Carl Wilhelm Schleicher
Carl Wilhelm Schleicher (born August 6, 1857 in Stolberg (Rhineland) , † March 13, 1938 in Düsseldorf ) was a German architect .
Life
Carl Wilhelm Schleicher was born as the sixth child and fourth son of the Stolberg industrial family Schleicher on the Kupferhof Unterster Hof in Stolberg. His parents were the Kommerzienrat Eduard Schleicher (1813–1873) and Emilie Schleicher nee. Stoltenhoff (1823-1896).
His artistic interests were awakened at a young age by travel and cultural stories from his grandfather Johann Peter Stoltenhoff (see Krone (Stolberg) ), and strengthened by his eight years older, intellectual sister Fanny, who also showed his interest in the architectural features Cologne steered. Although his schooling marked the path to becoming a businessman , he decided to become an architect after graduating from high school. At the urging of the family, he began an apprenticeship in his uncle's paper mill, as he would later become his partner. Due to several illnesses he had to break off the apprenticeship. His family now allowed him to study architecture.
He began studying in the summer semester of 1877 at the Aachen Polytechnic , but in the autumn of the same year he switched to the Berlin Building Academy , where his teachers included Johann Eduard Jacobsthal and Julius Raschdorff . During a health-related spa stay in Italy , he visited some important northern Italian cities. In the summer of 1881 he prepared himself at home for the construction supervisor's exam, which he successfully passed in the fall of 1881.
Immediately afterwards he found a job with an architects' company that set itself the task of building Florentine palaces. This was in turn associated with visits to important Italian cities. In July 1883 he returned home and successfully took part in the Schinkel competition in 1884. He should then get a job with the architect Paul Wallot . However, this had to be canceled at short notice for financial reasons.
He settled in Düsseldorf in 1886 as a private architect and is considered a representative of architectural historicism . His work extended over the Rhineland and Westphalia, where he was mainly active in the Düsseldorf area and mainly built villas and country houses for the local "industrial nobility".
He was a member of the Düsseldorf Freemason Lodge To the Three Allies .
He was married to Helene geb. Lorsbach. The marriage resulted in two daughters.
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Buildings (selection)
Carl Wilhelm Schleicher mostly built residential buildings, almost all of which were destroyed in the Second World War. Some buildings, including the Düsseldorf Kreuzkirche as his main work, have been preserved to this day, although some have been changed through renovations or additions. These include:
- 1893–1894: House with studio for the painter Carl Gehrts , called Villa Waldfrieden , in Düsseldorf-Rath
- 1898: Construction of the tomb Gustav and Rudolf Poensgen made of black granite on the mound of the north cemetery in Düsseldorf
- 1905: Gymnasium in Stolberg, Kaiserplatz (today called Goethe-Gymnasium )
- 1905–1906: Marie Fremerey town house in Düsseldorf-Flingern-Nord, Beethovenstraße 21
- 1906–1910: Evangelical Kreuzkirche in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort (under monument protection)
- 1911–1913: Villa for Robert Lynen in Stolberg, Rathausstrasse 44
- 1913–1914: Infant home Kaiserin-Auguste-Viktoria-Krippe with nursing home for the Düsseldorf branch of the Patriotic Women's Association of the Red Cross in Düsseldorf, Blumenthalstrasse 12 (under monument protection; today 5-star Hotel Villa Viktoria )
such as:
- House for Albert Wendt in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel, Wildenbruchstrasse 21
- Villa for Artur Hoesch in Kreuzau-Friedenau near Düren
- Home for Artur Schleicher in Stolberg, Rathausstrasse 53
- Summer house for Herrmann Schüll in Nideggen near Düren, Effelstrasse
- Villa for Walter Reinhardt in Bautzen, Königswall 1
- Villa for Ruhfus in Siegen, Oranienstrasse 9 (since 1993 exhibition forum Oranienstrasse of the Siegerland Museum )
- Villa for Carl Ueker in Posen, Baarthstrasse 5
Fonts
- The stairwell frescoes by Carl Gehrts. Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf approx. 1899 ( digitized version )
Awards
- First prize in the Schinkel competition for a design for the new building of the Berlin Cathedral, presented on March 23, 1884
- Red Eagle Order , awarded by Crown Prince Wilhelm , for the nanny home of the Düsseldorf Patriotic Women's Association
Literature, sources
- Thomas Roeb: Carl Wilhelm Schleicher (1857-1938). Life and work of an architect of historicism. Aachen 2006, ISBN 3-86130-818-5 . ( Excerpt (p. 1–24) as PDF document )
- Düsseldorfer Nachrichten of August 6, 1937
- Exhibition descriptions from Stolberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet site of the Goethe-Gymnasium Stolberg
- ^ Website of the Hotel Villa Viktoria , last accessed on December 22, 2011
- ↑ Pictures of the building at the German Architecture Forum , last accessed on December 22, 2011
- ↑ Exhibition forum Oranienstrasse on the website Kulturhandbuch Siegen-Wittgenstein , last accessed on December 22, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schleicher, Carl Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schleicher, Karl Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stolberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1938 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |