Adolf Schwiening
Gustav Adolf Schwiening (born December 15, 1847 in Hanover , † September 26, 1916 in Munich ) was a German architect and construction clerk .
From 1879 to 1895, Schwiening was in the service of the city of Lübeck , from 1888 as the senior building director and chief monument conservator. From 1895 to 1916 he was the head of the municipal building department in Munich until his death. It belongs to the so-called Hanover School , a variety of neo-Gothic in northern Germany.
life and work
After studying architecture at the Polytechnic School in Hanover between 1866 and 1870, Schwiening initially worked from 1870 and 1875 in the office of Conrad Wilhelm Hase , who was also a professor at the Polytechnic School and founded the so-called Hanover School . He passed the first state examination in 1871 and the second state examination in 1877. He then worked for the Prussian railway directorates in Hanover and Elberfeld . In 1879 he joined the city of Lübeck as a building inspector and was appointed building director there in 1888. During this time he erected a number of buildings in the neo-Gothic style, of which only the main gymnasium in Mühlenstraße and the former courthouse in Große Burgstraße can still be seen in their original form, combining local elements with typical characteristics of the Hanover School . In addition, he carried out extensive restoration and renovation work, particularly on the town hall (north facade, large staircase, citizens' hall, stock exchange hall).
His work in Lübeck, which initially met with a lot of approval, quickly came under criticism after he left Lübeck in 1895, where he was still celebrated as the “innovator of old Lübeck architecture”.
At the end of 1895 he came to Munich as head of the city building department. There he only made a few of his own designs, but was responsible for the general development plan, sewerage, water supply, road and bridge construction, etc. until his death in 1916. a. active.
A square in Munich, Berg am Laim district , was named after him until 1956.
Work (selection)
- Katharineum in Lübeck , conversion and extension, 1874–1892
- Museum am Dom (Lübeck) , 1889–1893
- Hanseatic Insurance Company, Lübeck headquarters built 1893–1896 (from 1900 State Insurance Company of the Hanseatic Cities; 1890–1938)
- Feuerhaus, Wilhelmstrasse, Munich (1900, together with Philipp Schwaab )
- public lavatory, Schellingstrasse , Munich (1901, together with Hartwig Eggers )
- Schoolhouse, Schwanthaler Straße, Munich (1909, together with Robert Rehlen )
- Feuerhaus, Schulstrasse, Munich (1911/1912, together with Richard Schachner )
- Pig slaughterhouse of the slaughterhouse and former municipal shower and bath tub, Munich (1912/1913, together with Richard Schachner)
- Viehmarktbank, Munich (1913/1914, together with Richard Schachner)
Fonts
- New guide through Lübeck with special consideration of its architectural and art monuments. Edited from the work of building director A. Schwiening, government master builder Max Grube, Dr. Th. Hach , architect Th. Sartori . Lübeck: Nöhring 1896
literature
- Günther Kokkelink and Monika Lemke-Kokkelink : Architecture in Northern Germany. Architecture and handicrafts of the Hanover School 1850-1900. Hanover, 1998, ISBN 3-87706538-4 .
- Stefan Fisch: Urban planning in the 19th century: the example of Munich up to the Theodor Fischer era. R. Oldenbourg Verlag , Munich 1988.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwiening, Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwiening, Gustav Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and municipal building officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1916 |
| Place of death | Munich |