Ferenc Pfaff (born as Franz Pfaff,
Mohács
Mohács (; Croatian and Bunjevac: ''Mohač''; german: Mohatsch; sr, Мохач; tr, Mohaç) is a town in Baranya County, Hungary, on the right bank of the Danube.
Etymology
The name probably comes from the Slavic ''*Mъchačь'',''*Mocháč'': ...
, 19 November 1851 –
Budapest
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, 21 August 1913) was a
Hungarian architect
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and
academic
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.
Career
Pfaff received his degree in 1880 after studying under
Imre Steindl
Imre Ferenc Károly Steindl (29 October 1839 – 31 August 1902) was a Hungarian architect.
Steindl (sometimes called in German ''Emerich Steindl'' or ''Emmerich Steindl'') was the designer of the Hungarian Parliament Building, an associate pr ...
at the
József Nádor Technical University in Budapest. Early in his career, he designed a number of smaller buildings, among which is the
Roman Catholic
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church
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at Svábhegy.
However, he is best known for his career as an
architect
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with the
Hungarian Railways. Joining in 1887, he later became director of building works right across the Hungarian lands within the
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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. In the following two decades he would design some 20 large, and numerous smaller railway stations, mainly in the
Renaissance
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eclectic style. These buildings were often modest but notable for their fine sense of proportion and scale. He also redesigned a number of existing stations, notably in
Croatia
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Zagreb
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and
Rijeka
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)
and in Hungary (
Győr
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,
Kassa and
Miskolc
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).
Railway stations
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Celldömölk
Celldömölk (german: Kleinmariazell) is the fifth largest town in Vas County, Hungary. Parts of the Eragon movie were filmed here. The town with 11,000 inhabitants can be found in the centre of Kemenesalja Hills.
History
Celldömölk has a hi ...
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Chop
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Debrecen
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Eszék (Osijek)
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Füzesabony
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, 1893
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Gyimesbükk (Ghimeș-Făget)
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Győr
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(remodelling)
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Kaposvár
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Karlovac
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Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located on the Zagreb- Rijeka highway and railway line, south-west of Zagre ...
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Kassa (remodelling)
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Kolozsvár
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(Cluj-Napoca)
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Lipótvár (Leopoldov)
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Miskolc Gömöri railway station, 1899
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Miskolc Tiszai railway station
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, 1901 (remodelled)
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Nagykároly
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History
The first mention of the city under the name of "Karul ...
(Carei)
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Pécs
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, (1900)
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Pozsony
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(Bratislava), 1905
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Fiume
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(Rijeka), 1890
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Szatmárnémeti
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(Satu Mare), 1899
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Szeged
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, 1902 – restored in 2006 according to his original plans
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Temesvár (Timișoara), 1897
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Versec (Vršac)
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Zagreb Glavni railway station
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Zsombolya (Jimbolia)
Other buildings
* Szeged, MAV Directorship, 1894
* Budapest, Transport Museum, 1896
* Budapest, Svabhegyi Roman Catholic church, 1886
* Budapest, Stefania Palace, home to 1885 national art exhibition, then until 1945 City Museum
* Budapest, Exhibition hall
References
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Railway architects
1851 births
1913 deaths
People from Mohács
Hungarian architects
Danube-Swabian people
Budapest University of Technology and Economics alumni