Carl Winchenbach

Carl Winchenbach (born October 16, 1839 according to another source, 1840 in Boisheim / Kempen ; † February 1, 1925 in Barmen ; the spelling Karl Winchenbach is also used) was a German architect and municipal construction officer for the city of Barmen.

Winchenbach was in his tenure as city architect in the then independent city Barmen 1875-1910 significant for some construction and civil engineering works responsible. These included school buildings, the slaughterhouse and cattle yard, trams, the Wupper regulation and sewer system as well as monuments. In addition to his work as a city architect, he was an alderman .

Winchenbachstrasse in the Barmen district of Wuppertal was named after him on March 24, 1910 .

buildings

• 1880 -0000: Pauluskirche , Barmen
• 1884 -0000: Bleicherbrunnen
• 1886 -0000: Ringel memorial in the Barmer grounds
• 1891–1893: Barmer Schlachthof
• 1903–1904: Protestant elementary school Eichenstraße (today Eichenstraße community elementary school)
• 1908 -0000: Stadtbad Auf der Bleiche
• 0000-0000: Old Barmer Town Hall
• 1909–1911: Municipal hospital on Heusnerstrasse

Judges

In 1895, Carl Winchenbach, as a judge, played a major role in obtaining an executable design for the building of the Hall of Fame in Barmen.

Web links

Commons : Carl Winchenbach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ludwig Ringel - Talking about his own good deeds was not his thing ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names . Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8
3. ↑ Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal. Biographies of the participating artists. Wuppertal 1991, ISBN 3-87093-058-6