August Buxbaum

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August Buxbaum (born April 14, 1876 in Langenbrombach ; † February 21, 1960 in Darmstadt ) was a German architect and construction clerk who worked in the municipal building administration of Darmstadt from 1904 to 1930 and had a major impact on the Darmstadt cityscape.

Life

August Buxbaum studied architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt . After graduating in 1898, he first worked in Berlin , Nuremberg and Worms . In October 1904 Buxbaum came back to Darmstadt and worked there in the city building department. In 1906 he was appointed town planning inspector and in 1909 town planning officer .

The architecture that was created with his participation or direction can be assigned to the Heimatstil , the Heimatschutzstil or the Reform Style. Today's popular labeling as "Art Nouveau" does not correspond to Buxbaum's self-image, who - like the architecture professors at the Technical University at the time - was critical of the Art Nouveau style of the Darmstadt artists' colony .

In 1930 he left the public service and worked as a freelance architect. Buxbaum was also active as a local researcher with a focus on city and building history.

August Buxbaum died in 1960 at the age of 83. He is buried in the Waldfriedhof Darmstadt (grave site: L 2h 1). His simple grave is to the left of the main entrance in the first row.

A year after his death, a street in the northeast of Darmstadt was dedicated to him by resolution of the magistrate.

Honors

Fonts

Publications

  • (as editor): Darmstadt and surroundings in two hundred pen drawings. Reichert, Darmstadt 1920. (Reprint 1980)
  • (with Adolf Müller): The Darmstadt town hall. Darmstadt 1927.
estate

August Buxbaum's estate is in the Darmstadt City Archives .

buildings

Kyritzschule building designed by Buxbaum
Kiosk on the Kantplatz in Darmstadt
  • 1907: “Kyritz School” in Darmstadt, Martinsviertel
  • 1907–1909: Darmstädter Stadtbad , Mercksplatz 1
  • 1908–1909: Municipal Electricity Works II in Darmstadt, Dornheimer Weg (demolished in 1975)
  • 1909–1910: Buxbaum's own house in Darmstadt, Richard-Wagner-Weg 40
  • 1909–1911: former building of the “Eleonoren School” in Darmstadt, Lagerhausstrasse
  • 1910–1911: “Pestalozzi School” in Darmstadt, Martin-Buber-Straße
  • 1912: Justus Liebig School in Darmstadt
  • 1913–1922: Buildings on the Waldfriedhof in Darmstadt
  • 1921–1928: Multi-family residential buildings in Darmstadt, Rhönring (north side) and Spessartring 2–18
    In the 1920s, the north side of the Rhönring – Spessartring street was built with more than 50 apartment buildings in groups of two or three house units. The buildings are to be built in 2016–2021 be renovated taking into account the original color scheme.
  • 1925: Kiosk houses in different places in downtown Darmstadt
    The seven identical kiosks made of concrete with copper-covered pointed roofs in different places in the city (e.g. Ernst-Ludwig-Platz, Luisenplatz, Steubenplatz, forecourt of the Johanneskirche and Kantplatz) were supposed to have one bring about tourist revitalization of the city center. Only the kiosk on Kantplatz has been preserved and is now a listed building.
  • 1929–1930: Housing development with inner courtyard at Darmstadt Ostbahnhof
  • 1929–1930: Housing development on Lichtenbergstrasse 17–19 in Darmstadt

literature

  • Roland Dotzert (Red.): Stadtlexikon Darmstadt. (Ed. by the Historical Association for Hesse on behalf of the Magistrate of the City of Science Darmstadt) Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-1930-3 .
  • Buxbaum, August: Darmstadt and the surrounding area, Darmstadt 1929. In: Darmstädter Schriften 105. Darmstädter Ehrengräber, Darmstadt 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information board at the main entrance of the Waldfriedhof Darmstadt
  2. ^ Nadja Villwock: August-Buxbaum-Anlage. In: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  3. ↑ August-Buxbaum-Anlage. In: "From ennobling to forced labor - keywords on the military and National Socialism in Darmstadt". German Peace Society - United War Service Opponents Group Darmstadt, accessed on July 30, 2017 .
  4. ↑ StadtA DA inventory 45/12 - Arcinsys detail page. Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Amberger yellow for the Rhönring. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 21, 2016, page 44.
  6. ↑ Alexandra Welsch: More than a new coat of paint. In: Darmstädter Echo of January 17, 2017, page 13.

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personal data
SURNAME Buxbaum, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and construction officer, city planning officer in Darmstadt
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenbrombach
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1960
Place of death Darmstadt