Anton Franconia

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Anton Franken (portrait photo by Hugo Schmölz )

Anton Franken (born June 21, 1879 in Ehrenfeld , † February 23, 1937 in Cologne-Deutz ) was a German architect , active in Cologne .

Life

Anton Franken was born as the third of four children of haulage contractor Hubert Franken and his wife Maria Gertrud, née Huth, in the house at Wahlenstrasse 4 in Cologne-Ehrenfeld.

After completing his training at the state building trade school in Cologne in the summer of 1898 and military training, he began as a technician in the building administration of the city of Cologne and worked in the service of the city of Cologne as a so-called city architect.

On January 5, 1905, Anton Franken married Elisabeth Maria Margarethe born. Biermann (1877–1937) in Cologne-Ehrenfeld. From this marriage son Hubert (1905–1975) and daughter Maria Gertrud, who died early on July 6, 1921 at the age of 14, were born.

During the First World War he served as a non-commissioned officer in the 6th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 68 based in Koblenz . Most recently he was deployed in Bucharest , Romania.

As a partner of the architect Rudolph Brovot, who died on November 22, 1922, he took over his stake in the architectural office after 1922. In addition to private builders, housing cooperatives in Cologne were the most important clients.

As a practicing Catholic, Franks was involved in the St. Joseph building association for the 1913 tower extension of the Catholic. St. Joseph Church, Cologne-Ehrenfeld. From 1928 to 1937 he was a member of the church council of St. Barbara, Cologne-Neuehrenfeld .

Grave of the Franken family

In 1936 he joined the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts .

Franken died in 1937 at the age of 57. He was buried in the Ehrenfeld part of the Melaten cemetery (hallway E 6).

After his death, his son Hubert ran the architectural office in Franken, Gravensteinerstr. 8 in Cologne-Ehrenfeld. His sons, the architects Antonius and Bruno Franken, designed several building projects until Hubert Franken retired in 1973 and the architecture office closed.

Antonius Franken worked as an urban planner at the chair for urban development and regional planning at RWTH Aachen University and the city of Wesel.

Bruno Franken founded the architectural office Franken + Kreft in Bergisch Gladbach and was professor for building construction at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences from 1988 to 2009 .

architecture

The building land in Cologne-Neuehrenfeld largely consisted of pebbled and bricked areas. Franconia therefore developed special building types for the construction of squares and streets (Ansgarplatz, Gravensteinerstraße, Käsergässchen), which took into account the requirements of the site situation (buildable area between - 2.50 m = depth of the gravel or brickwork, based on the originally agriculturally used site level of + 0.30 m as a principle three-dimensional factor).

This requirement is the first space-forming factor for the intended function and design of the residential buildings in the new suburbs of Cologne. Here in particular in Cologne-Neuehrenfeld from 1924–1926.

The width and length of the defined courtyards were the second space-defining design factor that residents could experience and understand when capturing and describing the residential architecture to be designed there.

The dimensions of the closed courtyards could now be developed on a large scale. The choice of depth and width of the interior space created in the courtyards limited insights in such a way that an undisturbed neighborhood could develop.

As an urban design element, Franconia used the reflection of building lines along the longitudinal axis of the street. B. in Gravensteinerstrasse No. 1-7 and No. 2-8, Cologne-Ehrenfeld and Unter Bergamotten, Cologne-Bickendorf .

Franken specialized in sanitary and building technology and was responsible for the construction management of the expansion of the St. Vinzenz Hospital in Cologne-Nippes until 1928 .

