Christian Heinrich Ziller

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Christian Heinrich Ziller (born July 11 (or July 12) 1791 in Kaditz , today Dresden , † May 6, 1868 in Potsdam ) was a German builder , architect and government building officer in Prussia . His sons Carl Ernst Heinrich (Ernst) (1832–1866) and Hermann August (Hermann) (1844–1915) also became architects in Potsdam and Berlin, respectively.

Christian Heinrich Ziller came from the Saxon builder family Ziller and was a cousin of Christian Gottlieb Ziller and the uncle of the builder of the Greek king Ernst Ziller , who later worked in Greece, and his younger brothers, the brothers Moritz and Gustav Ziller .

Live and act

Council scales on the Neuer Markt, Potsdam
Neuendorfer Church from 1850–1853 in Potsdam-Babelsberg, construction carried out by Ziller based on the ideas of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV and designs by LF Hesse
Ziller's own house, a corner house at Brandenburger Str. 28a

Christian Heinrich Ziller was born as the second son of the schoolmaster Johann Gottfried Ziller during his first marriage in Kaditz. After receiving elementary lessons from his father, he attended the higher middle school in Dresden-Neustadt and then studied at the Dresden Art Academy with Gottlob August Hölzer . In 1814 he passed the surveyor's examination in Dresden , which he passed again in Berlin in 1817.

After initially working as a surveyor , Christian Heinrich went to Prussia in 1815 in order to make a living doing the border adjustments. A short time later he was able to continue his architecture studies in Berlin and in 1821 to obtain the master builder examination with the recommendation: "As a splendid master builder, particularly capable and agile and highly recommended."

In Berlin he got to know the influential master builder and architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel . In 1819/1820 Ziller was responsible for the construction management of the neo-Gothic church in Großbeeren , 1821–1823 for the civil casino in Potsdam and in 1822/1823 for the so-called Happe-Röhricht houses in Yorckstrasse 3/4. His other buildings include the Ratswaage on the Neuer Markt in Potsdam, the Neuendorfer Church in Babelsberg , the renovation of the Potsdam Commandant's House in the years 1852 to 1854 and numerous Potsdam town houses built between 1830 and 1863. Ziller's own house at Brandenburger Straße 28a and other corner houses on this street were also built according to his design. In 1846, at the suggestion of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. , Ziller drafted reconstruction plans for the church in Caputh , which the one such as the 1840 church reconstruction plan in Saarmund and several other drafts drawn up by Ziller at his request rejected.

Promoted to master builder in 1828, Ziller was appointed "Building Inspector for the City = Building District of Potsdam" in 1829, and he was also appointed to the Potsdam Building Trade School. From 1841 he held the title of government and acting district building inspector. On January 16, 1844, Ziller received citizenship in Potsdam. In 1860, as a result of his services, he was appointed government building officer . On January 1, 1864, Ziller retired and died four years later of old age in his Potsdamer house at Brandenburger Strasse 28a in the 8th district, which had belonged to him since 1838.

Christian Heinrich Ziller was married to Friederike Charlotte Böhm (1803–1882) from 1828, who gave birth to their daughter Marie (1846–1920) and two sons who also became architects and builders, Carl Ernst Heinrich (Ernst) (1832–1866) and Hermann August (Hermann) (1844–1915). Whether another son Eduard (* before 1848, architect), who is also said to have become an architect, actually existed cannot be traced back to the lack of other sources. Ziller was a full member of the Märkische Economic Society .

Ziller was buried in the old cemetery of his family (line 5, no. 4) in Potsdam's old cemetery , which was cleared in the early 1980s.

literature

  • Friedbert Ficker ; Gert Morzinek; Barbara Mazurek: Ernst Ziller - A Saxon architect and building researcher in Greece; The Ziller family . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg i. Allgäu 2003, ISBN 3-89870-076-3 .
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . Districts Berlin / GDR and Potsdam . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1988.
  • Andreas Kitschke: Friends and colleagues. In: Andreas Kitschke (ed.): Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse (1795–1876). Court architect under three Prussian kings. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-422-06611-3 . Pp. 133-134.
  • Andreas Kitschke: Churches in Potsdam. From the history of churches and parishes . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1983.
  • Uwe Kieling: Berlin private architect and master railroad builder in the 19th century . (Miniatures on the history, culture and preservation of Berlin monuments, No. 26; published by the Berlin district boards of the societies for local history and preservation of monuments in the Kulturbund der GDR), Berlin 1988.
  • Sabine Bohle-Heintzenberg, Manfred Hamm (Photographs): Architecture & Beauty. The Schinkel School in Berlin and Brandenburg . Transit, Berlin 1997, ISBN 978-3-88747-121-7 .

Web links

Commons : Christian Heinrich Ziller  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Written information from the cemeteries department of the state capital Potsdam to users: Jbergner from March 12, 2009, data compiled by the Potsdam city archive on February 26, 2009. Sources: WA 1826/63, registration and death registers; 1-1 / 20, No. 4966 (Citizens' Register); 1-1 / 29, p. 130 (citizen's role).
  2. ↑ a b BLHA Rep. 2 AI Hb No. 4, Bl. 275; based on Ziller, Christian Heinrich at historismus.net
  3. ^ Sabine Bohle-Heintzenberg, Manfred Hamm: Architecture & Beauty: the Schinkel School in Berlin and Brandenburg. Transit, Berlin 1997, p. 235.
  4. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments districts Berlin / GDR and Potsdam . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1988, table of contents
  5. ^ Sabine Bohle-Heintzenberg, Manfred Hamm: Architecture & Beauty: the Schinkel School in Berlin and Brandenburg. Transit, Berlin 1997, p. 152.
  6. ^ Sabine Bohle-Heintzenberg, Manfred Hamm: Architecture & Beauty: the Schinkel School in Berlin and Brandenburg. Transit, Berlin 1997, p. 150.
  7. ^ "Eduard (* before 1848, Arch.)"; from the biography of Hermann Ziller; listed in: Uwe Kieling: Berlin private architects and railroad builders in the 19th century . (Miniatures on the history, culture and preservation of Berlin monuments, No. 26; published by the Berlin district boards of the societies for local history and preservation of monuments in the Kulturbund der GDR), Berlin 1988.
  8. ↑ The written information from the cemeteries area of ​​the state capital Potsdam to users: Jbergner of March 12, 2009 expressly declares that he cannot find any information about a son named Eduard
personal data
SURNAME Ziller, Christian Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German builder, architect and government building officer in Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1791 or July 12, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaditz
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1868
Place of death Potsdam