Friedrich Grünanger (25 January 1856 – 14 December 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian architect who worked primarily in
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.
Born in Schäßburg in Austria-Hungary (today
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in
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), Grünanger studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts ViennaThe Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is an institution of higher education in Vienna, Austria.- History :The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy by the court-painter Peter Strudl, who became the Praefectus Academiae Nostrae. In 1701 he was ennobled as Baron of the Empire...
architecture school between 1877 and 1879, under
Friedrich von SchmidtFriedrich von Schmidt was an architect who worked in late 19th century Vienna....
. As a style, he was a representative of the late
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, of the eclectic style, the Viennese
Neo-Baroque*Neo-Baroque music*Neo-Baroque painting*Baroque Revival architecture...
and the
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.
In 1879, he was appointed in the Direction of Public Buildings, part of the Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and became Chief Architect of
RazgradRazgrad is a city in northeastern Bulgaria and the capital of Razgrad Province, built upon the ruins of the Ancient Roman town of Abritus on the banks of the Beli Lom. Razgrad Province has one of the densest Turkish populations in Bulgaria, with 27% of the municipality 's citizens declaring to be...
, later court architect of Knyaz Alexander of Bulgaria and his successor Ferdinand.
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Friedrich Grünanger (25 January 1856 – 14 December 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian architect who worked primarily in
BulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north , Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south...
.
Born in Schäßburg in Austria-Hungary (today
SighişoaraSighişoara is a city and municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureş County, Romania. Located in the historic region Transylvania, Sighişoara has a population of 32,287 .- History :...
in
RomaniaRomania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...
), Grünanger studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts ViennaThe Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is an institution of higher education in Vienna, Austria.- History :The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy by the court-painter Peter Strudl, who became the Praefectus Academiae Nostrae. In 1701 he was ennobled as Baron of the Empire...
architecture school between 1877 and 1879, under
Friedrich von SchmidtFriedrich von Schmidt was an architect who worked in late 19th century Vienna....
. As a style, he was a representative of the late
historismHistorism is a philosophical and historiographical theory, founded in 19th-century Germany and especially influential in 19th- and 20th-century Europe...
, of the eclectic style, the Viennese
Neo-Baroque*Neo-Baroque music*Neo-Baroque painting*Baroque Revival architecture...
and the
Vienna SecessionThe Vienna Secession was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists who had resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists, housed in the Vienna Künstlerhaus.This movement included painters, sculptors, and architects...
.
In 1879, he was appointed in the Direction of Public Buildings, part of the Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and became Chief Architect of
RazgradRazgrad is a city in northeastern Bulgaria and the capital of Razgrad Province, built upon the ruins of the Ancient Roman town of Abritus on the banks of the Beli Lom. Razgrad Province has one of the densest Turkish populations in Bulgaria, with 27% of the municipality 's citizens declaring to be...
, later court architect of Knyaz Alexander of Bulgaria and his successor Ferdinand. During his thirty years of work in Bulgaria, he designed and constructed numerous remarkable public and residential buildings, mainly in
SofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city by population in the European Union, with 1.4 million people living in the Capital Municipality...
. In 1908 he returned to Austria-Hungary and retired in
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, but briefly returned to Bulgaria between 1911 and 1914 until his work in the country was discontinued after
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Works
This is an incomplete list of selected works by Friedrich Grünanger.
- Razgrad
Razgrad is a city in northeastern Bulgaria and the capital of Razgrad Province, built upon the ruins of the Ancient Roman town of Abritus on the banks of the Beli Lom. Razgrad Province has one of the densest Turkish populations in Bulgaria, with 27% of the municipality 's citizens declaring to be...
- Mausoleum of the Russian Warriors (1879–1880)
- Razgrad High School, today Exarch Joseph High School of Foreign Languages
- Rousse
Ruse is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria with a population of near 175,600. Ruse is situated in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, 300 km from the capital Sofia and 200 km from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast...
- regional government building and palace of Knyaz Alexander (co-work), today the Rousse Regional History Museum
The Rousse Regional Historical Museum is one of the 11 regional museums of Bulgaria. It acts within the Rousse, Razgrad, and Silistra regions. The museum occuipies the building of the former Battenberg Palace, previously a local court, built 1879–1882 by Friedrich Grünanger.The Rousse Regional...
(1879–1882); first governmental building in Bulgaria built for the purpose after the LiberationIn Bulgarian historiography, the term Liberation of Bulgaria is used to denote the events of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 that led to the establishment of a Bulgarian state with the Treaty of San Stefano of 3 March, 1878...
in 1878
- first navy watchtower and meteorological station in Bulgaria (1883)
- Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city by population in the European Union, with 1.4 million people living in the Capital Municipality...
- Royal Palace of Bulgaria (today housing the National Art Gallery
The National Art Gallery is Bulgaria's national gallery and houses over 50,000 pieces of Bulgarian art...
and the National Ethnographic Museum) (1880–1882). In 1893/4–1895 built the three-storey east wing and shaped the palace's current appearance
- two-storey private house with a mansard for Anna Puleva (1899)
- private house for Hristo Sarmadzhiev (today Turkish Embassy)
- Sofia Spiritual Academy (today Sofia University
The St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia or Sofia University is the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria, founded on 1 October 1888...
Faculty of Theology); co-work with other architects
- Sofia Seminary
The Sofia Seminary of St John of Rila , located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is the main seminary of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and an ecclesiastical institution of higher education. Founded in 1874 as the Samokov Theological School in the Sts...
with the St John of Rila Church (1902–1914)
- Sofia Synagogue
The Sofia Synagogue is the largest synagogue in Southeastern Europe, one of two functioning in Bulgaria and the third-largest in Europe....
(1904–1909)
- Sofia Mineral Baths
The Sofia Public Mineral Baths or the Central Mineral Baths is a landmark in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, a city known for the mineral springs in the area...
(1904); preliminary design
- Defence and Staff College
The Rakovski Defence and Staff College , based in Sofia, is Bulgaria's oldest military institution of higher education, officially established on 1 March 1912 with an act of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, but opened on 4 January 1915, delayed due to the Balkan Wars.Since its creation, the...
park (1906)
- Yablanski House
The Yablanski House is a Neo-Baroque house in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, situated at 18 Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard in the city centre and regarded as one of the highest achievements of the city's architecture in the first decade of the 20th century...
: private house for Dimitar Yablanski (1907) (until 1993 Chinese Embassy)
- Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in Northern Bulgaria, third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, and 77th-largest in the European Union, with a population of 355,450 .Commonly referred to as the marine capital of Bulgaria, Varna is a...
- Kyustendil
Kyustendil is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of Kyustendil Province, with a population of 58,059 . Kyustendil is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, 90 km southwest of Sofia...
- Teachers' Institute (today town hall)