Fritz Wilms (architect)
Fritz Wilms (born June 11, 1886 in Oberhausen ; † April 2, 1958 in Berlin ) was a German architect .
No details are known about Wilm's training and his career beginnings; he apparently described himself as an autodidact . He was first mentioned in the trade press as an employee of the Weißensee municipal building councilor Carl James Bühring for two groups of residential buildings in Berlin-Weißensee that were built between 1913 and 1915 .
In the 1920s he was a freelance architect specializing in movie theaters . He lived and worked in Berlin and built some of the largest cinemas of the era there.
Buildings (selection)
- 1919–1920: Residential and commercial building with “Decla-Lichtspiele” cinema in Berlin-Weißensee , Antonplatz / Max-Steinke-Straße (456 seats, with Max Bischoff)
- 1921–1922: Alhambra in Berlin-Charlottenburg , Kurfürstendamm 68 (approx. 1000 seats, with Max Bischoff)
- 1923: Extension of a garden pavilion from 1873 to a permanent residence in Potsdam , Am Havelblick 5a
- 1924: Colosseum in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg , Schönhauser Allee 123 (preliminary planning by Max Bischoff)
- 1925: Piccadilly in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Bismarckstr. 93–94 (1234 places)
- 1924: Alhambra light shows in Zehdenick
- 1924–1925: Turm-Palast (also Ufa-Theater Turmstrasse ) with the restaurant “Café Vaterland Turmstrasse” in Berlin-Moabit , Turmstrasse 25–26 (together with Max Bischoff; approx. 1700 seats; cinema destroyed; restaurant wing on Turmstrasse heavily changed preserved, demolished in 2016)
- 1926: Mercedes-Palast (Ufa-Palast) in Berlin-Wedding , Utrecht Strasse (1955 seats)
- 1926–1927, 1948–1951: Mercedes Palace in Berlin-Neukölln , Hermannstrasse (2462 spaces)
- 1927: Luna Palast in Berlin-Friedrichshain , Große Frankfurter Str. 121 (830 seats)
- 1927: Rote Mühle in Berlin-Wilmersdorf , Kurfürstendamm 121–122 (approx. 820 places)
- 1929: Conversion of the Schwarzer Adler in Berlin-Lichtenberg , Frankfurter Allee (500 seats)
- 1929: Harmony-Lichtspiele in Berlin-Weißensee , Langhansstr. 23 (598 seats)
- 1930: Orpheum in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Tauroggener Str. 36 (820 places)
- 1931: Reconstruction of the Urania Theater in Berlin-Kreuzberg , Wrangelstrasse. 10–11 (600 seats)
- 1936–1937: AVUS grandstands (with Walter Bettenstaedt)
- 1937, 1949: Small movie theater in Berlin-Wilmersdorf , Fehrbelliner Platz (397 seats)
- 1948–1951: Reconstruction of the Mercedes Palace as the Europa Palace (2050 seats)
literature
- Fritz Wilms, architect, Berlin-Grunewald. New Berlin cinemas. Verlaganstalt Maximilian Maul, Berlin-Charlottenburg 1927. (as a special print from the journal Neue Baukunst , 3rd year 1927, issue 19)
- Alfred Wedemeyer (introduction): Fritz Wilms. Movie theater buildings. (= Neue Werkkunst .) Friedrich Ernst Hübsch Verlag, Berlin / Leipzig / Vienna 1928.
- as a reprint (with an afterword by Alfons Arns): Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-7861-2280-6 .
- Ditta Ahmadi: cinema theater. In: Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin (ed.): Berlin and its buildings , Part V, Volume A. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-433-00944-9 , pp. 157-183, to Wilms especially pp. 163-167.
- Peter Boeger: Architecture of the cinema in Berlin. Willmuth Arenhövel, Berlin 1993.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Sylvaine Hänsel, Angelika Schmitt (ed.): Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995 . Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1995
- ^ Paul Sigel, Silke Dähmlow, Frank Seehausen, Lucas Elmenhorst: Architectural Guide Potsdam. Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-496-01325-7 , p. 132
- ↑ Kino Colosseum in the Berlin State Monument List
- ↑ Mirjam Schmitt: The shine and glory of the plays of light. on Neuköllner.Net from April 19, 2012, last accessed on June 12, 2013
- ↑ AVUS service area in the Berlin State Monument List
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilms, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1958 |
| Place of death | Berlin |