title: František Blažek
text: # František Blažek
  
  František Blažek (1863 in Zálší – 1 January 1944 in Prague) was a Czech architect who designed a great number of buildings in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Austro-Hungarian period.
  
  ## Work
  
  In Bosnia and Herzegovina he is also known as Franz Blazek, Franz Blažek, or Frank Blazek. Some of his noteworthy works include the Mostar Gymnasium, the Masaryk Independence Tower [cs] in Hořice, Czech Republic, and the Franz Josef Garrison in Sarajevo (today's Ministry of Defence).
  
  František Blažek also designed three hotels in Sarajevo's suburb of Ilidža near the Vrelo Bosne: hotels Igman, Austria and Bosna. They were completed in 1895.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Hotel Bosnia, Ilidža
  * Hotel Austria, Ilidža
  * Hotel Austria in 1903
  * Franz Josef Garrison in Sarajevo, 1898–1901
  