August Hartel

August Hartel (born February 26, 1844 in Cologne , † February 18, 1890 in Strasbourg ) was a German architect .

Hartel was a student and later an employee of Franz Schmitz . In Krefeld , he ran the Hartel & Quester office together with Theodor Quester (* 1843 in Cologne) , which, among other things , planned the Christ Church in Bochum in the neo-Gothic style in 1877 . He died a few months after his appointment as master builder at Strasbourg Cathedral .

Buildings and designs

• 1872–1874: Evangelical Peace Church in Krefeld
• 1877–1879: Evangelical Christ Church in Bochum (destroyed except for the church tower in World War II)
• 1878–1879: Protestant cruciform church in Viersen
• 1878–1882: District war memorial for those who died in the wars of 1864, 1866 and 1870/1871 in the district of Kempen in Süchteln , Lobbericher Straße, on the Süchtelner Heights
• 1879–1881: Protestant Paulikirche in Mülheim an der Ruhr (demolished in 1971)
• 1881–1884: Protestant Nathanael Church in Leipzig-Lindenau (together with Constantin Lipsius )
• 1881–1882: Evangelical Luther Church in Essen (changed after war damage)
• 1881–1882: Protestant Stephanus Church in Essen-Überruhr (changed significantly after war damage)
• 1881–1885: Evangelical St. John's Church in Gera
• 1882: Competition design for the Mende fountain in Leipzig (together with Constantin Lipsius and the sculptor Christian Behrens ; awarded 2nd prize)
• 1882–1884: Protestant market church in Neuwied
• Competition 1877/1878, carried out 1882–1885: Protestant St. Peter's Church in Leipzig-Süd (together with Constantin Lipsius)
• 1885–1886: Protestant Church of the Redeemer in Rosenheim
• 1888: Competition design for the Protestant Christ Church in Cologne (executed by Heinrich Wiethase )
• 1888–1892: Building for the regional committee of the Reichslande Alsace-Lorraine in Strasbourg (today Théâtre national de Strasbourg ) (with Skjøld Neckelmann )
• 1889–1893: Roman Catholic St. Peter's Church in Strasbourg (with Skjøld Neckelmann)
• 1889–1895: University and State Library in Strasbourg (with Skjøld Neckelmann)

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  Protestant cruciform church in Viersen, 1879

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  District war memorial in Süchteln, 1882

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  Stephanus Church in Essen-Überruhr, 1882

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  Nathanael Church in Leipzig-Lindenau, 1884

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  Market Church in Neuwied, 1884

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  Johanniskirche in Gera, 1885

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  Peterskirche in Leipzig, 1885

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  Peterskirche in Leipzig, 1885 (zincography)

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  Johanniskirche in Gera, 1885 (zincography)

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  Church of the Redeemer in Rosenheim, 1886

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  Evangelical Paulikirche in Mülheim an der Ruhr, 1889 ( zincography )

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  Protestant cruciform church in Viersen, 1889 (zincography)

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  Building for the Provincial Committee in Strasbourg, 1892

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  Peterskirche in Strasbourg, 1893

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  University and State Library in Strasbourg, 1895

Fonts

• From our portfolio. Selection of excellent designs. By Hartel & Neckelmann, architects from Leipzig. Volume 1, 1886-1887. Hiersemann, Leipzig 1888. ( Portfolio with 36 panels in the format 30 cm × 45 cm).
• From our portfolio. Selection of excellent designs. By Hartel & Neckelmann, architects from Leipzig. Volume 2, 1888. Hiersemann, Leipzig 1889. (Portfolio with 40 panels in the format 30 cm × 45 cm).

literature

• Karl Emil Otto Fritsch : August Hartel †. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung . 24th year 1890 ( digitized at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus)
  • No. 20 (of March 8, 1890), pp. 118-121 (1st part).
  • No. 22 (of March 15, 1890), pp. 130-134 (2nd part).
• Hartel, August . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 71 .
• Uwe Schumacher: Cathedral builder August Hartel. Sax-Verlag, Beucha 2011, ISBN 978-3-86729-085-2 .

Web links

Commons : August Hartel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German construction newspaper . 16th year 1882, No. 56 (from July 15, 1882), p. 332.