Mauriz Balzarek

Grave of Mauriz Balzarek with photo in the St. Barbara cemetery in Linz

Mauriz Balzarek (born October 21, 1872 in Tyrnau , Austria-Hungary (Hungarian: Nagyszombat , today Trnava , Slovak Republic); † February 17, 1945 in Linz ) was an Austrian architect . The Mauriz-Balzarek-Preis is named after him, a culture award of the state of Upper Austria for architecture.

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Mauriz Balzarek, a student of Otto Wagner , became known, among other things, for the design of the country villa in Bad Hall , built between 1912 and 1914 and considered to be the most important Art Nouveau building in Upper Austria.

Balzarek created the architectural designs for the Upper Austrian run-of-river power plant Steyrdurchbruch an der Steyr and the first Austrian storage power plant Partenstein in the upper Mühlviertel in Untermühl an der Donau.

In 1912/1913 he built an architectural gem on Museumstrasse in Linz for the management of ESG Linz , the facade of which is decorated with gold-colored ornaments.

In 1914, a bathhouse was built on the property at Eternitstrasse 21 in Vöcklabruck , where, according to Friedrich Achleitner, the culture of secessionist details is still present, but on the other hand the upcoming objectivity is already heralded in the conciseness of the structural forms .

In 1917–1918 a workers' settlement was built in Steyr based on his designs (Hohe Ennsleiten, Josef-Wokal-Straße 10–22).

In 1923 and 1924 he was engaged in work at Lilienfeld Abbey in Lower Austria.

The Hauptschule Perg (formerly Hauptschule I, today Neue Mittelschule I) was built according to his designs and opened in 1929.

The Villa Reindl with the traditional corner tower in Perg, Bahnhofstraße 12, from 1928 is also one of his works. The property was carefully renovated at the end of the 1990s.

In 1930, in Vöcklabruck, Hatschekstrasse 27-45, Balzarek built the Hatschek settlement consisting of row houses . Here, too, he applied the principle of livening up the simple house front with arbor-like porches.

Buildings and designs

photo	Construction year	Surname	Location	description	Metadata
YesBW	1905	Redesign and pavilion Café Traxlmayr in Linz BDA-ID: 49422 Wikidata	Location
Yes	1906	Villa Liebherr BDA-ID: 94539 Wikidata	On the Gugl 7, Linz location
Yes	1908	Staircase and fountain system BDA-ID: 96482 Wikidata	Linz, Lessingstrasse 32 location
Yes	1907-1908	Steyr breakthrough power plant BDA-ID: 9851 Wikidata	Molln location
Yes	1907-1908	Jubilee elementary school BDA-ID: 112824 Wikidata	Wels, Grillparzerstraße 2 location
BW	1909-1910	Residential building	Linz, Mozartstraße 56 location
Yes	1910	Residential building	Linz, Stockhofstraße 39 location
Yes	1910	Villa Huster BDA-ID: 46904 Wikidata	Linz, Lessingstraße 34 location
Yes	1911	Residential and commercial building BDA-ID: 58901 Wikidata	Linz, Landstrasse 57 location
Yes	1911	Hotel Goldenes Kreuz BDA-ID: 45407 Wikidata	Wels, Stadtplatz 69 location
Yes	1912	Porter's house of Villa Hatschek	Linz, Bauernberganlagen , Bernardisstrasse 1 location
Yes	1912	Residential and commercial building BDA-ID: 45745 Wikidata	Wels, Stadtplatz 9-10 location
Yes	1912-1913	ESG management building BDA-ID: 5519 Wikidata	Linz, Museumstrasse 6–8, location
BW	1913	Duplex	Linz, Zeppenfeldstrasse 4 location
Yes	1912-1914	Landesvilla BDA-ID: 75144 Wikidata	Bad Hall location
Yes	1912	Bandstand BDA ID: 75146 Wikidata	Bad Hall location
Yes		Toilet facility BDA-ID: 75145 Wikidata	Bad Hall location
BW	1913-1914	Garden settlement Froschberg	Linz Froschberg, Niederreithstrasse, Hanriederstrasse, Keimstrasse, Herstorferstrasse location
BW	1914	Villa Balzarek	Linz, Niederreithstraße 34 location
	1914	Eternit bathhouse	Vöcklabruck , Eternitstrasse 21 location	destroyed
Yes	1914	Schmallnauerhaus BDA-ID: 70089 Wikidata	Hauptplatz 3, Kirchdorf an der Krems location
Yes	1917-1918	Workers' settlement Hohe Ennsleiten BDA-ID: 125224 Wikidata	Steyr , Josef-Wokral-Straße 10–22 location
Yes	1919-1924	Storage power plant Partenstein Wikidata	Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis location		Mauriz Balzarek
Yes	1923-1924	Town hall BDA-ID: 100668 Wikidata	Bad Schallerbach location
BW	1924	Residential building	Linz, Bürgerstraße 46 location
BW	1926	Teacher's house	Linz, Dinghoferstraße 27 location
Yes	1928	Villa Reindl	Perg , Bahnhofstrasse 12 location
Yes	1929	Secondary school BDA-ID: 1103 Wikidata	Perg location
BW	1929	Residential complex	Linz, Rudolfstrasse 86–92, location
Yes	1927-1930	Municipal office BDA-ID: 1027 Wikidata	Altenberg near Linz location
Yes	1930	Row houses in the Hatschek settlement BDA-ID: 109548 Wikidata	Vöcklabruck, Hatschekstrasse 27–45 location
Yes	1924-1932	Bathing facilities Wikidata	Bad Schallerbach location	changed
BW	1938	Terraced housing estate	Linz, Schultestraße 15–23 location
BW	1940	Duplex	Linz, Brahmsstrasse 4-6 location
YesBW		Semi-detached house BDA-ID: 58888 Wikidata	Linz, Eisenhandstraße 32 location

