August Krumholz

He studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, from 1864 to 1869, first with Eduard van der Nüll, then Friedrich von Schmidt.

Through Schmidt's mediation, and support from the educator, Erasmus Schwab (1831-1917), he created a prototype for a country school building that was displayed at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair.

In addition to schools, he built the Dumba-Villa [de] in Liezen, for the industrialist, Nikolaus Dumba (demolished 1960),[3] and the City Museum in Aussig.

Despite his successes, he gradually withdrew from his profession during the 1880s and became a land owner, joining the Bauernvereins (Farmers' Association) in his father's hometown and introducing Anti-Semitic ideas, derived from the works of Georg von Schönerer.

[6] According to them, he had been in correspondence with Henri Julliot, a designer for the French firm of Lebaudy Frères, had become interested in their airship, the Patrie, and was in possession of material relating to its construction.