Ospel, Anton Johann#

b. Kloesterle am Arlberg (Vorarlberg), June 2, 1677, d. Vienna, April 3, 1756, architect and military engineer. 1711-1721 Court architect for the Princes of Liechtenstein, amongst other things built the castles in Feldsberg (Valtice, Czech Republic) and Wilfersdorf (Lower Austria); 1722 made ordnance supervisor and captain of the city of Vienna. Established the Wiener Buergerliches Zeughaus Am Hof (1731/32) and further palaces and residences in Vienna.

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