Anton Aberle

	Anton Aberle Anton Aberle (14 November 1876, in Möhringen – 15 August 1953, in Thusis) was a German–Swiss architect. A Schwarzwald farmer's son, he grew up studying at the Bauhochschule Karlsruhe and in 1904 founded the architectural firm Robert Curjel und Karl Moser (Curjel and Moser Curjel and Moser was an architectural firm set up by Robert Curjel and Karl Moser in 1888 in Karlsruhe, Germany. They designed about 400 buildings in Germany and Switzerland. In 1915, following the start of the World War I, the firm was dissolve ...). After managing the construction of a hotel in Feldberg, in 1906 he was sent to St. Gallen, where business office buildings emerged under his leadership. In 1909 he started his own business. In addition to various business houses and embroidery factories in St. Gallen, he primarily designed single-family homes in 1920–1921 on the Stahlskelettbau. Aberle built a villa in St Gallen in 1930 and in 1933 he built the first all-steel frame bridge in the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Möhringen (Unlingen) Unlingen () is a municipality in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Unlingen lies in southwestern Germany, between the Upper Swabian mountain known as the Bussen and the river Danube. Unlingen contains the districts of Dietelhofen, Göffingen, Möhringen and Uigendorf. Political history The first recorded mention of Unlingen occurred in 1163. In 1291 Unlingen fell to the House of Habsburg, and eventually became a part of Further Austria. At the end of the 14th century, the Steward of Waldburg held large portions of the town. In 1525, 2,000 farmers gathered in Unlingen as it became one of the starting points of the German Peasants' War. During the Thirty Years' War, Unlingen was destroyed by both Imperial and Swedish troops. In 1635, plague killed a large part of the population. In 1806, during the Napoleonic Wars, Unlingen became a part of the Kingdom of Württemberg and was assigned to the jurisdiction of Riedlingen. With the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thusis Thusis ( it, Tosana, '' Romansh: Tusàn'') is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Mutten merged into the municipality of Thusis. History Thusis is first mentioned in 1156 as ''Tosana''. The town was devastated by more than 10 fires and after the one of 1845, it had to be rebuilt. Geography Thusis has an area, , of . Of this area, 18% is used for agricultural purposes, while 58.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is the capital of the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Schwarzwald The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is the source of the Danube and Neckar rivers. Its highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of above sea level. Roughly oblong in shape, with a length of and breadth of up to , it has an area of about 6,009 km2 (2,320 sq mi). Historically, the area was known for forestry and the mining of ore deposits, but tourism has now become the primary industry, accounting for around 300,000 jobs. There are several ruined military fortifications dating back to the 17th century. History In ancient times, the Black Forest was known as , after the Celtic deity, Abnoba. In Roman times (Late antiquity), it was given the name ("Marcynian Forest", from the Germanic word ''marka'' = "border"). The Black Forest probably represented the bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Robert Curjel Robert Curjel (born 17 December 1859 in St. Gallen, Switzerland; died 18 August 1925 in Emmett, Switzerland) was a German-Swiss architect. Early life and education Curjel attended the Technical University of Karlsruhe and the Technical University of Munich. In 1888, he founded the architectural firm Curjel and Moser with Karl Moser. From 1916, Curiel worked for the Badischer Baubund. Buildings * Johanneskirche in Bern (1893) * Christ Church in Karlsruhe (1900) * Südwestdeutsche Landesbank in Karlsruhe (1901) * St Paul's Church in Basel (1901) * Langmatt Museum in Baden (1902) * St John's Church in Mannheim (1904) * St Paul's Church, Bern (1905) * Kunsthaus Zürich (1910) * Basel Badischer, Basel (1913) * Main building of the University of Zürich (1913) Family Curjel and his wife Marie Curjel (née Hermann) were both Jewish. Marie committed suicide on 27 April 1940 because of the threat of deportation to a concentration camp. His daughter Gertrud (b. 5 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Karl Moser Karl Moser (August 10, 1860 – February 28, 1936) was an architect from Switzerland. Between 1887 and 1915 he worked together with Robert Curjel in Karlsruhe, setting up the architecture firm Curjel and Moser. Some of their works are: * Kunsthaus Zurich * University of Zurich * Basel Badischer Bahnhof * St. Paul's Church, Bern * St. Anthony's (Anoniuskirche), Basel * several Protestant churches From 1915 to 1928 he was professor at ETH