Max Kropf
Max Kropf (full name Conrad Berthold Maximilian Kropf ; born November 25, 1858 in Bodenbach ; † February 27, 1940 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect.
Life
Max Kropf was born as the son of Franz Kropf and his wife Emma Therese, née Fiedler, in Bodenbach, today's Podmokly (district of Děčín) in the Czech Republic. He received his training first at the Prague Polytechnic, which later became the German Technical University in Prague, and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna , where he attended Friedrich Schmidt's master school.
After completing his studies, Kropf worked for half a year in the construction works in St. Stephan . Between 1886 and 1890 he worked for Alexander Wielemans , who was also a student of Friedrich Schmidt.
In 1886 he married Berta Strache (1861-1936), the daughter of the member of the Reichstag in Frankfurt, Eduard Max Strache. The marriage remained childless.
In 1887 he took part in a competition with designs for three type houses in Währinger Cottage (Vienna 18) and thus won two first prizes and one more prize, which he was awarded together with several other architects. He later participated successfully in several competitions, for example for the planning of the town hall in Korneuburg or in 1897 for the designs for the Landwehr Cavalry Barracks II in Stockerau. With the implementation of the plan for the town hall in Korneuburg, Kropf first appeared as an independent architect in 1894.
His sphere of activity extended above all to Korneuburg, Stockerau and Vienna, where he primarily planned and built villas and public buildings. A street in Stockerau bears his name. No other buildings have been documented since 1912. In the short period of around 18 years he realized several buildings that were placed under monument protection and thus underline his importance as an architect.
From 1926 until his death in 1940 he lived on a small pension.
Works (selection)
The works marked with "°)" are listed.
Residential, commercial and commercial buildings
- 1895 Villa, Vienna 17, Heuberggasse 11-11A
- 1898–1900: House, Stockerau, Dr. Karl Rennerplatz 2 (renovation) °)
- 1900: Villa, Vienna 17, Heuberggasse 1
- 1899: Meinl's trading house, Vienna 1, Fleischmarkt 7 °)
- 1904–1905: Chocolate factory Julius Meinl AG, Vienna 16, Heigerleinstraße 74 (changed) °)
- 1904: Villa Himmelbauer, Stockerau, Am Neubau 1-3, Lower Austria (Chamber of Commerce)
- 1910: Villa Himmelbauer, Vienna 19, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 40 (formerly Hochschulstraße, changed)
- 1910: Waldhof manor house, Oberrohrbach
Public buildings
- 1894–1896: Korneuburg town hall (competition 1st prize) °)
- 1894–1896: Student convict, Stockerau, Unter den Linden 2, Lower Austria °)
- 1898: Tower of the Augustinian monastery church, Korneuburg, Stockerauerstraße, Lower Austria °)
- 1898: Korneuburg city fountain, main square, Lower Austria
- 1898: Landwehrkavallerie barracks II, Stockerau, NO (competition, 1st prize, from 1935 Prinz Eugen barracks) °)
- 1907–1908: Bundesgymnasium, Stockerau, Unter den Linden 16, Lower Austria °)
- 1909–1910: Enlargement of the hospital, Stockerau, Landstrasse 16-18, Lower Austria °)
Awards
- 1880: von Stremayerscher Prize
- 1909: Gold Cross of Merit with the crown together with the city architect Johann Wolf for the construction of the new parish church St. Anna in Baumgarten.
Web links
- Max Kropf. In: arch INFORM .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description on the HOMEBASE Projektentwicklung GmbH website ; Retrieved December 9, 2014
- ↑ Max Kropf in the Vienna Architects Dictionary 1770 - 1945 ; Retrieved December 9, 2014
- ^ "Waldhof" mansion on Der Standard , accessed on September 25, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goiter, max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kropf, Conrad Berthold Maximilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect of late history |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bodenbach ( Děčín IV - Podmokly ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1940 |
| Place of death | Vienna |