Anton von Behr

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Max Bernhard Anton von Behr (born September 7, 1849 in Dönhofstädt , Rastenburg district , East Prussia , † March 8, 1931 in Naumburg ) was a German architect , Prussian construction officer , monument conservator and architecture writer.

Life

origin

Anton von Behr was a son of Heinrich Dietrich Otto Ferdinand von Behr († 1880 in Schnellwalde ) from Peterwitz in West Prussia . After attending the Altstädtisches Gymnasium in Königsberg (matriculation examination 1834) and a subsequent study of theology, the father was pastor of the Evangelical Reformed parish of Dönhoffstädt from 1845 to 1856 and most recently superintendent of the diocese of Mohrungen .

Career

After attending a secondary school and completing the Bau-Eleven year, which was still mandatory at that time, Anton von Behr studied at the Berlin Bauakademie . After passing the First State Examination , he joined the Prussian Ministry of Public Works in 1874 when he was appointed Royal Government Building Supervisor .

After several years as a government building supervisor ( trainee lawyer ), Anton von Behr passed the second state examination (master builder examination) in February 1881 with subsequent appointment as Royal Prussian government master builder ( assessor ). At the suggestion of the Royal Technical Higher Examination Commission, the Minister of Public Works, Anton von Behr, granted in July 1881, in recognition of his talents presented during the examination, a scholarship of 1,800 marks to perfect his knowledge on study trips. This led him to Italy in 1882, where he studied in particular the work of the Renaissance master builder Baldassare Peruzzi , the “ Rafael among architects”. After his return, von Behr was assigned the first major construction task, in the transfer of special construction management over the government building in Wroclaw and subsequently in the same position in the renovation and expansion of the government in Hildesheim.

The region around Hildesheim and Goslar determined his further work until 1901. After he had already temporarily fulfilled this office in the current year, von Behr was employed as a district building inspector in Goslar at the end of 1890. There he was responsible for the design and execution of numerous smaller buildings, including workers' houses, stables and barns on domains, foresters and schoolhouses. His work in the context of the restoration work on the imperial palace in Goslar should be emphasized from this time . Anton von Behr had nevertheless proven himself for larger tasks, from which, after his promotion to government and building councilor on October 1, 1901, he was transferred to the royal government in Coblenz as head of building construction .

As head of building construction in Koblenz, von Behr was responsible for all technical matters, with the exclusion of construction matters for elementary school administration, forest and domain administration, justice and prison administration. His business area included in particular the maintenance and protection of antiquities and the preservation of monuments (including the state castles in Koblenz and Stolzenfels ). But already in March 1904 a possible renewed transfer of Behrs was discussed; on July 1, 1904, it was implemented in the same position as the Royal Government in Trier .

Von Behr took up his last position in June 1912. Until his retirement on October 1, 1919, he still worked as a building construction department at the royal government in Köslin . Due to the war, construction activity was limited during these years.

After his retirement, Anton von Behr quietly retired to Naumburg an der Saale as a secret building officer. He was married and had four children, including the art historian and government building supervisor Heinrich (Heinz) von Behr, who in 1909 graduated from the Technical University in Berlin with the work Die Porta Nigra in Trier as Dr. Ing. PhD. Heinz von Behr was hired as a research assistant at the commission for monument statistics under Paul Clemen in 1910 and was involved with the preparatory work for the inventory of art monuments for the Eifel district Schleiden . After his illness in 1914, his father revised and added to the texts he had written up until then. Anton von Behr's drawings and measurements were also included in the inventories.