Zurich. In 1928 he was president of the newly founded Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne, an organisation, steered prominently by the pioneers of modernism, architects Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, which championed rational and functionalist architecture, while critiquing the type of revivalist architecture typified by Moser's own work. Indeed, at was at this time that Moser's own work changed radically towards modernism, exemplified in the St. Anthony's (Antoniuskirche) in Basel (1925-27), built in reinforced concret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Curjel And Moser Curjel and Moser was an architectural firm set up by Robert Curjel and Karl Moser in 1888 in Karlsruhe, Germany. They designed about 400 buildings in Germany and Switzerland. In 1915, following the start of the World War I, the firm was dissolved and Moser became professor at ETH Zurich. Many of the office's surviving buildings are now listed monuments. In Karlsruhe-Knielingen, Curjel-und-Moser-Strasse was named after the architects in 2008. Buildings designed by Curjel and Moser * St John's Church in Bern (1892-93) * St. Sebastian in Wettingen (1895) * St Paul's Church in Basel (1898-1901) * Rheinlust in Rheinfelden (1899-1900) * St Paul's Church in Bern (1902-05) * Kunsthaus Zürich (1904-10) * Badischer Bahnhof in Basel (1910-13) * University of Zürich (1911-14) * Concert hall in Karlsruhe (1913-15) References * Leonardo Benevolo, ''History of Modern Architecture, Volume 2''. (MIT Press The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Stanislaus Von Moos Stanislaus von Moos (born 23 July 1940) is a Swiss art historian and architectural theorist. Early life Stanislaus von Moos was born in Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ..., Switzerland. Career After first teaching in Harvard, Bern and New York, he became a professor at the Delft University of Technology in 1983. He then worked at the newly created Department of Modern and Contemporary Art in Zurich, where he taught until his retirement in 2005. He then settled in Mendrisio, and currently teaches at Yale. In 1971 he founded the still existing magazine " Archithese " . Since 1997 he was Visiting Professor Jean Labatut in Princeton. He was awarded the Schelling Architecture Theory Prize for 1998. Personal life Stanislaus von Moos is married to sculptor Ir� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Swiss Architects Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland Swiss people Places Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina Swiss, West Virginia Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports Swiss International Air Lines *Swiss Global Air Lines, a subsidiary Swissair, former national air line of Switzerland .swiss alternative TLD for Switzerland See also Swiss made, label for Swiss products Swiss cheese (other) Switzerland (other) Languages of Switzerland, none of which are called "Swiss" International Typographic Style, also known as Swiss Style, in graphic design Schweizer (other), meaning Swiss in German Schweitzer, a family name meaning Swiss in German Swisse Swisse is a vitamin, supplement, and skincare brand. Founded in Australia in 1969 and globally headquartered in Melbourne, and was sold to Health & Happiness, a Chinese company based in Hong Kong previously known as Biostime International, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	19th-century German Architects The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	German Expatriates In Switzerland German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) *Germania (historical use) Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language *any of the Germanic languages German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1876 Births Events January–March * January 1 The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is formed at a meeting in Chicago; it replaces the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. Morgan Bulkeley of the Hartford Dark Blues is selected as the league's first president. * February 2 – Third Carlist War – Battle of Montejurra: The new commander General Fernando Primo de Rivera marches on the remaining Carlist stronghold at Estella, where he meets a force of about 1,600 men under General Carlos Calderón, at nearby Montejurra. After a courageous and costly defence, Calderón is forced to withdraw. * February 14 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. * February 19 – Third Carlist War: Government troops under General Primo de Rivera drive throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1953 Deaths Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. The Central Intelligence Agency, CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the Unidentified flying object, UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 Mau Mau Upr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]