!!!Zach, Andreas

b. Vienna, Sept. 25, 1736, 
d. Vienna, Feb. 16, 1797, architect. Designed the "Schottenkloster" 
monastery in Vienna. Planned many castles and a number of parks for 
the high aristocracy (at Rohrau, 1777; at Alt-Erlaa, 1779; at 
Eferding, 1785). Tended to blend baroque and classicist elements (e.g. 
the "Schubladkastenhaus" ("chest-of-drawers" building) at the Freyung 
in Vienna, 1774); also known as a representative of Early Romantic 
Historicism.

!Further works
Pilgrimage church at Hoheneich (Lower Austria), 1778; 
Schottenfeld Parish Church in Vienna, 1783-1786; interior of the 
"Palais Starhemberg" in Vienna (today's seat of the Federal Ministry 
of Education), 1784.

!Literature
J. Kellner (ed.), Pfarre St. Laurenz am Schottenfeld 
1786-1986, 1986.



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