!!!Kirschner, Ferdinand

Kirschner, Ferdinand, b. Vienna, May 18, 1821, d. Vienna, 
March 3, 1896, architect. From 1850 civil servant of the building 
authority, 1858 court architect, 1865-1868 carried out restoration 
work on the Hradčany Castle in Prague; 1870-1895 Administrative 
director of the Hofburg Imperial Castle in Vienna, responsible for 
renovations and planning projects in the Hofburg area (including the 
decoration of the Redoutensaele conference rooms 1892, partly 
destroyed by fire in 1992) and designs for coffins in the 
Kapuzinergruft burial vault of the Habsburgs (Crown Prince Rudolf, 
1889). His chief work is the Michaelertrakt of the Vienna Hofburg 
(1889-1893).


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