Leopold Ernst
Leopold Ernst, lithograph by Eduard Kaiser , 1855
Leopold Ernst (born October 14, 1808 in Vienna ; † October 17, 1862 there ) was an Austrian architect .
Leopold Ernst was a pupil of Peter von Nobiles . From 1853 he was the master builder of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. He redesigned the Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna's Herrengasse and the Grafenegg Castle and created the plans for the tower extension of the parish church Großweikersdorf . Leopold Ernst died in Vienna in 1862.
Professionally, he was followed by his son Hugo Ernst (1840–1930), who, as cathedral builder , completed the restoration work he had begun on St. Stephen's Cathedral after his father's death.
1894 in Vienna's Hernals the Leopold-Ernst-Gasse named after him.
literature
- Leopold Ernst. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
- Ernst Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 265.
- Heinrich Kábdebo: Ernst, Leopold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 325.
Web links
- Entry on Leopold Ernst in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Leopold Ernst tomb at St. Marx cemetery - viennatouristguide.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ " Dehio Handbook. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria north of the Danube. “Edited by Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle u. a. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 362
- ↑ Local: Architect Hugo Ernst. In: Badener Zeitung , February 20, 1929, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ernst, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1862 |
| Place of death | Vienna |