Bernhard Scheller
Bernhard Scheller (born May 20, 1852 in Geestemünde ; † May 29, 1907 there ) was a German building contractor and architect .
biography
Scheller came from a long-established Geestemünde family. He studied architecture at the Hanover Polytechnic and then settled down as a building contractor and architect in his home town of Geestemünde.
In 1878 he built the synagogue of the synagogue community Wesermünde with 300 seats on what is now Schulstrasse 5 . A memorial stone today commemorates the synagogue destroyed by the National Socialists during the November pogrom night from November 9th to 10th, 1938 (see also National Socialism in Bremerhaven # Jewish persecution in Bremerhaven ).
The Lloydhalle at the new Kaiserschleuse was built in 1896/1897 based on his own designs .
He died in 1907 and was buried in the Bremerhaven cemetery in Wulsdorf .
Memorial stone at Schulstrasse 5 , where the synagogue built by Scheller was located until 1938
The passenger steamer Sierra Nevada chartered by Hamburg Süd (right) in front of the Lloydhalle
Postcard from the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Große and the Lloydhalle
Gravestone of the Scheller family in the Bremerhaven cemetery in Wulsdorf
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Individual evidence
- ^ Wesermünde - previously: Lehe-Geestemünde (Bremen). In: From the history of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Jüdische-Gemeinde.de.
- ^ History of the Lloydhalle ( Memento from January 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Lloyd Hall , bremerhaven.de , accessed on January 20, 2018
- ^ Gerd Schwemer: The Bremerhaven cemetery in Wulsdorf. History - nature - culture. Bremerhaven 1998, p. 19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheller, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German contractor and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geestemünde |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1907 |
| Place of death | Geestemünde |