Friedrich Grünanger

Friedrich Grünanger ( born January 24, 1856 in Sighisoara, Sighisoara in Romania today, † December 14, 1929 in Salzburg ) was a Bulgarian- Austrian architect.

Life

Friedrich Grünanger was born in the family of a weaver in Sighisoara, Transylvania. After attending the local primary school followed 1887-1879 to study architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under the director Friedrich von Schmidt. 1879 Grünanger is first mentioned in Bulgaria in connection with the construction of the castle of Prince Alexander I in the Danube city of Ruse. From 1883 he worked in Razgrad as a city architect.

Between 1884 and 1908 he was a senior architect in the Directorate of Public Works, site manager of the parliament building in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, architect for the construction and maintenance of the royal buildings. During this time, Prince Ferdinand appointed him court architect. From 1898 he was member of the Bulgarian Association of Engineers and Architects.

From 1915 to 1929 Grünanger worked both in Bulgaria, as well as in Austria. He Built in 1909 /10, Villa Helen (now Grünanger villa on the quay ) in Salzburg, but was then again in Bulgaria where he worked as a senior architect of Ewlogi and Christo Georgiewi Foundation. Until his death remained Grünanger Bulgarian citizens. He died on 14 December 1929 in Salzburg.

Famous Works

  • High School (1882-1885) in Razgrad
  • Castle of Prince Alexander I. (1882 ) in Russian
  • Palace of Justice (1896 ) in Sofia
  • Pedagogical School (1889-1894, now the town hall ) in Kyustendil
  • House of Major General Nikolaev (1892 ) in Sofia
  • East Wing of the Prince Castle in Sofia (1894-1895, today Ethnographic Museum )
  • Bulgarian Orthodox Seminary (1902-1914) in Sofia
  • Church Sveti Ivan Rilski (1902-1914) in Sofia
  • Insurance company Balkans (1904, destroyed during the bombing of Sofia) Sofia
  • Completion of the Military Club in Sofia
  • House Samardschiew (1903, today the Turkish Embassy) in Sofia
  • Theological Academy (1904-1908, central dome destroyed during the bombing of Sofia) Sofia
  • Central Synagogue (1904-1910, opened on September 23, 1923) in Sofia
  • Villa Helen (1909-1910, now Grünanger villa on the quay ) in Salzburg

Prince Palace in Rousse

House of Jablanski in Sofia

Look at the Sofia Synagogue

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