August Beyer (architect, 1834)

Master builder August Beyer

Memorial stone in Ulm Minster

August Beyer, sculpture at the Bern Minster , tower (octagon), designer of the spire, attribute: drawing, sketch

August Beyer (born April 30, 1834 in Künzelsau ; † April 18, 1899 in Ulm ) was a neo-Gothic master builder.

Beyer attended the building trade school in Stuttgart from 1851 to 1855. In 1854 he joined the Egle building council as a technical draftsman, where he was used to make recordings in Ulm Minster. Beyer's photos appeared in the Atlas of Medieval Art in Swabia. In 1858 he himself became a teacher at the building trade school. Between 1861 and 1864 he went on study trips through Germany, Belgium, France and Italy. From 1864 on, he was in charge of restoration work at Bebenhausen Monastery . From 1865 Beyer worked as an architect in Stuttgart, where, among other things, he executed the Hotel Marquart, the royal Olgastift and the buildings of the Pragfriedhof . From 1874 to 1875 he played a key role in the construction of a workers' settlement in Spandau . Subsequently, as a builder, he was responsible for the completion of the Ulm Minster , which took place in 1890 with the installation of the finial on the highest church tower in the world. From 1886 to 1894 he carried out a comprehensive renovation of the Kilian's Church in Heilbronn , which he redesigned in a neo-Gothic style. He also ensured the completion of the 100 meter high tower of the Bern Minster in 1893.

Beyer, who was a professor and was raised to the nobility for his achievements, was married to a daughter of the quake house forester Tscherning.

literature

• Max Bach:  Beyer, August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 532-534.
• Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 40 .