Honors

  • 1898: character as a building councilor with the personal rank of councilors fourth class
  • 1908: Red Eagle Order IV class
  • 1911: Character as a secret building officer

plant

Buildings and designs (selection)

  • 1882–1886: Royal Prussian government in Breslau (draft: Secret Building Councilor Friedrich Endell in the Ministry of Public Works (1882); special construction management by Anton von Behr under the supervision of the Building Councilor Knorr)
  • 1887–1889: Reconstruction and extension of the Royal Prussian Government in Hildesheim (design: Secret Building Councilor Friedrich Endell in the Ministry of Public Works; special construction management by von Behr until the end of 1889, then by agricultural inspector Rösener)
  • 1890–1900: Restoration work on the imperial palace in Goslar (management of execution)
  • 1904–1911: Restoration work on Trier Cathedral (Behr advised and assessed the state building administration)

  • Royal Prussian Government Breslau

  • Royal Prussian Government Breslau, floor plan

  • Former Prussia. Government in Wroclaw, now the National Museum, 2005

  • Royal Prussian government in Hildesheim, west side

  • Royal Prussian government in Hildesheim, northeast side

  • Former Prussia. Government in Hildesheim, 2009

  • The Kaiserpfalz in Goslar

  • Imperial Palace in Goslar, longitudinal section

  • The imperial palace in Goslar, 2007

Fonts

  • Protection of iron ceiling beams against fire. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 8th year 1888, No. 5 (from February 4, 1888), p. 63.
  • Monastery courtyard of Sanct Martin in Siena, a work by Baldassare Peruzzi. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 8th year 1888, No. 9 (from March 3, 1888), pp. 103-104.
  • Entablature from the Baths of Agrippa in Rome. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 8th year 1888, No. 13 (from March 31, 1888), pp. 147–148.
  • Wall paintings in the Hildesheim cathedral cloister. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 8th year 1888, No. 32a (from August 15, 1888), p. 356 (concerning the restoration work on the cathedral).
  • Installation of a spire without scaffolding. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 9th year 1889, No. 12 (from March 28, 1889), p. 110 (in the course of the renovation and expansion work of the government building in Hildesheim).
  • Travel drawing board to roll. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 9th year 1889, No. 48a (from December 4, 1889), p. 466.
  • Guide through Hildesheim and the surrounding area. With special consideration of the old half-timbered houses. Lax Verlag, Hildesheim 1889 (14th edition 1935).
  • The architectural and art monuments of the province of East Prussia by Adolf Boetticher . (Book show), In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 12th year 1892, No. 17 (from April 23, 1892), pp. 178–179, No. 23 (from June 4, 1892), p. 247 and No. 52 (from December 24, 1892), p. 568.
  • Trial installation of equestrian statues in front of the imperial house in Goslar. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 18th year 1898, No. 15 (from April 9, 1898), p. 171.
  • The art monuments of East Prussia by Adolf Bötticher. (Book show) In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 18th year 1898, No. 26a (from June 29, 1898), pp. 309-310.
  • Johannes Heise †. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 19th year 1899, No. 33 (from April 29, 1899), p. 200.
  • with Uvo Hölscher : The art monuments of the city of Goslar . (= Art Monuments of the Province of Hanover, II. Administrative Region Hildesheim, Part 1 and 2), Hanover 1901 (reprint 1979, ISBN 3-87898-157-0 ). ( Digitized version )
  • with Karl Ludwig Leimbach and Hermann Cuno : The Kaiserhaus zu Goslar: Brief information about its history, restoration and decoration. Lax Verlag, Hildesheim 1901 (7th edition 1935).
  • Romanesque arch in the Royal Palace Park in Fischbach in Silesia. In: Journal of Construction. 52nd year 1902, booklet IV to VI, col. 205–208 as well as atlas for the journal for building industry. 52nd year 1902, sheet 28.
  • The imperial house and the Goslar cathedral. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 42nd year 1903, No. 103 (from December 26, 1903), pp. 646–648.
  • Rhenish half-timbered buildings: From the administrative districts of Koblenz and Trier, from the Rhine and Moselle, Eifel , Westerwald . 1905.
  • Incidental things and echoes from the sixth memorial days. (Bamberg), In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 25, 1905, No. 87 (from October 28, 1905), pp. 541-544 and No. 89 (from November 4, 1905), pp. 52-554.
  • The Romanesque monuments of Hildesheim. From Adolf Zeller . (Book show) In: Central sheet of the building administration. Volume 28, 1908, No. 45 (from June 6, 1908), pp. 312–313.
