Otto Rometsch

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Otto Rometsch (born February 20, 1878 in Pforzheim ; †  February 10, 1938 in Dresden ) was a German architect .

Life

Tomb of Suppes and Rometsch in the Radebeul-West cemetery

Rometsch studied architecture at the Technical University of Karlsruhe under Carl Schäfer (1844–1908), one of the most important representatives of the late neo-Gothic and one of the forerunners of the Heimatschutz style , who was responsible for the completion of the Meissen cathedral towers (1903–1908).

At the beginning of the 20th century Rometsch went to Berlin , where he associated with his friend and colleague Adolph Suppes (1880-1918) in the artistic and literary bohème around Erich Mühsam , Gustav Landauer and the brothers Heinrich Hart and Julius Hart .

Suppes' father, the Reich judge a. D. Otto Suppes , acquired the Grundhof in Niederlößnitz in 1906 and commissioned his son and Rometsch to restore the historic winery. The two took this opportunity to set up a joint architecture office on site. Rometsch converted the tower house there into a residential and studio building. From 1909 a small artist colony was established there with the painters Wilhelm Claus , Karl Kröner and Paul Wilhelm .

Adolph Suppes died in 1918; Rometsch designed the tomb at the Radebeul-West cemetery, a richly decorated wayside shrine made of Wehlen sandstone .

Rometsch moved his office (after Suppes' death?) To Dresden on Altmarkt 6.

After the First World War, Rometsch devoted himself primarily to the preservation of monuments . In the event of disagreements about submitted building applications, the Saxon Heritage Protection Association sometimes recommended that Rometsch be included in the coordination process as an architect or expert. Rometsch was involved in the restoration work of numerous castles and churches in Saxony, for example Kriebstein Castle , the Freiberg Cathedral , the Kunigunden Church in Rochlitz and the village church in Pomßen .

Otto Rometsch is buried with Adolph Suppes at the Radebeul-West cemetery in a shared grave.

Buildings and designs

House in the garden
Gröba electricity association administration building, coming from Meißner Straße

literature

  • Volker Helas (arrangement): City of Radebeul . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony, Large District Town Radebeul (=  Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany . Monuments in Saxony ). SAX-Verlag, Beucha 2007, ISBN 978-3-86729-004-3 .
  • O. Rometsch: Conservation matters for the renovation of the Benedictine monastery in Chemnitz . In: The conversion of the castle (former Benedictine monastery) into a museum for city history. On the opening on February 5, 1931 , Chemnitz o. J. [1931], pp. 26-27.
  • W. Hentschel: Otto Rometsch † . In: German art and monument preservation. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Göttingen 1938, p. 218.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Helas (arrangement): City of Radebeul . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony, Large District Town Radebeul (=  Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany . Monuments in Saxony ). SAX-Verlag, Beucha 2007, ISBN 978-3-86729-004-3 .
  2. ↑ A Wild West log house is being built , in: On the history of the Karl May Museum ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.karl-may-stiftung.de
personal data
SURNAME Rometsch, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Pforzheim
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1938
Place of death Dresden