Alfred Hensen
Alfred Hensen (born May 25, 1869 in Osnabrück ; † July 20, 1931 in Münster ) was a German architect and construction clerk who had a major impact on the cityscape of Münster from 1901 to 1931. He was considered to be one of the highest quality and most versatile architects in Westphalia of his time. In 1979 a street in Münster was named after him.
Life
Hensen was born as the son of the cathedral builder Bernhard Hensen (1828–1870) in Osnabrück . In 1888 he began to study architecture at the Technical University of Hanover , in 1890 he continued his studies at the Technical University (Berlin-) Charlottenburg and undertook study trips to several European countries (England, France, Italy and Flanders). In 1901 Alfred Hensen passed the second state examination. He worked as a government master builder ( assessor ) and later in the municipal building administration of the city of Münster as head of the city building office V , which had been formed especially for the new building of the city administration.
In 1907 he terminated the contract with the city of Münster, as they did not want to take him on as an official . From then on, he worked as a freelance architect in Münster and primarily designed houses for private clients. Hensen was a co-founder of the Westphalian Heimatbund , as well as a member of the Münsterland Architects and Engineers Association eV Hensen also renovated and expanded various mansions in the Münster and Sauerland. He died in Münster in 1931.
Buildings and designs
- 1901–1905: New construction of the town house on Klemensstrasse in Münster (destroyed, only tower preserved)
- 1903–1904: Apartment buildings in Münster, Warendorfer Strasse 105/107
- 1903–1904: Sümmermann house in Münster, Fürstenbergstrasse 6
- 1904: Organ gallery of the Dominican Church in Münster (destroyed)
- 1904: free reconstruction of Ohm's house in Münster, Roggenmarkt 11/12 (except for the ground floor destroyed in the war, upper floors 1980 by Harald Deilmann )
- 1904: Chaplaincy of the Lamberti Church in Münster
- 1906–1907: Niemer office building in Münster, Salzstrasse 57
- 1907: Stadthauptkasse in Münster, corner of Klemensstraße / Ludgeristraße (demolished in 1959 for the Horten department store)
- 1906–1907: Münster town hall tower
- 1908: Reconstruction and expansion of Heessen Castle in Hamm- Heessen
- 1910: Gescher country estate in Münster, Mauritzheide (garden from the royal horticultural director Albert Brodersen from Berlin-Steglitz, house was demolished in 1973)
- 1910–1911: House in Münster, Hoyastraße 20
- 1910–1911: University Children's Hospital in Münster, Robert-Koch-Straße 31
- 1911: Kreissparkasse in Münster (extension of the former Fürstenberger Hof; today part of the Pablo Picasso Art Museum Münster )
- 1911–1912: Office building of the quarry trade association in Münster, Gutenbergstrasse 17
- 1912: Rincklake house in Münster, Rothenburg 14/16
- 1912: Administration building of the Aschendorff Verlag in Münster, Gallitzinstrasse (today Soester Strasse; together with Alexander Cazin )
- 1912–1913: Vincent Orphanage in Münster-Handorf
- 1913: House Flithoff in Münster, Loerstraße 7/8 (restored in 1980)
- 1913: Water tower in Bocholt
- 1921: Stadtweinhaus in Münster (interior reconstruction), Prinzipalmarkt 8/9 (destroyed in the war, reconstruction 1956/57 with new interior design)
- 1924: Pelster commercial building in Münster, Alter Steinweg 48 (gutted down to the facade in 2017 and integrated into the new building)
- 1923–1925: House Rothenberge in Wettringen (Münsterland) (conference site of the University of Münster, renovated in 2017)
- 1925: Conversion of the Brinckmann office building in Münster, Prinzipalmarkt 23
- 1926: Torminbrücke in Münster (fragments of the old bridge were built into the new Torminbrücke)
- 1924–1926: Grammann residential and commercial building (with fish roasting hall) in Münster, 8 Schlaunstraße
- 1926–1927: Rosenhof office and commercial building in Münster, Schlaunstraße 2/4 / Rosenstraße 9
- 1927: Bocholt town hall (renovation)
- 1930: Tenement complex in Münster, Scharnhorststrasse 11–15 / Brunnenstrasse 12–14
- around 1931: Housing estate on Sentmaringer Weg in Münster
literature
- Nils Gutschow, Gunnar Pick: Building in Münster. F. Coppenrath Verlag, Münster 1983, ISBN 3-88547209-0 .
- Sylvaine Hänsel, Stefan Rethfeld: Münster architecture guide. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin, 1st edition 2008 ( ISBN 978-3-496-01276-4 ) / 2nd edition 2017 ( ISBN 978-3-496-01488-1 ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.maiv.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=22
- ↑ Stadthausturm ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Haus Aschendorff ( Memento from February 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://wiki.muenster.org/index.php/Torminbr%C3%BCcke
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hensen, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and municipal building officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osnabrück |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1931 |
| Place of death | Muenster |