Tobias Brenner (master builder)

Tobias Brenner

Tobias Brenner (born December 13, 1842 in Rietz ; † August 27, 1912 in Untermais , Merano ) was a master builder in Merano.

Life

Brenner was initially a foreman at the architect Karl Moeser . From 1870 he started his independent construction activity in Merano. Entire streets were shaped by him. The majority of his 47 buildings are still preserved today, many of them are under monument protection or ensemble protection.

Brenner was an honorary citizen of Untermais, which was incorporated into Merano in 1923. A street in Merano is named after him.

Building (selection)

image	Surname	Built	address	Others
more pictures	Moscow villa	1895	Schafferstrasse 25	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
more pictures	Villa Borodine with St. Nicholas	1896	Schafferstrasse 21-23	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
more pictures	Villa Ifinger	1896	Fluggistraße 14	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
more pictures	Villa Sessler	1897	Schafferstrasse 30	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Villa Lohengrin	1905	Tobias-Brenner-Strasse 28	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
	Town hall Untermais	1906	Matteottistraße 38-44	Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

literature

Anna Pixner Pertoll: Villa construction in Merano at the turn of the century . Innsbruck 1990 (dissertation)
Anna Pixner Pertoll: Built into the light: the Merano villas, their gardens and the development of the city (1860–1920) . Ed. Raetia, Bozen 2009, ISBN 978-88-7283-355-1

Web links

Commons : Tobias Brenner - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Obituary in the Maiser Wochenblatt of August 31, 1912. Digitized version of the Teßmann library

personal data
SURNAME	Brenner, Tobias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Master builder from Merano
DATE OF BIRTH	December 13, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rietz (Tyrol)
DATE OF DEATH	August 27, 1912
Place of death	Lower maize , Merano