Carl Friedrich Trahn
Carl Friedrich Trahn (born March 5, 1806 in Sehestedt ; † October 27, 1888 in Neustadt in Holstein ) was a German master carpenter who worked in and around Neustadt in Holstein and was known as one of the most important and productive mill builders in northern Germany - in in his working life he built 100 windmills . He also designed and built the pagoda warehouse , one of the two landmarks of Neustadt in Holstein.
Life
Carl Friedrich Trahn was born in Sehestedt in 1806 as the son of a farrier and learned the trade of carpenter . As a journeyman , he went on a journey that took him to Neustadt in Holstein (then a prosperous port town), where he settled down and ran a carpentry shop at the end of the 1820s. The fact that he ran the carpentry in the first few years without a master's degree - partly under the supervision of a master carpenter who had long since retired - met with considerable disapproval from the local craftsmen and led to several complaints with the Neustadt council.
He received his first major order in 1830: On behalf of the Neustadt merchant Adam Jansen, he built the pagoda warehouse, which is unique in its form . Jansen's wish to build a storage facility in which the grain dries as well as possible before it is shipped was implemented by giving the building three rows of drying hatches in the high attic. In 1831 he was employed as a foreman for the construction of a new windmill near Neustadt, where he learned how to build windmills. He built his first windmill under his own direction in 1834 in Schönwalde am Bungsberg ; this building earned him the title of master .
In the following years, Carl Friedrich Trahn built numerous windmills throughout eastern Holstein and partly in the Duchy of Schleswig , which made him famous as a mill builder. It was possible for him to set up windmills in a very short time, which was partly due to the fact that he often built windmills according to a uniform basic scheme and he could fall back on material in his own wood store (in some cases he imported the wood from Scandinavia himself) and on the other hand, he had prefabricated windmills (parts) in stock - he was thus operating an early form of series production .
When the Neustädter Stadtkirche received a new tower in 1846/47, Carl Friedrich Trahn built the new spire. In addition to his carpentry business, he was also active in other businesses: for example, in 1853 he built a brickworks in Neustadt .
In 1884/85 he built the Lepahn windmill for the Lehmkuhlen estate, his 100th windmill. In 1886, Carl Friedrich Trahn gave up his carpentry business.
Carl Friedrich Trahn was married twice. In 1845 he married Dorotha Boldt, who died in childbirth in 1846 , and Juliane Dau in 1847, with whom he had a son, Carl Theodor Julius (* 1848).
Carl Friedrich Trahn died in Neustadt at the end of 1888.
Preserved structures
- 1830: Pagodenspeicher , one of the two landmarks of Neustadt in Holstein (listed as a " cultural monument of special importance")
- (after) 1840: Mill in Perdöl , moved to Wasbek in 1876
- 1844: House on Neustädter Marktplatz, inhabited by Carl Friedrich Trahn until 1873
- 1850: Eutin windmill "Moder Grau", one of the landmarks of the city of Eutin
- 1851: Grebin windmill "Wagria", landmark of the Grebin community
- 1859/60: Langenrader windmill "Sventata", a sight of the city of Ascheberg (Holstein)
- 1869: Gettorfer Mühle , closed in the 1950s, renovated from 1976 and today u. a. used for marriages ( info - picture )
- 1871: Mill in Behnkenmühlen , dismantled in 1901 and rebuilt in Schellhorn . It was in operation until 1950 and is now used as an apartment.
- 1879: Mill in Wolkenwehe / Bad Oldesloe , today protected as a cultural monument [1]
- 1884/85: Lepahn windmill near Lehmkuhlen
The Grebiner windmill "Wagria"
The Langenrader windmill "Sventana"
The Gettorf mill "Rosa"
The Brodauer Mühle in the coat of arms of the municipality of Schashagen
The Lepahner Mühle near Lehmkuhlen
The Schellhorn mill
Structures not preserved
Most of the 100 windmills built by Carl Friedrich Trahn no longer exist. B. the mills in Schönwalde am Bungsberg , Fissau , Haseldorf , Harmsdorf (built in 1842; closed in 1914, demolished in 1919), Kasseedorf . To these mill locations remind z. Sometimes only street names and place names.
The Brodauer Mühle , which was built in 1864 and closed in 1960 and is the symbol of the community of Schashagen , burned down at the end of 2005. The substructure and some charred beams are still standing.
swell
- Exhibition (2006) in the Museum of the Plön District ( website ). The subject was u. a. The life and work of Carl Friedrich Trahn
literature
- Jürgen Vogler: Mill builder Carl Friedrich Trahn - 100 windmills from a single source . In: Ostholstein yesterday. 100 stories about the country and its people . 1st edition. Boyens Buchverlag, Heide (Holstein) 2007, ISBN 978-3-8042-1209-1 .
- Rüdiger Hagen: Historic mills and their technology. Artistic and technical drawings . Primus Verlag, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 978-3-8262-0822-5 .
- Uwe Karstens: Carl Friedrich Trahn - an unprecedented career in mill builders . In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heimatkunde Oldenburg / Ostholstein eV (Hrsg.): Yearbook for Heimatkunde Oldenburg / Ostholstein . Self-published, Oldenburg in Holstein 1993, p. 45-83 .
Web links
- Mention and assignment of the Eutiner , Grebiner & Langenrader windmills on www.naturpark-holsteinische-schweiz.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trahn, Carl Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German master carpenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sehestedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1888 |
| Place of death | Neustadt in Holstein |