Bernhard Solger

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Bernhard Solger (* 1812 in Rentweinsdorf ; † July 11, 1889 in Nuremberg ) was a German architect and municipal building officer for the city of Nuremberg.

Life

Solger was born in Rentweinsdorf in Lower Franconia in 1812. He attended grammar school and polytechnic school in Nuremberg . There he was tutored by Carl Alexander Heideloff , through whom he became aware of the neo-Gothic . In November 1831 he began studying architecture at the University and Building Academy in Munich . One of his teachers was Friedrich von Gärtner .

From 1834 to 1837 Solger was employed as a site manager in the restoration of Bamberg Cathedral . From 1838 he was the municipal building officer in Nuremberg and held this office until his retirement in 1872. He then worked as an architect in Nuremberg. After the completion of the justice building in Nuremberg's Augustinerstraße in 1878, he was appointed royal senior building officer. Solger died in Nuremberg in 1889.

plant

According to Solger's plans, a large number of residential and public buildings were built in Nuremberg, such as the old city hospital in Sandstrasse (construction period 1835–1839), the city trade school (1844–1845), the Royal Bank (1847–1849), the Arcades on the Johannisfriedhof (1860) and the telegraph office, which was built in 1872 in place of the furrier's house on the main market , which had been demolished three years earlier .

In addition, a number of construction measures in the transport sector bear his signature, for example the Heubrücke (1841–1842), the Maxbrücke (1850–1851) and various gate openings in the Nuremberg city wall that were created due to the increasing traffic, such as the Färbertor in 1848 or the Marientor in 1859 .

Solger was also involved in the construction of canals and waterworks as well as the construction of the Marienvorstadt , a planned urban expansion in the southeast of the old town.

Publications (selection)

  • From the medical services of the imperial city of Nuremberg in the 16th century. In: German quarterly publication for public health care. Volume 2, Braunschweig 1870.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Online database of the matriculation book of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, accessed January 4, 2010

literature

personal data
SURNAME Solger, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, building officer in Nuremberg
DATE OF BIRTH 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Rentweinsdorf
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1889
Place of death Nuremberg