Merbl Arnold
1876, Felsőireg, Tolna county, Austria-Hungary - 1950, TimişoaraArchitect and entrepreneur
He studied architecture in Budapest. He was active in the leadership of the Orthodox community in Josephine and in the curatorship of the Israelite High School, established in 2019. He participated in a delegation to a Zionist Congress in Basel and, according to his only nephew, Andrei Teodor Merbl, Israel, was in contact with Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism.
He had 6 children.
Projects as an entrepreneur
Piarist High School, 1907-1909, architect László Székely, Timişoara
Salamon Brück Palace, 1910-1911, Union Square no. 2, architect László Székely, TM
Weisz Palace, 1926, Victoriei Square, architect Adalbert Szladek. The pediment was redesigned by architect László Székely. TM
Palatul Lloyd, 1910-1912, în prezent, Rectoratul Universității Politehnica, arh. Lipót Baumhorn, TM
Lloyd Palace, 1910-1912, now the Rectorate of the Polytechnic University, architect Lipót Baumhorn, TM Kiskunfélegyház town hall, 1909-1911
Bogenrieder Palace, Nagykanizsa, 1914
Architect projects
He designed and built the Merbl Palace, 1911, Victoriei Square
Elementary School in Josephine, 1928, in the courtyard of the Josephine Synagogue, with architect Jakab) Jaques Klein
Ludovic Salamon House, Iancu Văcărescu Street no. 20, 1935