Auguste de Meuron
Auguste de Meuron (born April 11, 1813 in Neuchâtel ; † May 21, 1898 there ) was a Swiss-German architect .
Live and act
Achille Leclère's student came to Hamburg shortly after the great fire in 1842 and settled there as an architect. As a result of this catastrophe, he immediately received many - private and municipal - commissions.
On May 12, 1848, he was granted the citizenship of Hamburg that he had applied for in 1845 . Meuron worked in Hamburg until 1868; Among other things, several buildings were built in collaboration with his colleague Franz Georg Stammann . In 1858 Martin Haller gained his first practical experience in his office. The buildings designed by Meuron included the first construction of the Thalia Theater , buildings on Jungfernstieg , in the districts of Eppendorf and Uhlenhorst, and country houses on the Elbe. As one of the stately Mecklenburg manors, he built the manor on Gut Varchentin in 1847 on behalf of the Hamburg merchant Jenisch . In the summer of 1868, Meuron retired from the business and spent the rest of his life in his hometown of Neuchâtel.
literature
- Claus Gossler: The oeuvre and economy of a visiting architect. Auguste de Meuron (1813–1898) and his customers of the “haute volée” of Hamburg. In: Sven Tode, Frank Hatje (ed.): Hamburger Wirtschafts-Chronik. New series, Volume 2 (2001/2002), ISSN 0436-7030 (on behalf of the Wirtschaftsgeschichtliche Forschungsstelle e.V. )
- Franklin Kopitzsch , Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie. Volume 2, Christians-Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7672-1366-4 , p. 285.
- Wilhelm Hornbostel , David Klemm (Ed.): Martin Haller. Life and work 1835–1925. Dölling and Galitz, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-930802-71-6 .
- Wilhelm Melhop : Old Hamburg construction. Brief historical development of the architectural styles in Hamburg. Boysen & Maasch, Hamburg 1908. ( Digitized ; contains a list of his buildings in Hamburg)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meuron, Auguste de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuchâtel |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1898 |
| Place of death | Neuchâtel |