August Soller

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Grave inscription of August Soller, who was buried in the Saint Michael Church

Johann August Karl Soller (born March 14, 1805 in Erfurt ; † November 6, 1853 in Berlin ) was a German architect and Prussian construction clerk . As one of the main representatives of the Schinkel School , Soller's aim was to unite classic and medieval designs.

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Soller completed his surveyor examination in Erfurt at the Mathematical Institute of ES Unger on June 22, 1822 . He then looked for two and a half years of practical experience with Erfurt building inspector Loock. To prepare for his master builder exam, he moved to Berlin to live with his nephew Richard Lucae's family . Karl Friedrich Schinkel personally directed the examination . From 1830 to 1833 he worked for the district government in Liegnitz in the countryside. On June 1, 1833, he got a job as a master builder at the senior building department in Berlin and became a member of the architects' association . In 1837, after a temporary stay in Poznan , Soller came to the Oberbaudeputation as an assessor . In 1841 he took over the church building department, in 1843 he became a secret senior building officer and in 1851 lecturer in the building department of the Ministry of Commerce. He contributed sixteen designs to the collection of architectural models in the superstructure deputation. In 1846 Soller was able to undertake an extensive trip to Italy. Since his health was often compromised and he was only 48 years old, his oeuvre is not extensive. One of his first works was the almost three-meter-high tomb for Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch in the old garrison cemetery in Berlin (1844). His designs for the spire of the Jerusalem Church (1837) and the Petri and Markus Church (1844) were never carried out.

Soller also designed the second oldest Catholic church in Berlin, the almost forgotten Church of St. Marien am Behnitz in Spandau (consecrated in 1848), which became private property in 2002 and was renovated and restored in 2002/03. Soller led the construction of the Invalids Column in Invalidenpark (1851-1853) and designed the tower of the Luisenstadt Church . The Catholic Holy Cross Church in Görlitz was built between 1850 and 1853 according to Soller's plans. The expansion of the towers of the Church of St. Maria in Soest could only be completed after Soller's death. His most important work is the third oldest Catholic church in Berlin, the parish church of St. Michael , which was partially destroyed in the Second World War and for which he drafted the first plans as early as 1845. He was also buried in it after he died in 1853, before construction was finished.

Soller and his wife Friederike Wilhelmine had eight children.

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  • Church of St. Marien am Behnitz in Berlin-Spandau, 1848

  • Church of St. Marien am Behnitz in Berlin-Spandau, 2006

  • Saint Michaels Church in Berlin, 1880

  • Saint Michaels Church in Berlin, view over the angel basin, 2004

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  • Designs for churches, parish houses and school buildings. Edited for official use and published by the Royal Prussian Ober-Bau-Deputation. Riegel, Potsdam. Lfg. 1 (1844) to Lfg. 13 (1855).

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SURNAME Soller, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soller, Johann August Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and Prussian building officer
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1853
Place of death Berlin