Johann Steck
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| Johann Steck | |
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,_architect_%26_builder.jpg) Johann Steck (Łódż, 1851-1914), architect & builder.jpg | |
| Born | 1851 Austria (Austro-Hungarian Empire) |
| 💀Died | 31 October 1914 Częstochowa, Poland31 October 1914 |
| 💼 Occupation | Architect & Builder |
| Notable work | Great Synagogue, Łódż
Ludwik Geyer’s house, Łódż Steck Villa at ul Targowa 61, Łódź (now, National Film School ) National Bank of Russia building (1905-1907) & now Bank State Poland member, Design Evaluation committee for St. Matthew's Church, Łódź |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Józefina Richter |
Johann Steck (also Jan Steck, or Jan Sztek) (1851-1914) - an architect and builder whose construction company was based in Łódź, Poland. At the time of his life, Łódź was a significant textile and industrial centre that exported products across Europe.
Steck’s company completed numerous significant projects in Łódź, including the former National Bank of Russia building (1905-1907) which currently is the National Bank of Poland building in that city and the former Progressive Synagogue. Another landmark was his family home, Steck Villa at ul Targowa 61, Łódź. The villa is now the Rektor's seat of the National Film School (remodelled and now known as Oscar Kon Villa).[1]
Curriculum vitae[edit]
Described as a Master mason. Steck was the owner of one of the earliest construction companies established in Łódź, which was initially located at Piotrkowska 22, and then at Targowa Street 83. The firm operated from about 1880 until the First World War World. In the early twentieth century, it was considered one of the most experienced builders in the city and attracted significant commissions, of works that would often entail great detail and artistic execution.
In 1906 Johann Steck was invited by the parish of Evangelical Augsburg parish of St. John's to evaluate the competition works and select the best design of St. Matthew's Church, located on the corner of Piotrkowska and Czerwona Streets. (→ J. Wende)[2].
Works in Łódź[edit]
- Progressive/Great Synagogue, at al. Tadeusza Kościuszki (formerly ul. Spacerowa), corner Zielona, 1881-1887- built to the design by → A. Wolff;
- Ludwik Geyer’s house at ul. Piotrkowska, corner of ul. Stanisława Moniuszki (formerly: róg Pasażu Meyera), 1884-according to the design by → J. Jung;
- Bank State at ul. Spacerowa 14, 1905-1907 - by project → D. Landé, now National Bank of Poland.
(Bibliogr: Dębowski; Stefański 1995-1; Stefański-Szrajber; Strzałkowski)[1]
Personal[edit]
Steck was born on 1851 in "Austria" (Austro-Hungarian Empire) and married Józefina Richter in 1892 in Łódź Poland. They had two children; Erna Małgorzatą Steck and Hans Georg (Morgarte) Steck.[3]
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Steck died in Częstochowa, where he stopped on the way back to Łódź from a business trip in Russia.[4]
In 1932, Józefina Steck emigrated to Australia, where her daughter Erna Müller (nee, Steck) and her husband Alfred Müller (son of Hermann Müller of Müller i Siedl Machine Factory and Iron Foundry, ul. Wólczańska 125, Łódż)[5]
Family and business connections via marriage:[edit]
Johann Steck's wife, Józefina Steck nee, Richter, was one of nine (known) children of founding textile industrialist Józef Richter and Julianne Sieber (or Ziebre), notably including
- Juliannę
- Zygmunt,
- August Juliusz
- Lydia,
- Reinhold
- Franciszkę
- Józefa (1860-1926)
- Karola,
- Józefiną (1866-1962) - wife (from 1892) of the architect Johann Steck (1851-1914)
The family was also related by marriage to various leading industrialist families in the region: Eichler; Schiebler; Müller (Müller & Seidel); Grohman and others.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stefański, Krzysztof (2009). Ludzie którzy zbudowali Łodź : leksykon architektów i budowniczych miasta (do 1939 roku) [People Who Built Łódż. Lexicon of architects and builders of the city] (in Polish). Łodź, Poland: Ksie̜ży Młyn Dom Wydawniczy. ISBN 978-83-61253-44-0. OCLC 631808637.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ Grzegorczyk, Andrzej (2016). "Johannes Wende - a builder from the cotton city" (PDF). Rocznik Białostocki,Year: 2016. 20: 58 – via Biblioteka Uniwersytecka.
- ↑ Personal documents in Family archive.
- ↑ ""Johann Steck"". Illustrierte Sonntags-Beilage Neuen Lodzer Zeitung = Illustrated Sunday supplement of the Neue Lodzer Zeitung. Unknown parameter
|orig-date=ignored (help) - ↑ "Łódź - Budynek byłej fabryki Hermanna Mullera i Augusta Seidla. Atrakcje turystyczne Łodzi. Ciekawe miejsca Łodzi" [The building of the former factory of Hermann Muller and August Seidel]. www.polskaniezwykla.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-06-03.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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