Carl Schumichen

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Architects sign on the former dairy in Dresden-Plauen

Carl Schümichen , also Christian Karl Schümichen (born February 15, 1863 in Lommatzsch , † April 10, 1933 in Dresden ) was a German architect and builder who worked in Dresden and the surrounding area. The stylistic development of his buildings is interesting, it ranges from the Neo-Renaissance to the New Objectivity to the Bauhaus Modernism.

Life

Carl Schümichen was the son of Lommatzsch veterinarian Christian Karl Schümischen and his wife Laura Emma nee Vetterlein. He studied at the Dresden Art Academy and was a student of Constantin Lipsius . From 1891 he was a Freemason member of the lodge “Zum golden Apfel” in Dresden, Ostraallee 15. His main buildings were handled by the “Office for Architecture and Construction” Schümichen & Michel in Dresden, Vitzhumstraße. He later worked as a professor in Dresden. His apartment was in Dresden-Gruna at Bodenbacher Strasse 14. In 1899, Carl Schümichen married Anna Louise née Böhme (* 1879). In 1913 he was chairman of the committee of former students of the Constantin Lipsius studio. For a time he was also a city councilor in Dresden City Hall.

Buildings (selection)

  • Hotel Hohenzollernhof in Dresden's old town, Breite Strasse 5 (destroyed in 1945)
  • Gym in Dresden's old town, Permoserstraße 11 (1896/97, destroyed 1945), architects: Carl Schümichen and Richard Michel (1865–1938) and H. Melzer, with the statues sword fencer and slingshot by Richard König (1905)
  • Temporary structures for the exhibitions: "Saxon Crafts and Applied Arts Exhibition 1896 - The Old City" and "German Building Exhibition 1900"
  • Apartment building in Dresden-Striesen, Teutoburgstraße 17 (1897, destroyed 1945)
  • Villa Grumbt in Loschwitz, Bautzner Str. 112 (formerly Dresdner Str. 2) (built in 1899, destroyed in 1945)
  • Commercial building in Dresden-Johannstadt, Dürerplatz 10 (1899, destroyed 1945), architects: C. Schümichen & R. Michel
  • Altrathen Castle , reconstruction as a neo-Romanesque or neo-Gothic complex (1902/03)
  • Building of the Dresdner Milchwerke (1909) in Dresden-Plauen, Würzburger Strasse 9, now Dr. Doerr Feinkost GmbH & Co. KG, under monument protection ID-Nr. 09216041
  • Commercial building in Dresden's old town at Annenstrasse 4, corner of Große Zwingerstrasse 11 (1909, destroyed in 1945)
  • Town hall Lommatzsch , Am Markt 1 (renovation), under monument protection ID-Nr. 09266513
  • Hansa-Hotel in Dresden-Neustadt, Schlesischer Platz 6 (1912/13), under monument protection ID-Nr. 09215104
  • Bienertsche Brotfabrik in Dresden-Plauen, Altplauen 11–15, execution in reinforced concrete construction by the construction company Gebrüder Fichtner together with Dyckerhoff & Widmann (1913 and 1918), under monument protection ID-Nr. 09212080
  • Karl Kaiser textile house in Dresden's old town, Wilsdruffer Strasse 7, later HO department store (built in 1931, demolished after 2006), architects: Kurt Reimer (1869–1938) and Carl Schümichen

Gallery of completed buildings

  • Altrathen Castle

  • Town hall Lommatzsch

  • Dairy building in Dresden-Plauen

  • Former Hansa Hotel in Dresden-Neustadt

  • Bienert bread factory in Dresden-Plauen

  • Former Textile store Karl Kaiser (then HO department store) in Dresden

Web links

Commons : Carl Schümichen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c marriage certificate Dresden 886/1899
  2. ↑ death certificate Dresden 288/1933
  3. ^ Entry "Schümichen, Chr., Thierarzt, Lommatzsch 110". Address and business manual for the city of Lommatzsch 1890. Page 17.
  4. ↑ Freemason Wiki Christian Karl Schümichen (accessed on May 16, 2020)
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Jörg Brune: The old Dresden in pictures (accessed on May 13, 2020)
  6. ↑ Karl Brendler: Brendler's stories: Carl Ernst Grumbt, with picture of the former Villa Grumbt Loschwitz (accessed on May 16, 2020)
  7. ↑ Altrathen (accessed on May 16, 2020)
  8. ↑ Bienertmühle on dresdner-stadtteile.de (accessed on May 13, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Schümichen, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schümichen, Christian Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Lommatzsch
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1933
Place of death Dresden