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Gabriel von Seidl (9 December 1848 – 27 April 1913) was a German
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and a representative of the
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style of architecture.


Life and work

Gabriel Seidl was born in
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in 1848. He was the first son of the wealthy baker Anton Seidl and his wife Therese, daughter of the well-known brewer Gabriel Sedlmayr. Seidl initially studied mechanical engineering at the
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in
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. He worked as a mechanical engineer in England, where he found that his real talent lay in the field of architecture. Consequently, he began studying at the
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in Munich. His studies were interrupted during 1870–1871 due to his volunteer participation in the Franco-Prussian War. After an extended period of study in Rome, he opened an
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studio in 1878. Seidl was a member of the Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association founded in 1851 and quickly won the admiration of its members, including Lorenz Gedon, Rudolf von Seitz, and Fritz von Miller. In 1900 Gabriel Seidl was awarded the '' Verdienstorden der Bayerischen Krone'' ("Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown"). Thereby he was raised to the peerage and became ''
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'' von Seidl. In 1908 he was awarded the ''
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'' ("Knight of the Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts"). In 1902 he founded the ''Isartalverein'', an association for the preservation of the natural beauty of the Isar valley, at the Artists' House in Munich. The ''Isartalverein'' was founded in order to prevent further destruction of the Isar valley by building speculators after the establishment of the first power plants in that area by the electric power company Isarwerke GmbH. Seidl was made an honorary citizen of
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on 14 April 1909 because of his construction of a new building for the
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in Speyer. In 1913 he was made an honorary citizen of Munich. From 1866, Seidl, like his cousin Gabriel Ritter von Sedlmayr, was a member of the Corps Germania Munich. Not only was he a faithful corps brother till his death, he also drew the plans for the construction of the corps house, overseeing the progress of the work personally. In 1890 Seidl married Franziska Neunzert, the daughter of a forester. Five children were born of this marriage. Seidl died in 1913 in his residential and office building at 28 Mars Road in Munich. Gabriel von Seidl's brother Emanuel von Seidl was also an architect, but because his work focused mainly on private residential buildings, he is not as well known today. Gabriel von Seidl is buried at the Old South Cemetery in Munich.


Honors

* Honorary curator of the
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* Honorary member of the
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* Royal Bavarian professor * Honorary doctorate from the
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* Honorary Citizen of the City of
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* Honorary citizen of the city of
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* Honorary citizen of the town of Bad Tölz Gabriel von Seidl is the namesake of the ''Gabriel-von-Seidl-Gymnasium'' in Bad Tölz. Streets or squares are named after him in Bremen,
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, Grünwald,
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Pullach Pullach, officially Pullach i. Isartal, is a municipality in the district of Munich in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the Isar Valley Railway and is served by the S 7 line of the Munich S-Bahn, at the Großhesselohe Isartalbahnhof, Pullach and ...
, and
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. The ''Isartalverein'' erected a commemorative pillar in his memory in Pullach in 1922.


Selected works

Buedesheim Neues Schloss.jpg, New Castle Büdesheim, Büdesheim (Schöneck), 1885 Lenbachhaus.jpg, Lenbach Villa, Munich, 1887–1891 München Kaulbachvilla Front.JPG, Villa of the painter
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, Munich, 1887–1889 Bavariaring 24 Muenchen-3.jpg, House on ''Bavariaring'' 24, Munich, 1888 Lenbachplatz 8 Kuenstlerhaus Muenchen-1.jpg, '' Künstlerhaus'' ("Artists' House") at Lenbachplatz, Munich, 1893–1900 Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Muenchen-1.jpg,
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, Munich, 1894–1899 St. Anna Pfarrkirche Muenchen-5.jpg, St. Anna's Church,
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, Munich, 1887–1892 Karlsplatz 7 Muenchen-1.jpg, Rondell buildings at
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, Munich, 1899–1900 08-07-27+15-17-47+Schönau, Wasserschloss.JPG, Schönau Water Castle, Schönau (Rottal), 1899–1900 Schloss Lerbach.jpg, Lerbach Castle, Bergisch Gladbach, 1900 Muenchen St Rupert aussen-2.jpg, St. Rupert's Church, Munich, 1901–1903 Ruffinihaus Muenchen-2.jpg, ''
Ruffinihaus The ''Ruffinihaus'' ("Ruffini House") is a group of three houses (also known as ''Ruffinihäuser'') on the ''Rindermarkt'' ("cattle market") 10 in the Old Town of Munich, Germany. It was built by Gabriel von Seidl from 1903 to 1905 and is named ...
'' at '' Rindermarkt'' 10, Munich, 1903–1905 Schloss Neubeuern-2.jpg, Neubeuern Castle, construction of the middle tract, 1904–1908 Germania Munich Corpshaus.JPG, ''Corpshaus'' of the Corps Germania Munich Deutsches Museum Muenchen-1.jpg,
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, Munich (begun in 1906; after Gabriel von Seidel's death in 1913 his brother Emanuel von Seidl continued the work until his own death in 1919; construction was completed in 1925) Speyer, Museum der Pfalz.JPG,
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,
Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...
, 1907 RathausBremen-02-1.jpg, New Town Hall, Bremen, 1909–1913 Bad Tölz, Marienstift 2004-04.jpg, Redesign of ''Marienstift'', Bad Tölz Schloss Sandersdorf Südseite.jpg, Schloss Sandersdorf, renovation, 1900 G.v.Seidel.JPG, Grab auf dem Alten Südfriedhof München


References


Sources

* Stephan Bammer, ''Architekt, Natur- und Heimatschützer. Zum 100. Todestag von Gabriel von Seidl.'' ("Architect, and nature and heritage protector. On the 100th anniversary of the death of Gabriel von Seidl") In ''Schönere Heimat'' ("Nicer Home"), 102, p. 4–12, 2013. * Hans Bössl, ''Gabriel von Seidl'', ''Verlag des Historischen Vereins von Oberbayern'' ("Publisher of the Historical Society of Upper Bavaria"), Munich, 1966. * Hans Herpich, ''Monumenta Germaniae, Gedenkblätter zum 100. Bundesfest des Corps Germania zu München'' ("Monumenta Germaniae: Commemoration of the 100th Corps Festival of the Corps Germania Munich"), Ingolstadt, 1963. * Veronika Hofer (Ed.), ''Gabriel von Seidl. Architekt und Naturschützer.'' ("Gabriel von Seidl: Architect and conservationist"), Hugendubel Verlag, Munich, 2002. * Wilhelm Neu, Volker Liedke, Otto Braasch: ''Denkmäler in Bayern'' ("Monuments in Bavaria"), Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1986. *


Documentary movies

* ''Gabriel von Seidl. Ein Architekt prägt München.'' ("Gabriel von Seidl: An architect shapes Munich"). TV documentary by Bernhard Graf, Germany 2004, BR, 45 minutes. * ''Gabriel von Seidl. Architekt des bayerischen Heimatstils.'' ("Gabriel von Seidl: Architect of the Bavarian homeland style"). TV documentary by Bernhard Graf, Germany 2004, BR, 45 minutes.


External links

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Homepage of ''Gabriel-von-Seidl-Gymnasiums'' in Bad Tölz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seidl, Gabriel von 1848 births 1913 deaths 19th-century German architects German conservationists Historicist architects Architects from Munich Technical University of Munich alumni Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)