Hubert Petschnigg

<h2 id="life">Life</h2>
Petschnigg was born in <a href="/facts/Klagenfurt/pM0eET4M">Klagenfurt</a> and went to school in <a href="/facts/Villach/tXjaQLSp">Villach</a>. In 1934 he began to study architecture at the <a href="/facts/Vienna_University_of_Technology/BQ4F1hpW">Vienna University of Technology</a>, where he entered the Hansea Vienna branch of the <a href="/facts/K%25C3%25B6sener_Senioren-Convents-Verband/rJILJM0K">Kösener Corps</a> student society. Before he could graduate, however, he was called up for military service. After the Second World War he resumed his studies at the <a href="/facts/Graz_University_of_Technology/XS0Kwga5">Graz University of Technology</a> (TU Graz), under Karl Raimund Lorenz and Friedrich Zotter, and graduated with an engineering degree in 1947.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a>
In 1948 he began working at the architectural firm of <a href="/facts/Helmut_Hentrich/YALnd9s0">Helmut Hentrich</a> and Hans Heuser. After Heuser's death in 1953, Petschnigg became his replacement and founded the HP firm together with Hentrich.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> The firm was expanded to six partners in 1959 and renamed HPP Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partners.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> Over the following decades it became one of the most prolific and best-known architectural firms in Germany.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>
In 1962 Petschnigg was granted entry to the Corps Marchia Brünn branch of the Kösener Corps in <a href="/facts/Trier/vzsWUI3X">Trier</a>. He was named "Honorary Senator" of TU Graz in 1977, and in 1982 the government of <a href="/facts/West_Germany/oCydk787">West Germany</a> awarded him the <a href="/facts/Federal_Cross_of_Merit/k61E5k2R">Federal Cross of Merit</a> – a particular honour for Petschnigg, as he was Austrian.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> In 1988 he became an honorary member of the Engineers' and Architects' Association of <a href="/facts/North_Rhine-Westphalia/0QmCWxjo">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>.
Petschnigg's particular passion was the maintenance of memorials. He also restored old buildings, including <a href="/facts/Pyrmont_Castle/HN4NPMTs">Pyrmont Castle</a> in the <a href="/facts/Eifel/ecDQkr8X">Eifel</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> in which he spent his final years, living with his wife as the castle's keeper. He died in 1997.

