August Thiersch

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August Thiersch (born November 28, 1843 in Marburg ; † January 1, 1917 in Zurich ) was a German architect and university professor .

family

His father was the philologist and theologian Heinrich Wilhelm Josias Thiersch , son of the philologist and school reformer Friedrich Thiersch . His brother was the architect Friedrich von Thiersch , his four sons included the classical archaeologist Hermann Thiersch (1874-1939) and the architect and director of the University of Art and Design in Halle Paul Thiersch (1879-1928).

Together with his father, he used the pseudonym Asterios in the publication of their book Die Physiognomie des Mondes in Nördlingen in 1879, with which, following the work of Müller, Nasmyth and Carpenter, they tried to explain the current appearance of the moon's surface. In their opinion, the Mare Imbrium was created by an impact. In 1883 they published it again under their real name in Augsburg.

life and work

August Thiersch studied architecture like his brother. From 1866 to 1868 he worked on the construction of the railway in Middle Franconia and on the bridge construction of the Braunau line . He then became assistant to the architect Gottfried von Neureuther at the Munich Polytechnic . From 1875 he worked there as a full professor , from 1877 (after the name was changed to Technical University of Munich ) as a professor of building history and structural design . He worked there as a teacher for ancient forms, perspective and shadow constructions until his retirement in 1908.

Buildings (selection)
The Piper Verlag has its headquarters in Munich George Street 4 in a built by August Thiersch Villa.
Villa Theodorowitsch

In 1874 August Thiersch designed the so-called “Serbenvilla”, located directly on the Tegernsee, for the Serbian Prince Theodorowitsch. The designs for the representative furnishings of the villa came from the younger and later well-known brother Friedrich von Thiersch . Both August Thiersch and Friedrich von Thiersch taught at the Technical University of Munich. The Villa Theodorowitsch is the only work the brothers worked on together.

August Thiersch designed the villa in the style of an Italian palazzo of the Renaissance , it should represent the right of the princely client in size and amenities. The most impressive room in Villa Theodorowitsch is the former ballroom on the second floor, which was designed jointly by August and Friedrich von Thiersch. The ceiling painting of this room is also based on models of the Italian Renaissance; after the transfer of the former princely villa to the ownership of the Free State of Bavaria in 1954 and the installation of a false ceiling, it has remained largely untouched for half a century. During the renovation of the villa between 2012 and 2014, the false ceiling was removed and the ceiling painting was extensively restored.

literature

  • Hermann Thiersch : August Thiersch as an architect and researcher. Süddeutsche Verlagsanstalt, Munich 1923.
  • Birgit Stenger: August Thiersch (1843-1916). Planned and executed church buildings. Dissertation, Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Architecture, 1981.
  • Sibylle Appuhn-Radtke; St. Ursula in Munich-Schwabing. Harmony as a timeless quality. A church building by August Thiersch. Verlag Franz Schiermeier, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-943866-21-6 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Villa Theodorowitsch on the website of Raum in form interior design studios , accessed on February 14, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Thiersch, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1917
Place of death Zurich