Franz von Neumann der Ältere

He was born in Freudenthal, Austrian Silesia to master weaver Josef Neumann and his wife Johanna Zapf, though nothing is known about his education or when he moved to Vienna, where he became a draughtsman for master-builder Adolf Korompay. In 1837 he joined the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien architecture course, but he left early two years later to become assistant to Karl Schleps, a court architect to the Dukes of Coburg. Schleps and Korompay were both then working on the Palais Coburg and Neumann also worked long years on that project, becoming a court architect for Coburg in 1847. In 1861, Neumann became a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Vienna. From 1862 until his death, Neumann was a liberal representative in the Vienna City Council for the 8th district and was a member of important committees there. He was chairman of the construction section, deputy chairman of the Donaustadt Commission, and a member of the City Hall Construction and Water Supply Commission, alongside other posts. In 1864, Neumann received the Cross of Merit of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order and was commissioned to carry out prestigious commissions in Gotha. He was commissioned to design the Ducal Museum Gotha in 1864 but was eventually dismissed in 1877 due to repeatedly exceeding the construction costs, though in 1876 he was still awarded the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order. The dismissal did not damage his reputation in Vienna and in 1881 he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown 3rd class and knighted. He died in Vienna and was buried in its Central Cemetery.

• Illustration — Seilerstätte 1 (1849) • Illustration — Ducal Museum, Gotha (1864–1877)

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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation architect. It is also recorded that über die an den altperuanischen Keramiken und anthropomorphen Tongefässen dargestellten Hautveränderungen mit besonderer Rücksicht auf das Alter der Syphilis und anderer Dermatosen / von J. Jahrhundert / Eberhard Neumann-Redlin v. Institutional cataloguing adds that ein freiwilliger Lebensabend im Land der Täter: die stationäre Versorgung älterer Juden und "rassisch" verfolgter Christen in Westdeutschland (ca. It is also recorded that über ein allgemeines Princip der mathematischen Theorie inducirter elektrischer Ströme / von F.E. Neumann. Mit einer Kupfertafel. Vorgelesen in der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften am 9. Institutional cataloguing adds that anonymus londinensis: Auszüge eines unbekannten aus Aristoteles-Menons handbuch der medizin, und aus werken anderer älterer aertze / Griechisch herausgegeben von H. Deutsche ausgabe von Heinrich Beckh.