Jakob Gartner

Austrian architect 1861–1921

Jakob Gartner (6 October 1861 in Přerov – 15 April 1921 in Vienna) was an Austrian Jewish architect.

Life

Gartner was born on 6 October 1861,^[1] came from a Jewish family with five children. He studied in Brno, and then worked as an intern with other architects in Bielitz and Vienna. In 1888 he became independent and designed several dwellings and a synagogue. He died on 15 April 1921 in Vienna.^[1] He was laid to rest in Döbling.

Gartner designed several synagogues in historic Hungary, including Debrecen, Trnava (now Slovakia), Galgoc (today Slovakia), and Târgu Mureş (today Romania). He was likely also the designer of the synagogue at the Újpest Synagogue in Budapest.^[2]

Some of his buildings were later destroyed during the National Socialist pogroms.

He was married to Anna Lanzer.^[1]

Buildings

1885–1886: Újpest Synagogue, Budapest (presumption)
1889: Pilsen Synagogue
1890: Galgóczi Synagogue
1892–1893: Holešov Synagogue^[1]
1892–1896 Opava Synagogue, destroyed in 1938
1894: Debrecen Neological Synagogue^[1]
1895–1897: Olmütz Synagogue,^[1] destroyed in 1939
1896: Humboldtgasse Synagogue, Vienna, Humboldtgasse 27, died in 1938
1897: "Zu drei Hähnen" Residential and commercial building, Brno
1891: Synagogue in Trnava
1898: Apartment house, Vienna, Alsergrund, Borschkegasse 8
1898: Kluckygasse Synagogue, Vienna, Kluckygasse 11, destroyed in 1938^[1]
1898: Prerau Synagogue^[1]
1898: Simmeringer Synagogue, Vienna, Braunhubergasse 7, destroyed in 1938
1899–1900: The Târgu Mureş Synagogue
1899–1901: Queen Elizabeth's Birthplace, Knöllgasse 22-24 Vienna
1900–1901: Orlová Synagogue
1901: Apartment house, Vienna, Wieden, Johann-Strauß-Gasse 32
1901–1902: Residential building, Vienna, Josefstadt, Albertgasse 36
1901–1904: Prostějov Synagogue
1902: Residential building, Vienna, Innere Stadt, Biberstraße 4
1902: Residential, office and commercial building, Vienna, Innere Stadt, Stubenring 24
1904–1905: Residential and business house, Vienna, Stubenring 14
1905: Residential and business house, Vienna, Stubenring 2
1906: Apartment house, Vienna, Landstraße, Dapontegasse 4
1906–1907: Apartment House, Vienna, Mariahilf, Theoboldgasse 16
1907–1908: Siebenbrunnengasse Synagogue or Jubiläumstempel, Vienna, Margareten, Siebenbrunnengasse 1, destroyed in 1938
1908–1910: Kroměříž Synagogue
1910: Wohn- und Geschäftshaus, Vienna
1919: Pitești Synagogue, Pitești