Joseph of Egle

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Joseph of Egle
Grave in the Pragfriedhof Stuttgart

Joseph Egle , from 1864 von Egle (born November 23, 1818 in Dellmensingen , Württemberg ; † March 5, 1899 in Stuttgart ; spelling also Jose f von Egle) was a German architect and Württemberg construction clerk in Stuttgart.

Life

Von Egle studied at the Polytechnic School Stuttgart and the Polytechnic School Vienna , from 1839 to 1841 at the Berlin Building Academy . Here he was a student of Heinrich Strack and Karl Bötticher . From 1842 to 1847 he was a correspondent for the Allgemeine Bauzeitung in Northern Germany and England . In 1848 he went on a study trip to Italy .

In 1848 he was appointed director of the Stuttgart building trade school and was professor at the polytechnic school from 1850. From 1855 Egle was on the advisory board of the Münster Restoration in Ulm. After King Wilhelm I appointed him court architect in 1857 , he gave up the position at the polytechnic school, but remained director of the building trade school until his death. In 1863 he was appointed chief building officer and in 1884 court building director, at the same time he was on the board of the royal building and gardening directorate. He also acted as a judge on the jury for construction competitions.

Building built by Joseph von Egle for the Stuttgart building trade school (today the University of Technology)

Honors

  • 1864: Honorary citizen of the city of Stuttgart
  • 1864: Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , combined with the elevation to the personal nobility
  • 1878: Honorary citizen of the city of Ulm
  • 1879: Commentary Cross 2nd Class of the Order of Frederick
  • 1889: Commentary Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
  • Great gold medal for art and science
  • Cross of Honor 2nd class of the Princely Hohenzollern House Order
  • Officer of the Persian Order of the Sun and Lions

Joseph von Egle Prize

The Joseph von Egle Prize is awarded twice a year by the state capital of Stuttgart, at the end of each university semester, to graduates of the Stuttgart University of Technology , the successor institution of the building trade school, for outstanding achievements.

plant

Buildings and designs

  • 1860–1863: New building of the Stuttgart Polytechnic School in the Stadtgarten (today the Rectorate Building of the University of Stuttgart)
  • 1864–1867: interior reconstruction of the northeast wing of the New Palace in Stuttgart
  • 1866–1870: New construction of the building trade school in Stuttgart
  • 1872–1879: Catholic parish church St. Maria in Stuttgart
  • 1875–1878: Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Evangelist in Tübingen

Egle also led the restoration of the Frauenkirche in Esslingen am Neckar and the collegiate church in Urach . He was a restoration adviser for the neo-Gothic extension of the Ulm Minster.

Fonts

  • Description of the Ulm choir stalls. In: Monuments from Swabia. Stuttgart 1867.
  • Shading theory of the surfaces of regular bodies. Stuttgart 1855. (Development of a new theory)
  • (Ed.): Photographic views of public buildings etc. in Stuttgart and the surrounding area.
  • Practical theory of building styles and forms. Explanatory text. Stuttgart 1905 ( uni-stuttgart.de ).
  • Lecture on building history and wood architecture (transcript in the library of the University of Technology, uni-stuttgart.de ).

literature

Web links

Commons : Joseph von Egle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Necrologist . In: Art Chronicle . 10th year. EA Seemann, Leipzig 1899, Sp. 279 ( archive.org ).
  2. ^ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg. 1866, p. 49 ( bsb-muenchen.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Egle, Joseph of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Egle, Joseph; Egle, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and construction clerk from Württemberg
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Dellmensingen
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1899
Place of death Stuttgart