Julius Kohte

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Julius Eduard Alexander Kohte (born November 13, 1861 in Berlin ; † November 14, 1945 in Mitwitz ) was the conservator for art monuments in the Prussian provinces of Posen and Brandenburg and a private lecturer at the Technical University of Berlin .

Life

After completing his studies, Kohte was able to clarify the then controversial building history of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Milan with a one-year research grant from the Boissonet Foundation of what is now the Technical University of Berlin in 1888/89 . He then worked as a government building manager and master builder in Berlin , Koblenz and Magdeburg . In 1891 he was commissioned to record the art monuments of the Poznan Province. This task resulted in the four-volume directory on the art monuments of the province of Poznan, which was published from 1896 to 1898. After participating in excavations in Magnesia in Asia Minor - he prepared the excavation report and publication - Kohte completed his habilitation in 1903 at the Technical University of Charlottenburg . Between 1904 and 1924 he was a member of the State Building and Finance Directorate.

Kohte advocated that houses threatened by demolition in Berlin were photographed at the beginning of the 20th century. At his request on February 11, 1907, the Berlin Architects' Association made 1000 marks available for this purpose from the funds of the Springer Foundation. As a result, many buildings were photographed between 1907 and 1914, 186 photos are now in the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin .

At the beginning of 1921, a department for the preservation of monuments was set up in Greater Berlin , and Julius Kohte was appointed to manage it. The department encompassed both the preservation of monuments and homeland security in general as well as the administration of buildings and works of art in state ownership, which were to be understood as art monuments in the narrower sense. 1924-1935 he was given the post of curator for the art monuments of the province of Pomerania.

From 1903 to 1927 Kohte was a private lecturer at the Technical University of Berlin or its predecessor at the Royal Technical University in Charlottenburg , where he taught the history of architecture .

Family grave at Luisenfriedhof II (status 2007)

Julius Kohte died the day after his 84th birthday. His grave is on Luisenfriedhof II in Berlin-Westend .

Awards

  • In 1914 Kohte received the bronze medal for meritorious achievements in the building industry.
  • In autumn 1918 Kohte was awarded the Cross of Merit for War Aid by the Prussian King .

plant

Books

  • Directory of Art Monuments of the Poznan Province. 4 volumes, published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1896–1898.
  • together with Carl Humann and Carl Watzinger : Magnesia am Maeander, report on the results of the excavations in the years 1891–1893. Ed .: Royal Museums in Berlin. Georg Reimer, Berlin 1904.
  • The architecture of classical antiquity and its development in the middle and more recent times. Friedr. Vieweg & Son, Braunschweig 1915.
  • The high house in Berlin. A contribution to the architectural history of Berlin in the Middle Ages. Reprint of the research on Brandenburg and Prussian history. Association for the History of the Mark Brandenburg, Berlin 1936.
  • The medieval town hall of Berlin. Reprint of the research on Brandenburg and Prussian history. Association for the History of the Mark Brandenburg, Berlin 1937.
  • In Memoriam Julius Meier-Graefe. For his 70th birthday on June 10th '37. Private print, Berlin 1937.

Essays

Obituaries

  • In memory of the architect Luigi del Moro. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 18, No. 12A (March 23, 1898), p. 144.
  • Paul Lehfeldt †. In: Die Denkmalpflege , Volume 2, No. 9 (July 18, 1900), p. 72.
  • Peter Wallé †. In: Die Denkmalpflege , Volume 6, No. 12 (September 21, 1904), p. 99.
  • Georg Kawerau †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 29, No. 33 (April 24, 1909), pp. 231–232.
  • Heinrich Freiherr von Geymüller, born in Vienna on May 12, 1839, died in Baden-Baden on December 19, 1909. In: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Architektur , 3rd year, issue 5/6 (February – March 1910), P. 149.
  • Moritz Meurer †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 36, No. 92 (November 15, 1916), p. 608.
  • Wilhelm Neumann in memory. In: Die Denkmalpflege , Volume 21, No. 10 (August 20, 1919), p. 80.
  • Adolph Doebber †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 40, No. 38 (May 12, 1920), pp. 247–248 ( digitized version).
  • Otto Piper †. In: Die Denkmalpflege , Volume 23, No. 4 (March 23, 1921), p. 32.
  • Max Dvořák †. In: Die Denkmalpflege , Volume 23, No. 5 (April 20, 1921), p. 40.
  • Hugo Cenwentz †. In: Die Denkmalpflege , Volume 24, No. 7 (July 19, 1922), p. 55.

Book reviews

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Personal News. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 9, No. 13 (March 30, 1889), p. 115.
  2. ^ A b Government and building officer Julius Kohte. In: Ostland, weekly for the entire Ostmark , Volume 12, No. 47 (November 20, 1931), p. 562.
  3. ↑ Drawing or photography of older residential buildings in Berlin and Charlottenburg. In: Die Denkmalpflege , Volume 9, No. 3 (February 20, 1907), p. 23f.
  4. ^ A b Reorganization of the ministerial building commission in Berlin. In: Die Denkmalpflege , Volume 23, No. 3 (February 23, 1921), p. 23.
  5. ^ Catalogus Professorum / Professors of the TU Berlin and its predecessors: Julius Kohte .
  6. ↑ Personalia ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Berliner Architekturwelt , Volume 16, Issue 12 (March 1914), p. 520. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / digital.zlb.de
  7. ^ In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 38, No. 81 (October 5, 1918), p. 397.
personal data
SURNAME Kohte, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kohte, Julius Eduard Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conservator and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1945
Place of death Mitwitz