József Hild

József Hild ( born December 8, 1789 in Pest, † March 6, 1867 ) was a Hungarian architect and builder of classicism.

Hild was one of the most influential architects of the Hungarian reform period in the first half of the 19th century. In addition to numerous large cathedrals in Hungary, he was planning among others, the classical redesign the Pest Leopoldstadt.

Life

József (also Jósef ) Hild was the second child of only 1789 Vienna drawn to Pest city civil engineer John Hild ( 1766-1811 ) and his wife Klára Hild. Until 1804 he attended the Pest Piaristen High School and learned during this time in his father's office. At the age of 16, his father sent him to study in Vienna and József met at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and at Karl Ritter von Moreau ( 1758-1840 ), the then court architect of the Esterházy family. 1809 Hild joined the construction company of his father, and due to his early death in 1811, he took over the business. Hild asked the Palatin after a construction and architect license, under the condition more practical experience should be granted him.

The Vienna Academy of Art awarded Hild a travel grant. From 1816 to 1820 he undertook a long study trip to Italy and Greece and attended inter alia, Milan, Florence, Rome, Naples and Athens. Most of the time he spent in Rome and studied the churches and cathedrals of the Renaissance. After his return to plague he received in the 1820s, some private business and expanding slowly a reputation as an architect on. Until the early 1830s, he produced the first projects, including large - House ( 1825), Lloyd 's Palace (1828 ) and Diana -Bad ( 1822).

The years after the flood of 1838 Pest Hild was most productive as an architect. He was responsible for the rebuilding of the city and created around 200 villas, office buildings and city palace. In 1844 he received the title " architect ", and from 1845 he was Pester "City Builder".

During the 1830s Hild also began planning large Kirchenum and new buildings, including the Cathedral Eger ( 1830-1837 ) and the Esztergom Basilica ( 1839-1845 ), the largest church building in Hungary. Esztergom was next to plague one of his main work places. Besides Basilica, he planned the diocesan library and seminary for the Archdiocese of Esztergom, the building for the Szent Imre Grammar School and the local savings bank. In 1845 he undertook further trips to Italy and Germany, including Munich.

1851 Hild was tasked with the architectural line for the construction of the Budapest St. Stephen's Basilica ( 1851-1905 ), who after his death under Ybl ( 1814-1891 ) continued in the Neo-Renaissance style and completed in 1905 under the leadership of József Kauser been. Hild died in 1867 at the age of 77 years from the effects of pneumonia. He was buried at the cemetery Kerepescher.

Work

József Hild planned and built more than 900 buildings.

Religious buildings (selection)

Basilica, Eger

Basilica, Esztergom

Reformed Church, Cegléd

Secular buildings (selection)

József Hild Elementary School, Budapest

Valero silk mill, Budapest

Valero silk mill

Schossberger House, Budapest

Seminar, Esztergom

Honors

According to Hild, a number of schools today are named, including the József Hild Primary School ( Általános Iskola ) in Budapest and József Hild - Baufachschule in Győr.