Theodor Johann Jaeger

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Theodor Johann Jaeger (born May 25, 1874 in Šurany , Slovakia; † October 26, 1943 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect and civil engineer.

Life

Theodor Johann Jaeger was born in Nagysurány in what was then Hungary. He was the son of a senior official from Mainz who was only temporarily staying in Hungary for work. The family later moved to Vienna, where Jaeger studied at the Technical University and graduated with honors. He worked briefly as a university assistant and then in the Ruhr area in the construction works Gute Hoffnung . Back in Vienna he got a job at the Vienna City Building Office, where he was employed for 30 years. His areas of expertise were initially road construction and later in the city regulatory department, where, among other things, he worked on new building regulations. Most recently he was director of the building construction department.

Jaeger was also musically gifted and wrote poetry for a while. He was married, but his marriage remained childless.

Act

His most famous building was the Strudlhofstiege in Vienna, which opened in 1910 and was built to bridge the difference in level between Liechtensteinstrasse and Strudlhofgasse.

In addition to this building, he mainly planned industrial buildings, but they did not achieve this notoriety. One project that has not been carried out is his development plan for Reichenberg .

Publications

  • Housing on Viennese soil. In: Festschrift, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Wr. City Building Office. Vienna 1935, p. 187 ff.

literature

  • Festschrift , published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Vienna City Building Office. Vienna 1935
  • Theodor Goecke : From the competition designs to a development plan for Reichenberg in Bohemia and the surrounding area. In: Der Städtebau Heft 10, 1913, p. 110.
  • G. Martin: On the dignity of an embankment - Johann Theodor Jäger, the forgotten “master of stairs”. in stones speak , 1977, vol. 54, p. 12ff.
  • H. Pemmer / N. Lackner: Die Währinger Strasse , Vienna 1968

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personal data
SURNAME Jaeger, Theodor Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaeger, Johann Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect and civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Nagysurány , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1943
Place of death Vienna