Carl Weinbrenner

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Carl Weinbrenner , also Karl Weinbrenner or Karel Weinbrenner (born October 15, 1856 in Brno , † January 1, 1942 in Prague ) was an Austro-Czech architect.

Life

Carl Weinbrenner visited the German Technical University in Brno , in 1877, he studied in Vienna at the Technical University Department Building School , which later became the Faculty of Architecture. In 1881 he passed the first state examination. In the following year, he applied for admission to the second. In 1882 he applied for the position of assistant at the TU for ancient architecture under Karl König . He received the position and is listed as an assistant in the course catalog 1883/84. From 1881 to 1883 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Friedrich von Schmidt .

In 1884 he entered the service of the Prince of Liechtenstein , where he became head of the building department in Eisgrub . The use of colored clinker bricks and roof tiles from the Princely Liechtenstein clay and brick ware factory in Unterthemenau is striking for his buildings . At the Higher Fruit and Horticulture School founded in Eisgrub on October 5, 1895, Weinbrenner taught the subjects of perspective (and shadow technology) and construction (art history) until he switched to the German Technical University. After he left, building apprenticeships were no longer taught in Eisgrub. From 1909/10 to 1926 he taught medieval (sacred) architecture at the German Technical University in Prague . He was also elected dean several times. Although he retired in 1926, he was a member of the examination committee for the second state examination in architecture until 1938/1939.

Karl Weinbrenner died in Prague on January 1, 1942; on January 7, his body was buried in Leitmeritz, today's Litoměřice in northern Bohemia.

Realizations

  • Numerous churches, such as the parish church in Landshut (1890) in Moravia, in Thomigsdorf (1895–98) in Bohemia, the hospital church in Feldsberg (1899), the churches in Dobermannsdorf (1900–01) and Katzelsdorf (1905–08) in Lower Austria . The Elisabeth Church in Mistelbach (1904/05) and a village church in Erdpreß (1905/06).
  • Monastery hospital of the Sisters of Mercy (1888/89) including ancillary building in Eisgrub ; Reconstruction of the hospital of the Barmherzigen Brüder (1890–92) in Feldsberg .
  • Facade design of the reception building of the stations Unterthemenau (Poštorná) and Eisgrub (Lednice) of the local railway Lundenburg – Eisgrub (1901).
  • In addition to numerous forest houses, he also built numerous houses for workers in the Meierhöfen and for gardeners in the service of the prince.

Picture gallery

  • Parish Church in Landshut , Moravia (1892/93)

  • Protestant parish church in Mistelbach, Lower Austria (1904/05)

  • Local chapel in Erdpreß, Lower Austria (1905/06)

Awards

  • 1898 awarded the kuk civil merit cross in gold with crown.
  • In 1908, on the occasion of the completion and consecration of the parish church of Katzelsdorf, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Papal Order of St. Gregory, and the Katzelsdorf community made him an honorary citizen.

literature

  • Dieter Friedl: Biography of Prof. Carl Weinbrenner - architect and building director of Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein . ( Online )
  • Dieter Friedl: Collection of Drawings, Graphics and Photographs , 2018, ( Online )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pavel Zatloukal (eds.), Pŕemysl Krejčiŕik and Ondŕej Zatloukal: The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape . Foibos Books, Prague 2012, p. 78.
personal data
SURNAME Weinbrenner, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weinbrenner, Karl; Weinbrenner, Karel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Czech architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Moravia
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1942
Place of death Prague , Czechoslovakia