Peter Paul Brang

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Peter Paul Brang
Dianabad Vienna around 1917

Peter Paul Brang (born April 27, 1852 in Bucharest , † March 27, 1925 in Vienna ) was an architect from Transylvania who worked in Austria , the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Slovenia , Bulgaria and Romania .

Training and work

Brang was born in the Romanian capital Bucharest as the son of a building contractor from Kronstadt in the Hungarian Transylvania (today Brașov / Romania). He first attended the construction and engineering school in Vienna and studied architecture from 1874 to 1876 with Theophil von Hansen at a special school of the Academy of Fine Arts . In 1879 he received the concession as a Viennese city ​​architect . He also worked as an expert and appraiser for architecture and building construction at the Regional Court for Criminal Matters Vienna .

Brang was a representative of late historicism , preferring Gothic and Renaissance styles. He achieved particular merits in the area of ​​pool construction. His works include the municipal baths in Reichenberg (1901–1902), Aussig (1905–1908) as well as the Vienna Dianabad (1913–1916 / 1917) and the Bad Vöslau thermal baths in Lower Austria (1925–1926, executed by WE Luksch). He also built the Dohodno Zdanie (City Theater) in Russian (1898-1902), the Celje hall in the German House in Celje in Slovenia (1905-1906), the National Graduate School Dimitar Hadzhivasilev in Svishtov (1895), the Italian (formerly Austrian ) Embassy (1883) and today's BNP Paribas headquarters in Sofia (1885), the Evangelical High School Bistriţa (1896–1908), and in Suceava (Romania) the Vatra Dornei Casino (1898) and the administrative palace (1903–1904) ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Marcella Stern: Brang, Peter Paul . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 13, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22753-1 , p. 646.
  2. ^ Peter Bachmaier: Austria and Bulgaria 1878-2008: Past and present. Ostag, 2008, p. 156.
  3. ^ Městské informační centrum - Liberec. April 17, 2007, accessed July 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ aRChauSSig - Peter Paul Brang. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Dimitar Hadjivasilev State High School of Economics. July 1, 2012, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
  6. ↑ La sede. In: L'Ambasciata d'Italia Sofia. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Italian).
  7. ↑ Cazinoul din Vatra Dornei, simbolul oraşului, îngropat de biserică. In: adevarul.ro. February 14, 2013, accessed July 12, 2020 (Romanian).
personal data
SURNAME Brang, Peter Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian-Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1925
Place of death Vienna