Friedrich Ohmann (21 December 1858,

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- 6 April 1927,

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) was an Austrian architect in the

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style.

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His father was a building official. In 1877, he began his studies in architecture at the

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in Vienna. His professors there included

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and . In order to gain more creative training, he enrolled at the

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and studied with

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. From 1889 to 1899, he was a Professor of decorative architecture at the

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, and was involved in several restoration projects, all while training numerous future architects, including

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, Bedrich Bendelmeyer, and Álois Dryak. In 1898, together with , he created designs for all the bridges and their associated structures on the

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, then returned to Vienna to oversee the construction. He served as the artistic director for the Neue Hofburg from 1899 to 1907. His projects included the Palmenhaus, a greenhouse near the Burggarten, and the monument to

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, in the Volksgarten, with a statue by

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. From 1904, he was the head of the master class for architecture at the Fine Arts Academy. Early in 1918, he presented the first drafts for a large monument dedicated to Emperor

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, which he thought would be a logical addition to the Votivkirhe, but the project was never pursued after the war.Clipping from the ''Tägliche Rundschau'', 18 July 1918
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He was given an

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("honorary grave") by the City of Vienna. A street in Vienna's

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district is named after him.

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