Schmid, Heinrich |
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BORN 24 Jun 1885, Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Niederösterreich - DIED 2 May 1949, Wien GRAVE LOCATION Wien: Heiligenstädter Friedhof, Wildgrubgasse 20 (Teil A, Gruppe 04, Nummer 154) |
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Heinrich Schmid studied at the Technischen Hochschule in Vienna and at the Academy of Arts in that city where he attened Otto Wagner's master class. He started a business cooperation with Hermann Eichinger. In 1909 he won the Olbrich Prize and in 1910 the Gundel Prize. During the First World War he built the Erzherzog-Rainer-Heeresspital, now the Hanusch Hospital. The Schmid-Aichinger company held a leading position in the Volksbau (social housing) in the 'Red' Vienna of the interbellum. Related persons • was pupil of Wagner, Otto |
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 The grave of Heinrich Schmid at the Heiligenstädter Friedhof in Vienna. Picture by Androom (23 Aug 2005) |
Sources • dasrotewien.at |
