Leopold Schumm

Leopold Schumm (born July 30, 1878 in Atzgersdorf ; † February 10, 1955 in Vienna ) was an Austrian builder and architect .

Life

After completing the three-year master craftsman's school at the Vienna State Trade School, completing military service and a few years of internship, he went freelance as a builder in 1904. In 1906 he married the daughter of a local politician, with whom he had four children. In 1907 his company was registered with the building trade at Schulgasse 8, Liesing (today Dirmhirngasse); In 1929 he was a co-founder of the building company Gebrüder Leopold and Friedrich Schumm OHG in Krems an der Donau. By 1920 he took over the Liesing People's Army Command . Schumm was also politically active for the German National Movement .

Leopold Schumm mainly realized buildings in the south of Vienna. In 1939 he married again. His son of the same name took over the business.

Schumm was also active as a gymnast for decades, took part in competitions and was Gauturnwart.

buildings

photo	Construction year	Surname	Location	description
Yes	1906	Rental house	Vienna 12, Thunhofgasse 6 location
	1906	villa	Vienna 12, Schlöglgasse coordinates are missing! Help.	Note: No. unknown
Yes	1906	Furniture factory Vienna 23	Breitenfurter Straße 219 / Parttartgasse 32 Location
Yes	1908	villa	Vienna 23, Mehlführergasse 1–3 / Waisenhorngasse 32 Location	Note: Possible data error. The addresses given are for different buildings. In addition, the properties are adjacent to each other, but the house at Rudolf-Waisenhorn-Gasse 32 is in Liesing and the two houses in Mehlführergasse 1–3 in Atzgersdorf. The house in Mehlführergasse 1 was probably built in 1908, No. 3 around 1910. The year of construction of the house in Waisenhorngasse could not be determined.
BW	1909	Residential building	Vienna 23, Elisenstraße 19 location
BW	1910	Villa "Föhrenblick"	Perchtoldsdorf, Waldmühlgasse 17 location
Yes	1911	Settlement of the residential cooperative "Wien Süd"	Vienna 23, Elisenstrasse 32–42 location	Note: Design by the Gessner brothers
Yes	1911-1912	Road maintenance	Perchtoldsdorf, Wiener Gasse 107 location
Yes	1912	Villa Menzel	Perchtoldsdorf, Scholaugasse 8 location
	1914	Residential building	Vienna 23, Elisenstraße 68 location	changed
Yes	1926	Rental house	Vienna 23, Anton Krieger-Gasse 96 Location	Note: The inscription on the house shows the year 1906 and the decorist is secessionist. Likewise the neighboring houses. Data error in the year of construction?
Yes	1928	Hans-Werndl-Hof BDA-ID: 10445 Wikidata	Vienna 23, Breitenfurter Straße 242 location
BW	1928-1929	detached house	Vienna 12, Kiningergasse 29 location
BW	1930	Regional health insurance company	Vienna 23, Dr Neumann-Gasse 9 location	Note: Design by Johann Rothmüller
BW	1932	Residential complex of the cooperative "Wien Süd"	Vienna 23, Pülslgasse 31 location	Note: Design by Siegfried Schwarzfeld
	1942	Emergency housing	Vienna 23, Dirmhirngasse 112	destroyed After the Atzgersdorf synagogue was destroyed in the Night of the Reichspogrom in 1938, "emergency apartments" were built on this site using the bricks from the synagogue.

Web links

Leopold Schumm. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

personal data
SURNAME	Schumm, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian builder and architect
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Atzgersdorf
DATE OF DEATH	February 10, 1955
Place of death	Vienna