Heinrich Behrens-Nicolai
Heinrich Behrens-Nicolai (born May 13, 1873 in Golzwarden ; † October 30, 1960 in Bremen ) was a German architect .
biography
Behrens-Nicolai was the son of Captain Johann Dietrich Behrens from Lehe , where he lived in his youth. He attended secondary school in Geestemünde . From 1893 he studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Hanover and then architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt . In 1901 he married Anna Maria Caroline Oehler, both initially lived in Oberhausen in the Rhineland and had a daughter. Behrens-Nicolai came to Bremen in 1902, where he worked as an architect until the 1930s, then as a sworn expert.
buildings
The residential and commercial building of the Bremen automobile and bicycle headquarters In addition to Schleifmühle 27 in Bremen, Behrens-Nicolai built between 1905 and 1906 in historicist architecture with Art Nouveau elements. In this house he also had his office. In the style of North German Brick Expressionism, he planned the silo for the Roland mill in the Häfen district in 1925 and the Centauren pharmacy on the corner of Dobbenweg 11/12 / other than the Schleifmühle in 1928 . For the merchant Julius Bamberger he built a department store from 1927 to 1929, popularly known as Bambüddel , on Faulenstrasse in Bremen; the first escalator in Bremen was installed here. These buildings are under monument protection .
Later on, Behrens also worked as an appraiser, benefiting from his dual training as a civil engineer and architect. For many years he was chairman of the Bremen local groups of the Association of German Architects (BDA) and the ADAC .
Honors
- July 8, 1958: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
literature
- Wilhelm Wortmann: Bremen builder of the 19th and 20th centuries. Bremen 1988, ISBN 3-88808-056-8 , p. 51.
Web links
- Dataset on Heinrich Behrens-Nicolai in the database of architects and artists with direct reference to Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behrens-Nicolai, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Behrens, Carl Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Golzwarden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1960 |
| Place of death | Bremen |