Valentin Ceconi

Valentin Ceconi , actually: Valentino Ceconi (born December 30, 1827 in Dogna , Kingdom of Lombardo-Venetia , Austrian Empire ; † August 17, 1888 in Salzburg , Duchy of Salzburg , Austria-Hungary ), was an Austrian builder and architect .

biography

Ceconi was the son of the timber merchant Giovanni Ceconi-Covase and Maddalena, nee. Cappelari. He was trained as a master mason in Friuli and married Eva Ostermann in Gemona in 1856 . After the birth of their son Jakob , he came to Salzburg with his family in 1857 and founded a construction company to build residential and commercial buildings in 1863. He had heard of the imminent razing of the Salzburg fortifications and was hoping for major contracts with the associated city expansion. He made with his, in Friuli recruited, cheap seasonal workers and the acquisition of own suppliers (Quarry, gypsum, lime and brick plants, sculpture workshop, joinery) from foreign services independently of the districts was instrumental in building Schallmoos , Froschheim and Andrae district involved .

His masterpieces include the Grand Hotel de l'Europe in Froschheim, built in 1864 according to plans by architect Lang from Baden-Baden , the church in Guggenthal ( Koppl municipality ) and the Faber houses planned by Franz Schommleitner in Salzburg's Neustadt . Also worth mentioning are the Hotel Pitter (1888) and the Haus Baldi (1865), both also in Neustadt, for which he was responsible for the planning as well as the execution.

In Auerspergstrasse 69 in Andräviertel, around 1870, he built a Wilhelminian style villa for Count Guidobald von Thun , which he later acquired for his family (Ceconi villa). Other buildings by Valentin Ceconi include the St. Joseph Monastery, the Schmederer Villa , the Weitwörth Palace in Weitwörth ( Nussdorf am Haunsberg municipality ), the Salzburg Hotel Auersperg and the Salzburg Marionette Theater building on Schwarzstrasse.

After his death, his son Jakob took over the management of the construction company Valentin Ceconi & Sohn, which had grown to 1,000 employees . Valentin Ceconi found his final resting place in the Salzburg municipal cemetery .

Literature and Sources

• Walburga Schobersberger: Builder of an Era. The early days of the Ceconi family of builders and architects in the city and state of Salzburg. In: Communications from the Society for Regional Studies in Salzburg . Volume 125, pp. 703-729. Salzburg 1985.
• Adolf Haslinger, Peter Mittermayr (ed.): Salzburger Kulturlexikon. Residenz Verlag . Salzburg-Vienna-Frankfurt / Main 2001. ISBN 3-7017-1129-1
• Friederike Zaisberger , Reinhard R. Heinisch : Life beyond death ... Celebrities in the Salzburg municipal cemetery. Announcements from the Society for Regional Studies in Salzburg. 23. Supplementary volume. Self-published by the company. Salzburg 2006

Web links

• Historical city atlas Salzburg