<h2 id="works">Works</h2>

Petschnigg produced his most important works as a partner of the HPP firm that he had founded with Helmut Hentrich. These included<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a> the headquarters of <a href="/facts/VEBA/hWaJEht9">VEBA</a> (now <a href="/facts/E.ON/XK5MBNvF">E.ON</a>) in <a href="/facts/D%25C3%25BCsseldorf/twteRHCh">Düsseldorf</a>, the Ministry of the Interior for <a href="/facts/North_Rhine-Westphalia/0QmCWxjo">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>, the <a href="/facts/RWI_Essen/7py1w8KH">RWI Essen</a> research centre, the <a href="/facts/T%25C3%259CV_Rheinland/hRbt9x6K">TÜV Rheinland</a> building in <a href="/facts/Cologne/U2qmyGga">Cologne</a>, the <a href="/facts/Ruhr_University_Bochum/SLJ2estW">Ruhr University Bochum</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a> and the <a href="/facts/Europa-Center/JurcHJxU">Europa-Center</a> in <a href="/facts/Berlin/pMTIRNXK">Berlin</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Joachim Lübcke, in memoriam Hubert Petschnigg, Trier, 1998, in Märkerbrief no. 83. (in German)</li>
<li>Hermann Kruse, Kösener Corpslisten 1996, Gesamtverzeichnis 1919–1996, Nuremberg-Fürth, 1998. (in German)</li></ul>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">Architektur der 50er 60er 70er: Petschnigg, Hubert University of Dortmund. (in German) <a href="http://www.nrw-architekturdatenbank.uni-dortmund.de/arch_detail.php?gid=552" target="_blank">http://www.nrw-architekturdatenbank.uni-dortmund.de/arch_detail.php?gid=552</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Architektur der 50er 60er 70er: Petschnigg, Hubert University of Dortmund. (in German) <a href="http://www.nrw-architekturdatenbank.uni-dortmund.de/arch_detail.php?gid=552" target="_blank">http://www.nrw-architekturdatenbank.uni-dortmund.de/arch_detail.php?gid=552</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Architekt Hubert Petschnigg gestorben: Der Mitbegründer des Büros HPP starb im Alter von 83 Jahren Obituary from BauNetz magazine, 18 September 1997. (in German) <a href="http://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen_Der_Mitbegruender_des_Bueros_HPP_starb_im_Alter_von_83_Jahren_2147.html" target="_blank">http://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen_Der_Mitbegruender_des_Bueros_HPP_starb_im_Alter_von_83_Jahren_2147.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Entry for Hubert Petschnigg at the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen database Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. (in German) <a href="http://kuenstlerdatenbank.ifa.de/datenblatt.php3?TOPIC=biografie&NAME=Petschnigg&GRUPPE=&GESCHLECHT=&ZEITRAUM_VON=&ZEITRAUM_BIS=&ORT=&ACTION=kuenstler&SUB_ACTION=1%7C8&ID=1014&RANGE=&GID=" target="_blank">http://kuenstlerdatenbank.ifa.de/datenblatt.php3?TOPIC=biografie&NAME=Petschnigg&GRUPPE=&GESCHLECHT=&ZEITRAUM_VON=&ZEITRAUM_BIS=&ORT=&ACTION=kuenstler&SUB_ACTION=1%7C8&ID=1014&RANGE=&GID=</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">HPP Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partner HPP. (in English) <a href="http://www.hpp.com" target="_blank">http://www.hpp.com</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Kulturkenner - 1960–Thyssenhaus in Düsseldorf KulturKenner, state government of North Rhine-Westphalia. (in English) <a href="http://kulturkenner.de/static_pages/1960-%E2%80%93-thyssenhaus-in-dusseldorf" target="_blank">http://kulturkenner.de/static_pages/1960-%E2%80%93-thyssenhaus-in-dusseldorf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"Germanic" Structure versus "American" Texture in German High-Rise Building Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Adrian von Buttlar, German Historical Institute Washington DC, GHI Bulletin Supplement 2, 2005 (p.15). (in English) <a href="http://www.ghi-dc.org/publications/ghipubs/bu_supp/supp002/65.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ghi-dc.org/publications/ghipubs/bu_supp/supp002/65.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">Feldmeyer, G.; Buddensieg, T.; Neumeyer, F.; Braunfels, S. (1997). Hpp, Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner: Buildings and Projects, 1988-1998. New York: Rizzoli. p. 27. ISBN 0-8478-2049-1. Retrieved 7 August 2010. (in English) <a href="0-8478-2049-1" target="_blank">0-8478-2049-1</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Entry for Hubert Petschnigg at the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen database Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. (in German) <a href="http://kuenstlerdatenbank.ifa.de/datenblatt.php3?TOPIC=biografie&NAME=Petschnigg&GRUPPE=&GESCHLECHT=&ZEITRAUM_VON=&ZEITRAUM_BIS=&ORT=&ACTION=kuenstler&SUB_ACTION=1%7C8&ID=1014&RANGE=&GID=" target="_blank">http://kuenstlerdatenbank.ifa.de/datenblatt.php3?TOPIC=biografie&NAME=Petschnigg&GRUPPE=&GESCHLECHT=&ZEITRAUM_VON=&ZEITRAUM_BIS=&ORT=&ACTION=kuenstler&SUB_ACTION=1%7C8&ID=1014&RANGE=&GID=</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">Burg Pyrmont ~ über die Burg Archived 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Burg Pyrmont. (in German) <a href="http://www.burg-pyrmont.de/burg/" target="_blank">http://www.burg-pyrmont.de/burg/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">Eifeltour: Urlaub, Freizeit und Kultur in der Eifel Eifeltour, Eifel tourism site. (in German) <a href="http://www.eifeltour.de/?type=subitem&item=museum&id=147" target="_blank">http://www.eifeltour.de/?type=subitem&item=museum&id=147</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">Structurae: Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partner (in English) <a href="http://en.structurae.de/firms/data/index.cfm?ID=f000093" target="_blank">http://en.structurae.de/firms/data/index.cfm?ID=f000093</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">Architekt Hubert Petschnigg gestorben: Der Mitbegründer des Büros HPP starb im Alter von 83 Jahren Obituary from BauNetz magazine, 18 September 1997. (in German) <a href="http://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen_Der_Mitbegruender_des_Bueros_HPP_starb_im_Alter_von_83_Jahren_2147.html" target="_blank">http://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen_Der_Mitbegruender_des_Bueros_HPP_starb_im_Alter_von_83_Jahren_2147.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">Europa-Center: History Archived 2010-08-20 at the Wayback Machine (in English) <a href="http://www.europa-center-berlin.de/en/information/history.html" target="_blank">http://www.europa-center-berlin.de/en/information/history.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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