maur residence	1876	Cavourstrasse 46	Reconstruction of an existing courtyard Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
more pictures	Villa Lindenburg	1876	Grabmayrstrasse 9	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office. The client was Hugo von Goldegg .
	Villa Lugeck	1877	Magnus-Ortwein-Strasse 1–3	Under ensemble protection
	Former boys' school	1877	Galileistraße 33
	Baumgartnerhaus	1877	Sparkassenstrasse 19–22
more pictures	Passerschlößl	1878	Zenobergstrasse 5	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
more pictures	Villa Johannes	1883	St.-Georgen-Strasse 22–24	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	House Kleissl	1883	Freedom Street 168	Client confectioner Johann Kleißl.
	Villa Schenk	1885	Liberty Street 137	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
more pictures	Villa Bruckmüller	1885	Carduccistraße 22-26	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Filipinum	1885	Parinistraße 2	Today hotel
	Villa Bregenz	1886	Ruprechtstrasse 1–3
	Praderhof	1886	Ifinger Strasse 6	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Villa Saxonia Villa Thornton	1886	Winkelweg 20–24	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Villa Moeser	1886	Freiheitsstrasse 192	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Villa Dr. Kuhn	1887	Ortensteingasse 1
more pictures	Villa Stoddard	1887	Grabmayrstrasse 11-13	Old age residence of John L. Stoddard Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Girls school	1887	Cavourstrasse 1-3	Built as a girls' school, today the headquarters of the Centro per la cultura

literature

• House plan of the spa town of Merano: List of streets, squares and promenades, villas, houses and farmsteads in the spa district of Merano. Meran: Pötzelberger 1922.
• Anna Pixner Pertoll: Villa construction in Merano at the turn of the century . Innsbruck 1990. (dissertation)
• Anna Pixner Pertoll: Built in the light. The Merano villas, their gardens and the development of the city (1860–1920). Edition Raetia, Bozen 2009, ISBN 978-88-7283-355-1 .
• Walter Gadner, Magdalena Schmidt: In a straight line. Town planning and architecture in Merano 1860–1960 . Edition Raetia, Bozen 2017, ISBN 978-88-7283-574-6

Web links

Commons : Karl Moeser  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Obituary in the Meraner Zeitung from June 19, 1888 Digital copy of the state library “Dr. Friedrich Teßmann "

Individual evidence

1. ^ E. Attlmayr:  Moeser Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 340.
2. ↑ On the 100th birthday in the Dolomites on September 20, 1937, digital copy of the state library “Dr. Friedrich Teßmann "
3. ^ Franz Huter : Councilor Dr. Karl Moeser in Der Schlern 1938, 1st and 2nd issue p. 13 f (online)
4. ↑ Address book of the spa town of Merano 1884 p. 41
5. ↑ Ensemble 21 Vergilstrasse 21.06 (PDF).
6. ↑ Anna Pixner Pertoll: Built into the light. The Merano villas, their gardens and the development of the city (1869–1920). Bolzano 2009, ISBN 978-88-7283-355-1
7. ↑ Ensemble 12 19th century April 12 (PDF).
8. ↑ Gadner, Schmidt p. 117.
9. ↑ Ensemble 15 Maiastraße 15.05 (PDF).
10. ↑ Gadner, Schmidt p. 117.
11. ↑ Gadner, Schmidt p. 112.
12. ↑ Ensemble 16 Grabmayrstraße- St.-Katharina-Straße 16.02 (PDF).