Wilhelm von Flattich

Wilhelm Gustav Heinrich Flattich , Knight of Flattich since 1878 (born October 2, 1826 in Stuttgart , † February 24, 1900 in Vienna ), was a German-Austrian architect , construction director of the Austrian Southern Railway Company and builder of the old Vienna Southern Railway Station .

Life

The architect Wilhelm Flattich trained at the Stuttgart Polytechnic began his career in 1848–1853 with the expansion of the Württemberg railways . After working for the Société Immobilière in Paris and the Swiss Central Railway in Basel, the builder of the Brennerbahn, Karl Etzel , appointed him to the kk Südbahngesellschaft in Austria in 1857. In 1858 he became head of the building construction office, in 1860 chief inspector and in 1871 director of the building construction section of one of the largest railway lines in Europe at the time. During these years he planned and managed numerous new and reconstructed train stations, as well as other related construction projects. With his houses built in 1870 for the employees of the southern railway in Vienna-Meidling, he is one of the pioneers of workers' housing. 1869–1873 he built the Vienna Südbahnhof, which was damaged in World War II and replaced by a new one after the war. As an expert well-known far beyond the borders, he was called in as a planner and consultant for new train stations, such as in Stuttgart and Basel, and for other high-rise buildings in various countries. In 1875 he took Austrian citizenship, in 1878 he was ennobled and in 1890 he retired. He was on the board of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects and also played a not inconsiderable role in the cultural life of Vienna with his friends Ludwig Lobmeyr and Theophil Hansen , as well as his son-in-law Richard von Kralik .

On September 30, 1854, in Stuttgart, he married Marie Luise Tafel, the daughter of Johann Friedrich Gottlob Tafel , a member of the Frankfurt Parliament from 1848. The couple's grave is in the Döblinger Friedhof in Vienna.

Honors

A memorial plaque designed by Eleonore Vischer and placed in the old Südbahnhof in 1901 for its builder survived the war damage, but disappeared during the new building. A modern monument to Wilhelm von Flattich in the Grand Hotel Toblach, which he built, was created by Bojan Kunaver and unveiled on July 10, 2010.

Wilhelm von Flattich was awarded medals by several states:

• Knight of the Austro-Hungarian Order of the Iron Crown III. class
• Commander of the Serbian Order of Takovo
• Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Bavarian Order of Merit of Saint Michael (1877)
• Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy
• Knight of the Württemberg Order of Frederick

Most important buildings

Wiener Südbahnhof on a picture in the Allgemeine Bauzeitung , 1874.

• Stations of the Brennerbahn 1867 and the Pustertalbahn 1870
• Villas in Vienna and Reichenau, including Villa Hebra 1869
• Railway houses in Vienna-Meidling, Eichenstr. 5-21, 1870
• Südbahnhof Vienna 1873
• Trieste Central Station 1878
• Südbahnhotel ( Grand Hotel Toblach ) 1878

literature

• Guido Friedl: The architect Wilhelm von Flattich. VWGÖ, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-85369-396-2 .
• Flattich Wilhelm von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 327.
• Felix Czeike: Vienna Lexicon. Volume 2, Vienna 1993.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Flattich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wilhelm Gustav Flattich. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
• Entry on Wilhelm von Flattich in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )