Carl Roesner (19 June 1804,

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

- 13 July 1869,

Steyr Steyr (; Central Bavarian: ''Steia'') is a statutory city, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. It is the administrative capital, though not part of Steyr-Land District. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and the 3rd ...

) was an Austrian architect.

Life

He studied architecture in Vienna and Rome. In 1826, he began his work as a proofreader for lectures at the

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. History The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...

and, in 1835, became a Professor there. He gravitated to the

Romanticists Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...

and concentrated on sacred art.

Wilhelm Stiassny Wilhelm Stiassny (15 October 1842, Pressburg (Bratislava) 11 July 1910, Bad Ischl) was a Jewish Austrian architect. Personal life From 1857 to 1861, he studied at the Polytechnic in Vienna and afterwards studied architecture at the Academy of ...

was one of his students. He was also editor of the '' Allgemeine Bauzeitung'' (General Construction News). As he worked during the time of the

Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with t ...

, many of his buildings are now outside Austria. A street in Vienna's

Meidling Meidling () is the 12th district of Vienna (german: 12. Bezirk, Meidling). It is located just southwest of the central districts, south of the Wienfluss, west of the Gürtel belt, and east and southeast of Schönbrunn palace. Meidling is a hea ...

district was named the "Roesnergasse" in his honor.

Selected projects

* Friedhofskapelle Pinkafeld, Pinkafeld, 1835 * Erlöserkirche,

Landstraße Landstraße (; Central Bavarian: ''Laundstrossn'') is the 3rd municipal district of Vienna, Austria (german: 3. Bezirk). It is near the center of Vienna and was established in the 19th century. Landstraße is a heavily populated urban area with m ...

, 1836 * Johann Nepomuk Kirche, Praterstraße,

Leopoldstadt Leopoldstadt (; bar, Leopoidstod, "Leopold-Town") is the 2nd municipal district of Vienna (german: 2. Bezirk) in Austria. there are 103,233 inhabitants over . It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau (20th distri ...

, 1841-1846 * Meidlinger Pfarrkirche, Meidling, 1845 * St. Ulrich of Augsburg Church, Smlednik (central Slovenia), 1847 * Arsenalkirche, Landstraße, 1856 * St.Josephs Kirche,

Kalocsa Kalocsa (; hr, Kaloča or ''Kalača''; sr, Kaloča or Калоча; german: Kollotschau) is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It lies south of Budapest. It is situated in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the ...

, 1859 * Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul,

Đakovo Đakovo (; hu, Diakovár) is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia. Đakovo is the centre of the fertile and rich Đakovo region ( hr, Đakovština ). Etymology The etymology of the name is the gr, διάκος (diákos) in Slavic form đ ...

, begun 1866, completed by

Friedrich von Schmidt Friedrich von Schmidt (October 22, 1825 – January 23, 1891) was an architect who worked in late 19th century Vienna. Life and career Von Schmidt was born in Frickenhofen, Gschwend, Württemberg, Germany. After studying at the technical high ...

and

Hermann Bollé Hermann Bollé (18 September 1845 – 17 April 1926) was an Austro-Hungarian architect of Franco-German origin who practiced in Croatia (Zagreb and Slavonia), as well as parts of what is now Vojvodina in northern Serbia. Life He was born in ...

Leopoldstadt (Wien) - Nepomukkirche, Frontalansicht.JPG, St. Johann Nepomuk Church, Vienna Meidlinger Pfarrkirche Gesamt 2.JPG, Pfarrkirche ArsenalMariavomSiege.jpg, Arsenalkirche Friedhofskapelle Pinkafeld.JPG, Friedhofskapelle Gföhl - Hauptplatz, Brunnen.JPG, Fountain in Gföhl

Sources

* 1804 births 1869 deaths 19th-century Austrian architects Architects from Vienna {{Austria-architect-stub