Wilhelm Klingenberg (architect)
Wilhelm Otto Emil Klingenberg senior (born June 21, 1850 in Görlitz ; † April 30, 1910 ibid) was a German architect and city architect who worked in Austria.
Life
Wilhelm Klingenberg was the son of a Prussian music director. He studied from 1875 to 1877 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Theophil von Hansen . Then he was assistant to Friedrich von Schmidt . In 1882 he got the master builder license and worked in Vienna, Lower Austria and Bohemia. One of his employees was the architect and town builder Ludwig Schwanberg, another was Matthäus Bohdal, for whose building company he was responsible from 1890 to 1896. Klingenberg was a member of several architects and builders' associations and belonged to the Hansen Club from 1903. As part of this, he completed a study trip to Greece.
meaning
Wilhelm Klingenberg was an architect committed to tradition, whose work is only narrow. He built houses, factories and various public buildings.
Works
- Residential house , Marc-Aurel-Strasse 10–12, Vienna 1 (1886)
- Renovation and new construction of the Rosenthal sanatorium , Auhofstraße 189, Vienna 13 (1888)
- Gym for the German Gymnastics Club , Böhmisch-Aicha (1890)
- Residential and commercial building , Wipplingerstraße 16, Vienna 1 (1892)
- Sugar goods factory Heller , Belgradplatz 3–5, Vienna 1 (1898–1900)
- Victor Schmidt & Sons chocolate factory , Geiselbergstrasse 26–32, Vienna 11 (1905)
- Reconstruction of the town hall , Böhmisch-Aicha (1905)
- Facade of the town hall , Liebenau (1905)
Web links
- Wilhelm Klingenberg (architect). In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
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| SURNAME | Klingenberg, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klingenberg senior, Wilhelm Otto Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goerlitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1910 |
| Place of death | Goerlitz |