Christoph Mayer (architect)

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Christoph Mayer (born July 15, 1864 in Augsburg ; † May 11, 1931 possibly in Würzburg ) was a German architect.

Act

Christoph Mayer worked mainly in Würzburg. Some of the buildings that have been preserved are now under monument protection. These include the summer house in Oberen Dallenbergweg 5 (formerly: Christoph-Mayer-Weg 6), a single-storey mansard hipped roof building with a tower in the Baroque style, which was built in 1907, and another summer house in the neighborhood in Christoph-Mayer-Weg 8 from the year 1908. The former Luitpoldheim pulmonary hospital in Lohr am Main , now known as Franziskushöhe , which was completed in 1901, is not a listed building . He also designed the office building for A. Guttenhöfer , the court jeweler in Würzburger Domstrasse , built in 1911 .

Mayer, who was described as “picky and overly precise”, worked with Franz Kleinsteuber from 1927 in the office “Mayer und Kleinsteuber”, which kept this name even after his death. Among other things, the administration high-rise building Augustinerstraße 9 in Würzburg was designed in the office community, which was built between 1928 and 1930 and is a listed building.

Mayer was a member of the Association of German Architects . He may have died in Würzburg.

Honors

The Christoph-Mayer-Weg in Würzburg is named after the architect.

literature

  • Christoph Mayer, the pioneer in the development of the Dallenberg residential area as well as Christoph Mayer's work as an architect for 25 years (laudation by JB Kittel 1918). Published in: Talgemeinde Steinbachtal Würzburg (Ed.), 100 Years of History Steinbachtal 1890-1990. Dallenberg residential area , March 1995

Web links

Commons : Christoph Mayer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Würzburg Monument List 04/2008, p. 12
  2. ↑ www.franziskushoehe.de
  3. ^ Thomas Tippach: Würzburg - Aspects of Centrality. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2 (I: From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasant War. 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 ; II: From the Peasant War 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria 1814. 2004, ISBN 3 -8062-1477-8 ; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume III (2007), Pp. 369–393 and 1296–1298, here: p. 388, fig. 128.
  4. ↑ www.reitverein-wuerzburg.de
  5. ↑ a b Historical register of architects at www.kmkbuecholdt.de
  6. ↑ Würzburg Monument List 04/2008, p. 10
personal data
SURNAME Mayer, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1931
Place of death uncertain: Würzburg