Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel

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(Gotthilf) Ludwig Möckel, around 1875

Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel , actually: Ludwig Möckel (* July 22, 1838 in Zwickau ; † October 26, 1915 in Doberan ) was a German architect . He designed a large number of church buildings in the neo-Gothic style in Saxony and Mecklenburg . His most important work in Mecklenburg was the restoration of the Doberan Minster .

Family and education

family

(Gotthilf) Ludwig Möckel was the first child of Zwickau master coppersmith Gotthilf Heinrich Möckel (1786–1847) and his second wife Caroline Rosine Möckel nee. Blumer (1797-1874). On June 25, 1866 in Zwickau, he married Emilie Amalie Christiane (called Emmy) Schlegel (1844–1926), a daughter of the Göttingen brickworks owner and Senator Carl Schlegel (1819–1890). The marriage produced five sons and two daughters: Erwin (1867–1929), Johannes (1868–1936), Elsa (1870–1926), Erich (1871–1926), Hermann (1874–1948), Käthe (1878– 1954) and Ludwig (1881–1934).

education

After attending the community school in Zwickau from 1844 to 1852, he studied at the Royal Trade School in Chemnitz from 1852 to 1853 , and then completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer in Zwickau until 1856. At the same time he studied at the Royal Building Trade School in Chemnitz. He worked from 1856 to 1858 as a bricklayer and later as a site manager . After working as a draftsman in the chief engineering office of the Upper Erzgebirge State Railroad in Chemnitz and in Edwin Oppler's architectural office in Hanover from 1858 to 1859 , he attended the Hanover Polytechnic as a guest student in 1861/1862 , where Gothic architecture , especially the North German medieval brick building , was a guest student , scientifically researched and taught. This shaped Möckel, so that he later mainly designed buildings in the style of neo-Gothic brick architecture. He did his first independent work with the construction of the “ Königliche Landesverrenanstalt zu Göttingen ” as a construction technician and assistant to architect Julius Rasch . At the end of 1865 Möckel applied to the Dresden examination commission for building tradesmen for admission to the examination. Since his construction work was very busy, he did not take the building trade exam until 1867 in Dresden.

Act

Zwickau and Dresden

Johanneskirche in Dresden-Johannstadt (Photo 1889 by Hermann Krone )

In 1866 Möckel moved back to his home town of Zwickau. There he worked as a freelance architect until 1875. During this time he designed mainly neo-Gothic houses and villas in exposed brickwork . With these buildings Möckel set new accents in the cityscape of Zwickau. The high point of his activity there was the construction of the Lukaskirche in Planitz . In 1875 Möckel moved to Dresden for professional reasons. There he worked as a freelance architect until 1885 and mainly designed churches and palaces. Among other things, he designed the Johanneskirche in Dresden , which is considered his main work, and restored the Löbauer St. Nikolai Church . In recognition of his achievements, he was made an honorary member of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts on March 3, 1881 .

Möckel joined two professional associations during this time. After architect Julius Rasch recommended him for membership, he was accepted into the Hanover Architects and Engineers Association in 1865 . In 1873 he was accepted into the Leipzig branch of the Saxon Engineers and Architects Association .

(Bath) Doberan

Ständehaus Rostock (Photo 2018)

In the summer of 1877 Möckel was in Doberan to take part in the conservation measures for the octagonal ossuary on the northeast side of the minster. It came to an encounter with the later Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. He knew the Elbe metropolis from his high school days in Dresden and was interested in the work of Möckel who worked there. They exchanged letters in which Friedrich Franz used the relatively familiar address "My dear Möckel". The idea arose to restore further parts of the Doberan monastery, to later build a hunting lodge and to build the Catholic chapel in Heiligendamm . In 1883 the order for the restoration of the Doberan Minster was placed by the Grand Ducal Chamber for Church Affairs of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to the stylish builder . The extensive restoration work that required his permanent presence lasted until 1896, so that he took his permanent residence in Doberan from 1885. To this end, he had a representative villa built in the neo-Gothic style in a prime location from 1887 to 1888, the Möckelhaus .

On November 11, 1886, Möckel became the technical advisory board for church building matters in the Grand Ducal Chamber and thus head of Mecklenburg-Schwerin church building. For his services in the civil service, he was awarded the character of a secret building councilor on March 19, 1897 and that of a secret court building councilor on October 3, 1900 . He remained responsible for church construction until his retirement on September 30, 1915.

