Johann Steck

Johann Steck
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Born	1851 Austria (Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Died	31 October 1914 Częstochowa, Poland
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).

Curriculum vitae

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).

Works in Łódź

• Great Synagogue (Łódź)|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)

Personal

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.

Steck died in Częstochowa, where he stopped on the way back to Łódź from a business trip in Russia.

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)

Family and business connections via marriage:

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.

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