Albrecht Haupt (architect)
Albrecht Haupt (born March 18, 1852 in Büdingen , † October 27, 1932 in Hanover ; full name: Karl Albrecht Haupt ) was a German architect and university professor .
Life
Haupt was born as the son of the Büdingen grammar school director Dr. Georg Haupt and his wife Mathilde, b. Schmidt, born. His brother was Richard Haupt . He was the cousin of Herman Haupt . Albrecht Haupt attended the Wolfgang-Ernst-Gymnasium in Büdingen from April 16, 1861 until his Abitur on September 11, 1869 . He then studied in Giessen , Karlsruhe and Hanover . In 1869 he became a member of the Gießen fraternity Germania . In 1875 he initially worked as a freelance architect and then worked from 1876 to 1878 for the Baden Palace Construction Office in Karlsruhe and Büdingen. In 1878 the company moved to Hanover. After working for two years with Edwin Oppler , he started his own business and became a private lecturer at the Technical University of Hanover . In 1893 he received his doctorate in philosophy , in 1894 he became an honorary professor . In 1923 he finally became a full professor and until his retirement in 1926 taught German, Spanish and Portuguese architecture as well as German Renaissance and Germanic architecture. Around 1907 he presented a reconstruction drawing for the mausoleum of Theodoric the Great in Ravenna and took the view that the parapet grilles that had previously existed on the upper floor of the tomb could have been the bronze grilles that Charlemagne had procured from Ravenna along with other historical components he had it built into the Aachen Palatine Chapel .
In addition to an extensive series of publications on the architecture of the 16th to 18th centuries, Haupt made a name for himself through the design and renovation of numerous buildings. His works include the restoration of the Leibnizhaus in Hanover, the construction of Wiligrad Palace and the construction of the urn grove at the Engesohde city cemetery . In 1903/04 he led the renovation of the Stiftkirche in Fischbeck.
In addition, Haupt was co-founder of the Hanover Arts and Crafts Museum and the Association of German Architects , which he chaired from 1903 to 1908.
Other works
- 1891–1895: Reconstruction of Basedow Castle , Mecklenburg Lake District
- 1900: Construction of the crypt chapel / mausoleum of the former Lohne domain, Lohne estate, Isernhagen, Lower Saxony
Awards
- 1914: Awarded the title of Secret Building Councilor
- 1927: Award of an honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E. h.) By the Technical University of Hanover
literature
- Paul Trommsdorff: The faculty of the Technical University of Hanover 1831-1931. Hanover 1931, p. 101.
- Ulrich Stille: Haupt, Albrecht. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 98 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Klaus Mlynek 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. 155.
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 293-294.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Büdingen church book
- ↑ Volkmar Stein: The students of the Büdinger Gymnasium between 1790 and 1946 , Büdingen 1994
- ^ A b Ernst Elsheimer (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1927/28. Frankfurt am Main 1928, p. 183.
- ↑ See Wilhelm Jänecke : The three issues at the tomb of Theodoric . In: Meeting reports of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . Philosophical-historical class. Year 1927/28, 3rd treatise. Winters University Bookstore, Heidelberg 1928, p. 6 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haupt, Albrecht |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haupt, Karl Albrecht (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Büdingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1932 |
| Place of death | Hanover |