Ignaz Stanislaus Sowinski ( pl, Ignacy Stanisław Sowiński; 1858–1917) was a Polish architect
and journalist who was active in
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
from the middle of the 1880s and until the outbreak of
World War I.
Life
Sowinski was born in
Kraków,
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
, in what was then Austrian Poland.
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Between 1876 and 1881 he studied at ]TU Wien
TU Wien (TUW; german: Technische Universität Wien; still known in English as the Vienna University of Technology from 1975–2014) is one of the major universities in Vienna, Austria. The university finds high international and domestic recogn ...
in Vienna under Heinrich von Ferstel and .[
From around 1881, he was active as a freelance architect in Vienna where he opened his own studio and occasionally also worked as a journalist.][
His spectrum ranged from rental houses and villas to factories. One of his most spectacular commissions was the construction of the Wilhelminenberg Castle in Vienna (1903/08). He was also active in other regions of the ]Habsburg monarchy
The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...
, especially in his native Kraków. From September 1913, he took part in the restoration work of the Wawel Castle in Kraków and was appointed head of the company in July 1914. After the outbreak of World War I in the autumn of that year, he left Kraków again and returned to Vienna. After some of his designs had been rejected by the renovation committee, he put off his assignment in February 1916. A little over a year later, , he died at Kraków and was buried in the Rakowicki Cemetery.[
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Personal life
In 1889 he married Barbara Pammer (1860-1901). They had no children.[
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References
See also
* Lutheran City Church
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1858 births
1917 deaths
Architects from Kraków
Architects from Vienna
Journalists from Kraków
Journalists from Vienna
TU Wien alumni