Carl Kühn (architect)

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Signature of Carl Kühn in 1913

Carl Kühn (born April 19, 1873 in Cologne ; † June 21, 1942 ) was a German architect , prince-bishop delegate building officer and diocesan building officer.

Life

Kühn was born the son of the architect Carl Eduard Kühn and studied at the Technical University (Berlin-) Charlottenburg , where he was a student of the architect Christoph Hehl . He later became an assistant at Hehl's chair and employee in Hehl's private architecture office. He also worked temporarily in the office of Max Meckel, who is also known as a church architect . Kühn was a member of the Association of German Architects (BDA).

From 1926 on he was the prince-bishop's delegate building officer of the prince-bishop's delegation for Brandenburg and Pomerania of the diocese of Breslau and from 1930 to 1938 he was responsible for all church buildings as the diocesan building officer of the diocese of Berlin .

Carl Kühn died on June 21, 1942 and was buried in the Zehlendorf cemetery in his home parish Herz Jesu in Berlin-Zehlendorf .

plant

Most of the church buildings he built in today's diocese of Berlin for the growing number of Catholics show a great variety of designs.

Buildings and projects (selection)

Design drawing of the first Mater Dolorosa church in Berlin-Lankwitz, built by the architect Carl Kühn from 1911 to 1912

The most extensive list of Carl Kühn's buildings to date can be found in the Wichmann yearbook of the Diocesan History Association (see literature).

  • 1908: Villa Herbertstrasse 10 in Berlin-Grunewald
  • 1911–1912: Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church in Berlin-Lankwitz , Kurfürstenstrasse 59
  • 1912–1913: St. Monika Stift in Berlin-Lankwitz, Kiesstrasse
  • 1913–1914: Catholic Church of St. Marien (St. Mariae Immaculata) in Berlin-Wilmersdorf , Bergheimer Platz (based on an older draft by Christoph Hehl, who died in 1911 )
  • 1913–1914: Planning of a round cemetery chapel on the St. Matthias cemetery in Berlin-Tempelhof (not carried out because of the First World War)
  • 1913–1916: St. Norbert Catholic Church in Berlin-Schöneberg , Dominicusstraße 15
  • 1914–1917: St. Josef retirement home in Berlin-Biesdorf , Fortunaallee 13/27 (with open space and enclosure; together with Wilhelm Bauer)
  • 1924–1925: St. Agnes Catholic Chapel in Berlin-Kreuzberg , Hollmannstrasse 3
  • 1924–1925: St. Franziskus Catholic Church in Berlin-Staaken , Finkenkruger Weg 22
  • 1926: Catholic Church St. Jakobus in Grimmen , Dr.-Kurt-Fischer-Straße 1
  • 1928: St. Josef Catholic Church in Strausberg near Berlin, Weinbergstrasse
  • 1928–1929: Catholic Church of Christ the King in Berlin-Adlershof , Nipkowstrasse 15–19
  • 1928–1932: Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg , Wichertstrasse 23
  • 1928–1930: St. Marien parish hall in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Bergheimer Strasse 1/3
  • 1929: Catholic chapel Stella Maris in the seaside resort Heringsdorf , Bülowstraße 7
  • 1929: Catholic Church of St. Johannes Evangelist in Berlin-Steglitz, Sembritzkistraße 17
  • 1929–1932: Catholic Church of St. Christophorus in Berlin-Neukölln , Nansenstrasse 4
  • 1930: St. Marien parish hall in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Bergheimer Platz
  • 1930: St. Richard Catholic Church in Berlin-Neukölln, Teupitzer Strasse
  • 1932: Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Herz Jesu) in Torgelow , Espelkamper Straße 11
  • 1934: Catholic Church of St. Konrad von Parzham in Falkensee
  • 1934: Catholic Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Lychen
  • 1934–1935: Catholic Church Herz Jesu Templin
  • 1935: Catholic Church of St. Wilhelm in Berlin-Wilhelmstadt, Weißenburger Strasse 9
  • 1936: St. Hildegard Catholic Church in Berlin-Frohnau , Senheimer Strasse 35
  • 1936: St. Marien Catholic Church in Berlin-Heiligensee , Schulzendorfer Straße 76
  • 1936–1937: St. Konrad Catholic Church in Wandlitz
  • 1936–1937: Catholic Church of St. Johannes Evangelist in Berlin-Buchholz , Eddastraße
  • 1936–1937: St. Nikolaus Catholic Church in Blankenfelde-Mahlow
  • 1936–1937: Catholic Chapel of the Holy Cross in Mildenberg
  • 1937: Catholic chapel Maria Hilf in Berlin-Altglienicke
  • 1937: Catholic Church of St. Elisabeth in Königs Wusterhausen

literature

  • Lexicon of visual artists. Volume 22. 1928, p. 57.
  • Michael Höhle: The foundation of the Diocese of Berlin 1930. (Dissertation) Schöningh, Paderborn / Bonn 1995.
  • Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin (ed.): Sacral buildings (= Berlin and its buildings . Part VI.) Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1997.
  • Catholic parish Mater Dolorosa (ed.), Annelen Hölzner-Bautsch: 100 years of Mater Dolorosa Church. History of the Catholic community in Berlin-Lankwitz 1912 to 2012. Self-published, Berlin 2012, pp. 20–38.
  • Konstantin Manthey : Carl Kühn (1873–1942). Master builder of the Diocese of Berlin. In: Michael Höhle (Hrsg.): Wichmann-Jahrbuch des Diözesangeschichtsverein , New Series 12, 52./53. Vintage 2012/2013.
  • Konstantin Manthey: Carl Kühn 1873-1942 . Churches for Young Berlin, Berlin: Lukas 2019, ISBN 978-3-86732-330-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Tacke: Churches for the Diaspora. Christoph Hehl's Berlin buildings and university activities 1894–1911. Dissertation. Berlin 1993, p. 100.
  2. ↑ Konstantin Manthey: New Fund and Correction , blogspot.de, March 27, 2013, accessed online on March 27, 2013
  3. ↑ a b Catholic church building by Carl Kühn - from St. Norbert to St. Hildegard  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Archdiocese of Berlin, accessed online on January 18, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.erzbistumberlin.de  
  4. ↑ a b c d e Monument List Berlin ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of July 4, 2012, accessed online on October 11, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
  5. ^ Certificate of the laying of the foundation stone Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz
  6. ↑ 100 Years Mater Dolorosa Church - History of the Catholic Community in Berlin-Lankwitz - 1912 to 2012 , Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz, accessed online on April 24, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Bold, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1942