Axel Friedrich von Howen
Axel Friedrich von Howen (born August 10, 1845 in Reval ; † 1911 there ) was a German-Baltic civil engineer and architect .
Life
Axel Friedrich von Howen began studying civil engineering at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic in the winter semester of 1865 . At the beginning of his studies he became a member of the Baltica Karlsruhe . After graduating as a civil engineer in July 1869, von Howen worked as an engineer in the construction of a railway in Germany , from 1870 to 1873 in the construction of the southern Russian railways of Baron C. von Ungern-Sternberg and from 1874 to 1875 in the construction of the Baltic Railway. From 1876 to 1880 he was a distance engineer at the Dorpat-Tapser Bahn. After taking the exam for authorization to carry out work with the Minister of the Interior in Petersburg, he lived in Reval from 1880 as an architect, city councilor and house owner.
His father Carl Friedrich Howenn (sic!) (1816–1855) was the adopted son of Alexander Friedrich Baron von der Howen (1777–1859).
Buildings
- Church in Jüri , 1885
- Reconstruction of the church in Kuusalu , 1890
- Church in Iisaku
- Church in Rapla , 1901
literature
- Hans Nehlep (Ed.): Album Academicum des Corps Baltica-Borussia Danzig 1860-1970. Berlin 1973.
- Axel von Howen: The peasant castle on the Punnamäggi near Engdes , one on the X. archaeol. At the 1896 Congress in Riga, the lecture given by the Conservator of the Estonian Provincial Museum A. von Howen, reproduced in a somewhat abbreviated form by the same. 3 sheets of drawings, Reval ?, 1896? [1]
Reprint of the Revaler Zeitung
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howen, Axel Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howen, Friedrich Axel von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic civil engineer and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1911 |
| Place of death | Tallinn |