Matthäus Schlager

Matthäus Schlager 1893

St. Barbara cemetery , grave of Matthäus Schlager

Matthäus Schlager (born April 10, 1870 in Sigharting , † December 30, 1959 in Linz ) was an Austrian architect who held the office of master builder in Linz from 1909 .

Life

Matthäus Schlager was born as the fifth child of the farmers Matthäus and Elise Schlager (née Hochegger) on the estate of the same name in Unterholzen 1. The boy, who is considered to be clever and alert, learned the mason trade at Forier Heumader after primary school. Then he attended the state craft school in Linz. In 1890 he joined the k. & K. State trade school in Reichenberg (Bohemia) about. Finally, back in Linz, he passed the master builder examination. First a self-employed master builder in Ried im Innkreis , he then brought him to Linz, master builder Franz Statz , whose successor he was in 1909 as head of the cathedral and master builder of the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary . From 1927 to 1931 he was a Christian Social Councilor in Linz.

His grave is located in the St. Barbara cemetery in Linz.

Personal

In 1899 he married the coal merchant's daughter Maria Hammerl from Wels. There were four children from this marriage.

Awards

His rich work has received several awards.

• Commercial Council
• Knight of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great (1924)
• Honorary Citizen of the Vienna University of Technology (1951)

Realizations

Schwanenstadt Parish Church (1900–1902)

Herz-Jesu-Kirche Wels (1905–1911)

Parish Church Oberndorf near Salzburg (1910)

• 1896–1897 Reichraming parish church
• around 1900 tower of the parish church Eggerding
• 1900–1902 Schwanenstadt parish church
• 1902–1904 General Hospital Wels of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross on a piece of land for sale from the Sacred Heart Church Association
• 1904–1905 parish church of Kopfing
• 1905–1906 Kleinmünchen parish church , Linz
• 1905–1911 Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Wels)
• 1906–1909 Grand Hotel de l'Europe in Bad Gastein
• 1906 Römerberg School Linz
• 1906 Crypt chapel of the Barons von Tinti at Innernstein Castle
• 1907 family church (Linz)
• 1908–1909 Fading School Linz , together with Karl Bundsmann and Gustav Steinberger
• 1908–1909 Regotisation and extensions of the Wolfsbach parish church
• 1908–1910 Parish Church Schardenberg ("Innviertler Dom")
• 1909 Justice building at Rudolfsplatz 2, City of Salzburg, Nonntal district
• 1909 Alte Oö. Chamber of Agriculture (today Cultural Directorate) in Linz, Promenade 37
• 1909–1924 St. Mary of the Conception Cathedral , Linz
• 1910 Parish church in Oberndorf near Salzburg
• 1910 Borromäum Salzburg , together with Auxiliary Bishop Balthasar Kaltner
• 1910 Extension in the courtyard to the right of the monastery courtyard in Linz
• 1911–1912 Extension of the nave of the parish church of St. Georgen an der Gusen
• 1911–1912 Expansion of the parish church of St. Vitus in Liezen
• 1912 Organ case of the organ in Oberndorf near Salzburg
• 1913 Church of the Sisters of Mercy, Linz
• 1913 Dachstein Chapel
• 1913–1914 Reconstruction of the parish church of St. Georg in Nußdorf am Haunsberg
• 1913–1914 Extension of the St. Magdalena parish church in Linz with side aisles and a staircase to the west gallery
• 1914 New construction of the church tower of the parish church in Öhling
• from 1924 parish church St. Pölten-St. Joseph
• 1929 Parish church in Kematen an der Ybbs
• 1930–1936 Ursuline School Linz (today Open House of Culture Upper Austria )
• 1932–1934 Linz study library , together with Julius Smolik and Robert Buchner
• 1946–1953 parish church Micheldorf in Upper Austria
• numerous residential buildings in Linz

literature

• Balthasar Scherndl : Guide to the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary in Linz. Publishing house of the Catholic Press Association, Linz-Urfahr 1902.
• Rupert Ruttmann: Cathedral builder Matthäus Schlager. For 100 birthday. In: Die Heimat , No. 123 (1970). (Source archived and accessible in the Folklore Museum Ried im Innkreis)

Web links

Commons : Matthäus Schlager  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Linz culture: Matthäus Schlager

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City of Wels ( Memento from January 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Herz-Jesu-Kirche, accessed on January 17, 2017
2. ↑ http://www.dioezese-linz.at/redaktion/index.php?action_new=Lesen&Article_ID=37112 ( Memento from November 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Matthäus Fellinger: 100 years of the Holy Family parish church in Linz, May 10, 2007
3. ↑ 100 Years of the Dachstein Chapel In: www.kirchenzeitung.at , accessed on November 28, 2014
4. ^ Salzburgwiki, Parish Church Nußdorf am Haunsberg: [1] , accessed on November 19, 2015.
5. ↑ Matthäus Schlager, Linz Culture
6. ↑ book friend Balthasar Scherndl: Guide through the Mariäzeptnahm Dom in Linz , Verlag des kath. Press Association, Linz-Urfahr 1902.