literature

Alexander Wied: The architect Mauriz Balzarek (1872–1945). Art Nouveau and Objectivity in Linz. Catalog for the exhibition of the Linz City Museum in the New Gallery of the City of Linz, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, August 31 to September 24, 1972 (= Catalogs of the Linz City Museum. Volume 10.) Linz City Museum, Linz 1972, DNB 900965169 .
Alfred Zerlik: Sudeten Germans in Upper Austria. Linz 1982, p. 33 f.
Marco Pozzetto (ed.): The school of Otto Wagner. 1894-1912. Schroll, Vienna et al. 1980, ISBN 3-7031-0524-0 .
Jutta Kofler: The work of the architect Mauriz Balzarek (1872–1945). Unpublished diploma thesis, University of Vienna, 2013.

Web links

Commons : Mauriz Balzarek - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Mauriz Balzarek in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Mauriz (Robert) Balzarek. In: stadtgeschichte.linz.at. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
Bibliography on Mauriz Balzarek in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Individual evidence

^ Competitive project for a villa in Bad Hall (2nd prize). In: The architect , year 1912, p. 69, picture section. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / arc; Floor plan, p. 71 center .
^ Siegfried Haider : History of Upper Austria (= history of the Austrian federal states. Volume Upper Austria). Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-486-54081-5 , p. 369 ( limited preview ( memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. on Google Books). @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b ^c Friedrich Achleitner : Austrian architecture in the 20th century. Volume 1, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg. Residenz-Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 1980, ISBN 3-7017-0248-9 .

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

personal data
SURNAME	Balzarek, Mauriz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	October 21, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Trnava
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 1945
Place of death	Linz

[1] Competitive project for a villa in Bad Hall (2nd prize). In: The architect , year 1912, p. 69, picture section. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / arc; Floor plan, p. 71 center .

[2] Siegfried Haider : History of Upper Austria (= history of the Austrian federal states. Volume Upper Austria). Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-486-54081-5 , p. 369 ( limited preview ( memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. on Google Books). @1@ 2

[Achleitner-3] Friedrich Achleitner : Austrian architecture in the 20th century. Volume 1, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg. Residenz-Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 1980, ISBN 3-7017-0248-9 .