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Oggau am Neusiedler See - Olympisches Comité, Österreichisches, ÖOC (2/25)
Oggau am Neusiedler See Ohrlinger, Herbert

Ohmann, Friedrich


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Friedrich Ohmann, photo around 1920




Ohmann, Friedrich, b. Lvív, Ukraine (then Lemberg), Dec. 21, 1858, d. Vienna, April 6, 1927, architect. Pupil of H. von Ferstel and K. König (University of Technology in Vienna) and of F. von Schmidt (Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna). 1889-1899 taught at the School of Arts and Crafts in Prague; 1899-1907 in charge of building the extension of the Neue Hofburg and from 1898 of all alterations of buildings and bridges near the canalised River Wien. From 1904 head of the master course for architecture at the Vienna Academy. Put into practice the "baroque-impressionist visions" (F. Achleitner) in the style of the turn of the century.


Works: Vienna: hothouse in the Burggarten, 1901-1905; portal of the River Wien, Stadtpark, 1903-1906 (with J. Hackhofer); Zollamtssteg, 1903-1907 (with J. Hackhofer); monument to Empress Elisabeth in the Volksgarten, 1904-1907.

Literature: Magistrat der Stadt Wien (ed.), Architektur in Wien, 1984; F. Borsi and E. Godoli, Wr. Bauten der Jahrhundertwende, 1985; F. Achleitner, Ö. Architektur im 20. Jh., vol. III/1, 1990.


 
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