Carl Leonard from Uber

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Carl Leonard von Uber (1768–1834)

Carl Leonard von Uber (born February 18, 1768 in Stuttgart , † August 15, 1834 in Stuttgart) was a Württemberg master builder from 1802 to 1808 and the builder of modern Tuttlingen .

Early years

Uber grew up as the son of a flaschner in Stuttgart and after completing an apprenticeship as a stonemason, he joined the ducal agricultural deputation. In Württemberg this was responsible for the construction and maintenance of all buildings of the ducal rent chamber and the church property, i. H. for the entire state building industry with the exception of residential buildings. Johann Adam Groß the Younger , the head of the authority, employed Uber as a draftsman until his death in 1794. In addition to Groß, two agricultural inspectors worked for the agricultural deputation, Johann Georg Glaser (1736-1806) and Christian Adam Etzel (1743-1801), who were appointed agricultural masters after Groß's death and shared his official business. Etzel took over the buildings of the church council, Glaser those of the rent chamber. In addition to Uber, the Karlsschule graduate Karl Kümmerer (1767-1823) and the ducal builder Johann Gottlob Schweitzer (1762-1816) and a little later the agricultural construction secretary Immanuel David Dillenius (1758-1822) took over as building inspectors. In 1802 Uber and Dillenius were promoted to land builders.

Uber as the builder of modern Tuttlingen

Uber's plan for the new building in Tuttlingen from 1804

When the Tuttlingen city fire on November 1, 1803, the medieval town of Tuttlingen burned down almost completely. After a two-day journey, Uber arrived in Tuttlingen on November 5th and took care of the almost completely homeless population. In February 1804, Elector Friedrich decided that Tuttlingen should not be rebuilt according to the historical model, but as a completely new classicist planned city on the ruins of the historical city. He transferred the planning to Uber.

On the decision of the Tuttlingen municipal council , the first building was to be the schoolhouse (today the adult education center and the city ​​library ) and the town hall. In May 1804, Friedrich approved Uber's plan, but changed it himself in several places. In the summer of 1804, Uber was already overseeing the construction of 100 houses. In 1804 the school house and in 1806 the town hall could be occupied. The work on the buildings continued. From 1807 Uber withdrew more and more from Tuttlingen. The work was finally completed by his colleague, master builder Dillenius, according to Uber's plans.

The Ubers case

In the following, Uber devoted himself again to the redesign of Stuttgart. He directed the relocation of the Marstall and the Eberhard Church from Solitude to Königsstrasse. After the foundations of the Marstall sank in the shell construction phase, and it became clear that parts of the masonry had to be removed again, the king had Uber arrested and ordered a detailed investigation of the incidents. Even before the main reports of the investigative commission were available, Uber was disgraced and dismissed on March 9, 1809, obliged to pay damages, and his property was confiscated.

Reparation and death

In 1818 the new Württemberg King Wilhelm I rehabilitated Uber after years of legal dispute and also lifted the confiscation of Uber's assets, although it was not taken back into the civil service. An expert opinion from 1824 found that he was innocent and that he had to be compensated for the damage caused. Uber died on August 15, 1834. He was buried in the Hoppenlauf cemetery in Stuttgart . A street in Tuttlingen is named after him.

literature

  • Wolfgang Kramer: lost property to master builder Carl Leonard von Uber . In: Tuttlinger Heimatblätter 1984 , pp. 5–12.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Main State Archives Stuttgart, inventory A 248, Bü 2183.
  2. ↑ Cf. Main State Archives Stuttgart, inventory E 221 Bü 1693; also E 6 Bü 109, 133; E 31 Bü 1141; E 221 Bü 85, 126, 127
personal data
SURNAME Uber, Carl Leonard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg master builder, builder of modern Tuttlingen
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1834
Place of death Stuttgart