August Hermann Schmidt

August Hermann Schmidt (born November 13, 1858 in Colditz ; † June 11, 1942 in Leipzig ) was a German architect .

Life

Schmidt worked with Arthur Johlige (1857–1937) in the joint architects' office Schmidt & Johlige in Leipzig, which planned and executed numerous important buildings in the city.

Apparently, Schmidt invested some of his income in real estate. B. also as the owner of the building Dittrichring 14 can be proven.

His son Gottfried Hermann Schmidt (* 1892) was also an architect. His grandchildren include the bank manager Albrecht Schmidt and the lawyer Peter Schmidt .

Buildings and designs (selection)

Villa Sack in Leipzig-Plagwitz, today the seat of the 5th criminal division of the Federal Court of Justice

• 1887: Volckmar House in Leipzig
• 1888: Zills Tunnel in Leipzig (together with Arthur Johlige)
• 1890: Felsenkeller in Leipzig-Plagwitz, Karl-Heine-Straße 32
• 1892: Gym of the Leipzig gymnastics club at Frankfurter Tor in Leipzig
• 1895–1896: “Silver Bear” measuring house in Leipzig, Universitätsstrasse 18–24 (destroyed in the war)
• 1898–1899: Society house in the Palmengarten in Leipzig
• 1899: Main office of the FA Brockhaus publishing house in Leipzig
• 1901: Hotel "Sachsenhof" in Leipzig, Johannisplatz 1/2 (destroyed in the war)
• 1901: Central Theater in Leipzig, Bosestrasse 1
• 1902–1904: Commercial building for the Franz Ebert clothing store in Leipzig, Thomaskirchhof 22 (later Topas department store , now the Commerzbank location )
• 1904–1907: Commercial building for BG Teubner Verlag in Leipzig
• 1909: Villa for the Sack family of manufacturers in Leipzig-Plagwitz, Karl-Heine-Straße 12 (today the seat of the 5th criminal division of the Federal Court of Justice )
• 1910–1913: " Königsbau " office and commercial building in Leipzig, Goethestrasse 1 / Grimmaische Strasse (on Augustusplatz)
• 1910–1913: Robert Koch Park (Leipzig)
• 1910: Building of the bookseller school in Leipzig (destroyed in the war)
• 1911: Reconstruction of the New Stock Exchange in Leipzig, Tröndlinring 2 (destroyed by the war)

literature

• Helmut Strehlau (ed.): German gender book . Genealogical handbook of middle class families . Volume 167, Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1974, p. 513.
• Christina Hartz, Frank Hartz (Ed.): Leipzig buildings by August Hermann Schmidt. F. Hartz, Pöcking 2003.

Web links

• Literature by and about August Hermann Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library