Bernhard Hanssen
Bernhard Georg Jacob Hanssen (born April 12, 1844 in Hamburg ; † September 3, 1911 in Travemünde ) was a German architect .
Life
Bernhard Hanssen completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter and studied architecture; 1863–1864 in Karlsruhe 1865 and Stuttgart . He then worked first as a site manager for the restoration of rural churches with Christian Friedrich von Leins . He then studied for another two years in Berlin and also worked in various offices. Based in Hamburg from 1870 , he was initially associated with the engineer Schmetzer for three years before joining forces with his college friend Emil Meerwein in 1873 . Together, Hanssen and Meerwein planned and built numerous well-known buildings in Hamburg.
One of the most famous is the Kaispeicher B in Hamburg , which the office built together with the engineer Alexander Schäfer in 1878/1879. The Kaispeicher B, built before the establishment of the free port and about ten years before the construction of the Speicherstadt , is the oldest surviving structure in the free port. It has been a listed building since 2001 ; Since 2007, it has housed the International Maritime Museum Hamburg , the large maritime collection of Peter Tamm .
Hanssen was also one of the architects significantly involved in the construction of the Speicherstadt, which was built under the direction of Franz Andreas Meyer (1837-1901), William Lindley's successor as head of engineering in the Hanseatic city.
Bernhard Hanssen was a member of the Rathausbaumeisterbund founded by Martin Haller in 1880 , the seven architects who were commissioned by the Senate and the City of Hamburg to build the Hamburg City Hall in 1885 . The foundation stone was laid on May 6, 1886, the inauguration on October 26, 1897. From 1880 to 1886 Hanssen was a member of the Hamburg parliament . He was also a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 .
In 1905, Bernhard Hanssen retired from professional life in poor health.
His tomb is located in the extensive grounds of the Meerwein , Canel , Hanssen , and Laeisz families in Hamburg's Ohlsdorf cemetery .
The Hanssensweg in the Jarrestadt in Hamburg- Winterhude is named after Bernhard Hanssen .
buildings
- 1872–1873: Villa "Albertina" in Hamburg, Rothenbaum
- 1880–1884: Extension of the Hamburg Stock Exchange in Hamburg, Alter Wall (together with Emil Meerwein)
- 1881–1883: Hamburger Hof in Hamburg, Jungfernstieg
- 1885–1887: Storage block O in Hamburg's Speicherstadt
- 1893: Hanssen House, St. Benedictstrasse 54 in Hamburg
- 1886–1897: Hamburg City Hall
- 1897-1898: Kontorhaus "Laeisz yard" in Hamburg, Trostbrücke (with Wilhelm Emil Meerwein and Martin Haller )
- 1898: "Rathausmarkthof" office building in Hamburg
- 1902–1903: HFLG main administration building in the Hamburg Speicherstadt (with Johannes Grotjan )
literature
- Jan Lubitz: Hanssen, Bernhard . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 5 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8353-0640-0 , p. 170-171 .
- How the city architects of yore created the work of art Hamburg . In: Die Welt , June 24, 2006; for the construction of the Speicherstadt
Web links
- Information on the construction of the Kaispeicher B on geschichtsspuren.de (formerly lostplaces.de)
photos
Individual evidence
- ↑ Family grave at frederiks.de
- ↑ jarrestadt-archiv.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hanssen, Bernhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hanssen, Bernhard Georg Jacob (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and politician, MdHB |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1911 |
| Place of death | Travemünde |