Review article

The use of Karst limestones in Vienna in the 19th and early 20th centuries — on the traces of Alois Kieslinger

Marija Milchin orcid.org/0009-0004-6777-8092 ; Institute of Conservation (IoC), University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Katharina Fuchs orcid.org/0009-0004-6777-8092 ; Institute of Conservation (IoC), University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Gabriela Krist ; Institute of Conservation (IoC), University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Farkas Pintér orcid.org/0000-0002-2846-3846

Abstract

Extensive building activity was taking place in Vienna in the second half of
the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The continuous extension of
railway lines made the transport of materials from across the former Austro-
Hungarian Monarchy possible. Compact limestones from the Adriatic coast
were frequently used building-materials and can be found in many Viennese
monuments from this period.
The work of the Austrian geologist Alois Kieslinger (1900–1975) is the most
important source of information regarding mineral materials in cultural assets
in Austria. This article focuses on the representation of karst limestones in
Kieslinger’s written sources, his stone collection, and traces back their use in
Viennese monuments.

Keywords

karst limestone; Istria; Dalmatia; Vienna; Alois Kieslinger; 19th century

Hrčak ID:

317523

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/317523

Publication date:

20.9.2023.

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