Alexander bustards

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Alexander Trappen , also Alex Trappen , (born September 18, 1853 in Krefeld , † November 29, 1930 in Bielefeld ) was a German architect of historicism .

Life

Trappen was possibly a student of Rudolph Eberhard Hillebrand or Conrad Wilhelm Hase in Hanover . In 1880 he began to work independently as an architect in Bielefeld, one of his first projects there was the construction management of the Pauluskirche planned by Hillebrand . From the mid-1880s onwards, Trappen designed new constructions and extensions to church buildings in Westphalia , as well as private and some public buildings.

Buildings (selection)

image construction time Building place description
Christophorus Church in Neuenkirchen 1885-1887 Christophoruskirche Melle - Neuenkirchen New building, neo-Gothic
St. John's Church in Halle 1886 St. John's Church Halle (Westphalia) Renovation and expansion, addition of a neo-Gothic aisle
Süsterkirche in Bielefeld 1891-1892 Süsterkirche Bielefeld neo-Gothic extension
Bartholomäuskirche in Brackwede 1892 Bartholomäuskirche Bielefeld- Brackwede New construction of the nave, elevation of the tower, neo-Gothic
1893 Christ Church Greven New building, neo-Gothic
Bartholomäuskirche in Rödinghausen 1893 Bartholomäuskirche Rödinghausen neo-Gothic extension
Evangelical town church in Gronau 1897 Evangelical town church Gronau (Westphalia) New building, neo-Gothic hall church
Johanniskirche in Bielefeld 1899-1901 Johanniskirche Bielefeld New building, neo-Romanesque
1899-1901 Christ Church Gelsenkirchen - Bismarck New building, neo-Gothic, damaged in 1944, changed in 1947–1950
Bielefeld memorial, bridge Mauerstraße 8 1904 Kisker connecting bridge in Mauerstraße 8 Bielefeld New building in Gothic form
Resurrection Church in Bad Oeynhausen 1907 Church of the Resurrection Bad Oeynhausen Extension, destroyed by fire in 1947, redesigned 1953–1956

The foundation stone hammer with which Alexander Trappen laid the foundation stone (including the Brackweder Bartholomäuskirche and the Süsterkirche in Bielefeld) is now in the Bielefeld Historical Museum .

literature

  • Ulrich Althöfer: The Johanniskirche in Bielefeld. Church in transition. In: Ravensberger Blätter , Issue 1/2012, pp. 23–39.
  • Ursula Quednau (edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Althöfer, p. 32 ff.
  2. ↑ s. historisches-museum-bielefeld.de: Object of the month October 2015: Foundation stone hammer (accessed on November 12, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Bustards, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bustards, Alex
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1930
Place of death Bielefeld