In addition to his duties as a Mecklenburg construction clerk, Möckel continued to work as a freelance worker, apart from state buildings (e.g. the Rostock estate house and the Gelbensande hunting lodge ), private buildings such as residential and commercial buildings or villas were also executed according to his designs. He also supported the Schwerin museum director, Hofrat Friedrich Schlie, who, like Möckel, was a member of the Grand Ducal Commission for the Preservation of Monuments , in the publication of the extensive inventory of monuments, The Art and Historical Monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

At the age of 77, Möckel, seriously ill, applied for his retirement , and died a few weeks later.

Buildings and designs

Part of the grammar school in Bad Doberan
Gelbensande hunting lodge
Möckel statue at Villa Möckel in Dresden

A catalog raisonné for Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel lists 131 building and planning projects, including 86 churches (new buildings or restorations):

Awards

Residential house in Bad Doberan

After the death of his wife in 1926, the Möckelhaus in Doberan (since 1921 Bad Doberan) became the property of the city and was used as a museum. In 1945 it was the seat of an agricultural school , in 1958 an auxiliary school and since 1983 a museum again, today as a city and bath museum.

Literature and Sources

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Barth : Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel (1838-1915). A contribution to the history of German architecture in the second half of the 19th century. Parthas-Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-932529-89-8 .
  • Franz Menges:  Möckel, Gotthilf Ludwig. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , pp. 608-610 ( digitized version ).
  • Jana Olschewski: The Protestant church building in the Prussian administrative district Stralsund 1815 to 1932. A study on the typology and style of the architecture of historicism in Western Pomerania. Helms, Schwerin 2006, ISBN 3-931185-94-X , p. 385 f.
  • Gerhard Steiniger: Master builder in Mecklenburg from eight centuries. Unknown and well-known architects in cities and villages in the country. Thon, Schwerin 1998, ISBN 3-928820-88-5 , pp. 176-183.
  • Stefan Dähne: Schönfeld Castle near Grossenhain and its reconstruction in the form of the Neo-Renaissance 1882–1884. (= European University Writings , Art History , Volume 423.) Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-631-56184-3 .

Unprinted sources

  • State Main Archive Schwerin
    • LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Provincial Monastery / Monastery Office Dobbertin , 7.25 Church and Parish Lohmen
    • LHAS 5.12-5 / 1 Ministry of Finance , II. Building Construction, A. General Administration, B. Construction
    • LHAS 10.9 L / 06 Lisch personal discount

Web links

Commons : Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Barth: Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel (1838–1915). A contribution to the history of German architecture in the second half of the 19th century. Parthas-Verlag, Berlin 2001, p. 38.
  2. ^ Affairs of the association. In: Journal of the Architects and Engineers Association for the Kingdom of Hanover , Volume 11 (1865), Issue 1–4, p. 132.
  3. ↑ Andreas Hentschel: Stylish master of the new Gothic. In: SVZ / Mecklenburg-Magazin from July 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Government Gazette for Mecklenburg-Schwerin , year 1885/1886, p. 295.
  5. ^ Government Gazette for Mecklenburg-Schwerin , year 1897, p. 63.
  6. ^ Government Gazette for Mecklenburg-Schwerin , year 1900, p. 291.
  7. ↑ a b c Government Gazette for Mecklenburg-Schwerin , year 1915, p. 579.
  8. ^ Friedrich Preßler: State building administration in Mecklenburg. (unpublished) 2011, p. 20.
  9. ^ Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 5 volumes, Schwerin 1896–1902.
  10. ^ Karl-Heinz Barth: Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel (1838–1915). A contribution to the history of German architecture in the second half of the 19th century. Parthas-Verlag, Berlin 2001, p. 232 f.
  11. ^ Horst Ende : First order from the Lohmen village church. In: MKZ , No. 43/2015, p. 9.
  12. ↑ Order from the Dobbertiner monastery captain Joachim Graf von Bernstorff during the restoration of the Lohmen patronage church
  13. ^ State handbook for the Free State of Saxony for the years 1888 and 1889. Printed and commissioned by C. Heinrich, Dresden 1889, p. 46.
  14. ^ Government Gazette for Mecklenburg-Schwerin , year 1887, p. 184.
  15. ^ Government Gazette for Mecklenburg-Schwerin , year 1893, p. 190.
  16. ^ A b Karl-Heinz Barth: Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel (1838–1915). A contribution to the history of German architecture in the second half of the 19th century. Parthas, Berlin 2001, p. 195, p. 165.
  17. ^ The award ceremony of the Dresden building exhibition in 1900. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , 34th year 1900, p. 524.
  18. ^ Government Gazette for Mecklenburg-Schwerin , year 1900, p. 299.
personal data
SURNAME Möckel, Gotthilf Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Möckel, Ludwig (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and Mecklenburg construction clerk
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwickau
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1915
Place of death Doberan