Camillo Günther

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Town hall Schkeuditz

Paul Camillo Günther (born May 29, 1881 in Lauter ; † May 3, 1958 in Hamburg ) was a German architect .

Church of the Resurrection (Hamburg-Barmbek)
Camillo Günther's house in Hamburg-Klein Flottbek

Camillo Günther was born in Lauter, Saxony. For the school year 1896/97 he is listed as a student of the Untersekunda in the Royal High School Plauen. The school design for a Vogtland farmhouse for which the 16-year-old received a prize comes from around this time . After graduating from high school, Günther studied at the Royal Saxon Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden. One of his teachers at that time was the architect of the Reichstag , Paul Wallot , with whom Günther maintained a friendly relationship even after his studies. In the third semester, Günther was awarded the Carlo Torniamen travel grant for designing a Kneiphof . This prize, endowed with 2,300 marks, enabled a 9-month study trip to Italy, Greece and North Africa.

In 1910 Camillo Günther won the competition for the town hall in Schkeuditz , which was built between 1912 and 1913.

In 1912 Günther designed Amandus Kahl's new iron foundry and machine factory in Stade.

In the same year Günther won the competition for the new pastorate on the Billwerder Ausschlag in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort ( 53 ° 32 ′ 11.1 ″  N , 10 ° 1 ′ 49.9 ″  E ). This building no longer exists.

Also in 1912 he took part in the competition for the parish hall with sermon hall of the parish of St. Markus in today's Hamburg-Hoheluft-Ost . His design won and based on the designs the Bethlehem Church was built on Gärtnerstrasse. The meetinghouse was occupied on October 1, 1913 and the church was consecrated on December 22 of the same year. On the night of July 25, 1943, the roof and windows of the church were destroyed by waves of detonation . In May 1944 the congregation celebrated the inauguration of the restored Bethlehem Church, but on June 18, 1944, the church was destroyed in another air raid.

In 1913 Günther was commissioned to build the former Schiffergesellschaftshaus in Eckernförder Straße in Hamburg-St. Pauli completely rebuilt. The Ballhaus Zauberflöte was created and opened on December 20, 1913. This building no longer exists either.

In 1914, Camillo Günther won the competition for the Hamburg-Barmbeker Church on Tieloh . The funds for the construction were approved on September 21st. Due to the war that had begun in the meantime, Camillo Günther was forced to do military service. However, the Senate Military Commission put it on hold for some time so construction could begin. The foundation stone was laid on January 23, 1916 and the church was consecrated on May 16, 1920 .

Until 1930, several large apartment buildings, single-family houses, the Testorp-Dahnke laundry facility on Barmbeker Tieloh and several large garages were built according to Günter’s designs. Most of these buildings no longer exist. At that time Günther built his own house in Klein Flottbeker Wilhelmistraße, which is still owned by the family today.

literature

  • Friedrich von Schack, Adolf Goetz: Architect Camillo Günther, Hamburg Verlag für Spezialliteratur GmbH Charlottenburg, 1930, issue 21

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ahnenforschung-bildet.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=106&t=2130#p12138 VIIIth annual report of the Royal High School Plauen i. V. for the school year 1896 - 1897 at Ahnenforschung-bildet.de, accessed on March 24, 2013
  2. ↑ Loose leaves - sketches, drafts and buildings by the architect Camillo Günther in Hamburg, printed as a manuscript in 1914
  3. ↑ Down to earth - The new town hall in Schkeuditz 1913 Series of publications by the Schkeuditzer Stadtmuseum / No. 1, Schkeuditz, 2013
  4. ↑ Bau-Rundschau issue 8 February 20, 1913
  5. ↑ http://stmarkushamburg.de/willkommen/kirche/geschichte/ History of the Church of St. Markus; Retrieved June 17, 2013
  6. ^ Neue Hamburger Zeitung No. 598 of December 22, 1913 (evening edition)
personal data
SURNAME Günther, Camillo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Günther, Paul Camillo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH volume up
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1958
Place of death Hamburg