Adelbert Hotzen

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Portrait bust of Adelbert Hotzen in front of the collegiate church St. Materniani et St. Nicolai in Bücken

Adelbert Theodor Hotzen (born October 17, 1830 in Grohnde ; † March 13, 1922 in Hildesheim ) was a German architect and Prussian construction clerk . He was considered a staunch representative of the neo-Gothic style, which was influenced by Conrad Wilhelm Hase .

Career

Hotzen initially completed military training in Hanover and Stade from 1848 to 1851 . Most recently he had the rank of lieutenant .

In 1852 Hotzen took private lessons in Hanover and from 1852-1853 attended a mathematics course at the Munich Polytechnic . Building on this, he studied architecture at the Hanover Polytechnic from 1853 to 1857 .

1857-1858 he worked as an employee of Conrad Wilhelm Hase, among other things in the construction of Marienburg Castle .

From 1859 to 1868 Hotzen worked as a freelance architect in Hanover. During this time he became a member of the Architects and Engineers Association in Hanover and was co-founder of the “Lower Saxony Bauhütte” together with Conrad Wilhelm Hase, Ludwig Bähr, Wilhelm Hauers , Franz Ewerbeck , Wilhelm Lüer and Franz Andreas Meyer . Hotzen later became an honorary member of the white sheet building works .

From 1866 Adelbert Hotzen interrupted his independent activity in Hanover and worked until 1895 as a construction clerk in the towns of Göttingen , Linden , Hanover, Schleswig and Harburg and Goslar . (Excavations on the Petersberg )

In retirement, Adelbert Hotzen lived in Celle and Hildesheim .

Adelbert Hotzen was the father of the architect Otto Hotzen (born May 20, 1871 in Goslar; † 1914, killed in the First World War ).

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Helmut Knocke : Hotzen, Adelbert Theodor. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 179 and others; online through google books
  2. Same content in Helmut Knocke: Hotzen, Adelbert. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 309.
  3. Helmut Knocke: Bauhütte to the white sheet. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 52
  4. ^ Helmut Knocke: Narten, (3) Georg Hermann Carl. In: HBL , p. 268
  5. a b Helmut Knocke: Narten, (1) Adolf. In: HBL , p. 267
  6. ^ Hugo Thielen: Schuch, Werner. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 324
  7. Helmut Knocke: Unger, Theodor. In: HBL , p. 367