  • Bissula redivira. Cheerful pictures from the Roman-German borderlands. By Paul Rowald (book show). In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 28th year 1908, No. 27 (from April 4, 1908), p. 200.
  • Building history guide through Trier: In addition to a time table on the occasion of the Xth day for the preservation of monuments in Trier. 1909.
  • The Roman villa in Nennig. In: Journal of Construction. 59th year 1909, Issues VII to IX, Sp. 313–336 (= processing of a transcript of the former government and building council in Trier, Friedrich Seyffarth).
  • The Roman monuments in and around Trier - architectural considerations about their importance and maintenance. (= Special reprint from Trier Annual Report I, 1908), commissioned by Fr. Lintz'schen Buchhandlung, Trier 1909.
  • The restoration of the cathedral in Trier. In: Journal of Construction. 64th year 1914, issues I to III, columns 67–92 as well as atlas for the journal for building industry. 64th year 1914, pages 6-11.
  • The so-called Roman Imperial Palace in Trier. From Prof. Dr. E. Krüger, director of the Provincial Museum in Trier. (Book review) In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 35th year 1915, No. 88 (from November 3, 1915), pp. 577-581.
  • German research in Abyssinia (book show). In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 36 1916, no. 17 (February 26, 1916), pp 125-128 and no. 19 (March 4, 1916), pp 137-142 (the english Aksumforschung that Kaiser Wilhelm II. In 1906 at the request of Emperor Memelik of Abyssinia).
  • War honors and Germanic prehistory. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 40th year 1920, No. 75 (from September 18, 1920), pp. 470–172.
  • For the 900th anniversary of the Michaeliskirche in Hildesheim. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 42nd year 1922, No. 79 (from September 30, 1922), pp. 473–476.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. , Deutscher Uradel Volume 40, Justus Perthes Verlag, 1941.
  2. ↑ Altstädtisches Gymnasium zu Königsberg, Pr. M. 1834 on ahnenforschung-bildet.de
  3. ↑ Johannes Heise †. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung . 19th year 1899, No. 33 (from April 29, 1899), p. 200.
  4. ↑ German construction newspaper . 15th year 1881, No. 18 (from March 2, 1881), p. 108.
  5. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 1st year 1881, No. 15 (from July 9, 1881), p. 129.
  6. ^ Monastery courtyard of Sanct Martin in Siena, a work by Baldassare Peruzzi. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 8th year 1888, No. 9 (from March 3, 1888), pp. 103-104.
  7. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 10, 1890, No. 52 (from December 27, 1890), p. 537.
  8. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 21, 1901, No. 79 (from October 5, 1901), p. 481.
  9. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 24, 1901, No. 58 (from July 2, 1904), p. 333.
  10. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 32nd year 1912, No. 45 (from June 1, 1912), p. 281.
  11. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 39th year 1919, No. 81 (from October 4, 1919), p. 481.
  12. ↑ Ernst Wackenroder (arr.) In connection with Johannes Krudewig and Hans Wink: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreis Schleiden. (= The art monuments of the Rhine Province. Volume 11, Section II.). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1932 (Unchanged reprint Pedagogical Verlag Schwann-Bagel, Düsseldorf 1982, ISBN 3-590-32116-4 ), p. VI.
  13. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 18th year 1898, No. 21 (from May 21, 1898), p. 241.
  14. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 28, 1908, No. 7 (from January 25, 1908), p. 49.
  15. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 32nd year 1912, No. 1 and 2 (from January 3, 1912), p. 1.
  16. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 4th year 1884, No. 51 (from December 20, 1884), pp. 539-541.
  17. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 8, 1888, No. 6 (from February 11, 1888), pp. 65-66 and Volume 16, 1896, No. 20 (from May 16, 1896), pp. 213-215.
  18. ↑ Zeitschrift für Bauwesen , Volume 50, 1900, Issue IV-VI, Sp. 161–180 as well as atlas for the Zeitschrift für Bauwesen. 50th year 1900, pp. 20–23.
personal data
SURNAME Behr, Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Behr, Max Bernhard Anton von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, Prussian building officer, monument conservator and architecture writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Dönhofstädt , Rastenburg district , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1931
Place of death Naumburg