JOSEPH HILD, ARCHITEKT, BAUINGENIEUR UND BAUMEISTER (Ein Beitrag zum Palladianismus in Ungarn)

Abstract

In Hungarian Classicist church architecture, József Hild (1789 - 1867) represents a unique compound of Palladianism and of French 'revolutionary architecture'. Detailed analysis of his oeuvre exhibits peculiar 'engineering- architecturai' features. His principal works: the cathedrals from Eger, Esztergom, and the St Stephen church from Pest (finished after his decease) are the most significant Hungarian ecclesiastic buildings of the period. Among these central churches, domes of those in Esztergom, and in Pest have been designed on the basis of structural principles of the Roman Pantheon. He was the first in Hungary to construct a dome shell with steel space lattice-system for roofing the Basilica of Esztergom constructed by him, and to apply large-size wrough iran beams.