Buildings (selection)

  • 1924–1925: Frechen-Königsdorf , farm with residential house, Vorgebirgsstraße 4, unknown private client
  • 1924–1926: Neuehrenfeld, multi-storey group of houses, Gravensteinerstraße 1,3,5,7 and 2,4,6,8, Ansgarplatz 1-5, Ansgarstraße 2,4, Rotenkrugerstraße 1,3. Ehrenfeld workers' housing cooperative eGmbH.
  • 1925–1926: Cologne-Bickendorf, cooperative house, Friedrich-Ebert-Saal, Unter Kirschen 8. Kölner Gartensiedlung e. Baugen. mbH.
  • 1926–1930: Cologne-Ehrenfeld, polygonal corner tower with relief on the corner of Schirmerstrasse and Liebigstrasse. Part of a building block on Schirmerstrasse, Schadowstrasse and Liebigstrasse consisting of a four-storey group of residential buildings with an attic structure and emphasis on the entrance axis. Ehrenfeld workers' housing cooperative eGmbH.
  • 1926: Cologne-Zollstock , Hönninger Weg 369-375, Kölner Gartensiedlung e. Baugen. mbH
  • 1927–1928: Cologne-Bickendorf, multi-storey group of houses, Unter Bergamotten 1-9, 2-10, Unter Kirschen 5, 7. Kölner Gartensiedlung e. Baugen. mbH
  • 1928: Cologne-Bickendorf, round pavilion, Am Rondelchen, Akazienweg 54a. Kölner Gartensiedlung e. Baugen. mbH
  • 1928: Cologne-Zollstock, multi-storey group of houses, Vorgebirgstraße 346-352. Kölner Gartensiedlung e. Baugen. mbH
  • 1933–1934: Cologne-Ehrenfeld, multi-storey group of houses, Heidemannstraße 90-96, Gottfried-Daniels-Straße 78-80, Gotthelfstraße 1-7. Ehrenfeld workers' housing cooperative eGmbH.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Registry office Stadt Ehrenfeld, District Cologne, Births 1879, No. 506, * June 21, 1879
  2. ↑ http://historischesarchivkoeln.de/lav/index.php Personenstandsregister Standesamt Deutz deaths 1937 vol. 1, R_PSR_15863002_0102.jpg - Landesarchiv NRW 10/2012. Last visited on October 2, 2017
  3. ↑ Festschrift ed. by the association of former visitors as well as friends and sponsors of the State Building Trade School Cologne, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the State Building Trade School Cologne, from December 14th to 16th, 1929
  4. ↑ http://historischesarchivkoeln.de/lav/index.php Personenstandsregister Standesamt Ehrenfeld Deaths 1922 Vol. 1, R_PSR_1594_0001_0758.jpg - Landesarchiv NRW 10/2012. Last visited on October 3, 2017
  5. ↑ Hist. Arch. D. City of Cologne, order no. 458, no. 34, files relating to the building mortgage Cologne garden settlement, Hönningerweg 367, letter v. June 17, 1924
  6. ↑ Heinen, Werner; Pfeffer, Anne-Marie. Cologne: Settlements 1888–1938. In city tracks - monuments in Cologne. Ed. City of Cologne, The Oberstadtdirektor, City Conservator. 1st edition 1988, Verlag Bachem, Cologne. ISBN 3-7616-0929-9
  7. ↑ Festschrift of the parish of St. Joseph. 125 years of the parish of St. Joseph in Cologne-Ehrenfeld 1869–1994. Ed. Parish of St. Joseph, Pastor Father Victor Heger, O.Carm., Cologne 1994
  8. ↑ Franken + Kreft - Architects Last visited on October 2, 2017
  9. ↑ St. Vinzenz Hospital Cologne-Nippes. For the opening of the extension on January 25, 1928
  10. ↑ a b Novy, Klaus u. a. (Ed.): Reform Leader NRW. Social movements, social reform and their buildings. [In Bielefeld, Bochum, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Cologne, Remscheid, Solingen, Wuppertal]. ISBN 3-412-04191-2 / ISBN 978-3-412-04191-5 . Published by Köln u. a., Böhlau, 1991
  11. ↑ Heinen, Werner; Pfeffer, Anne-Marie. Cologne: Settlements 1888–1938. In city tracks - monuments in Cologne. Ed. City of Cologne, The Oberstadtdirektor, City Conservator. 1st edition 1988, Verlag Bachem, Cologne. ISBN 3-7616-0929-9
  12. ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger, No. 508, October 7, 1934.
personal data
SURNAME Franconia, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, active in Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Ehrenfeld
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1937
Place of death Cologne-Deutz