Conradin Walther

Conradin Walther (born May 11, 1846 in Schwäbisch Hall , † May 20, 1910 in Nuremberg ) was a German architect and university professor .

Life

Conradin Walther, born the son of a civil servant, studied at the Polytechnic in Stuttgart and passed the building master's exam . After a trip to Italy, he worked as a private master builder in Stuttgart from 1869 to 1871 and worked at the St. Johannis construction works. In 1871/72 he again traveled to Italy, including Sicily and Austria. In February 1873 he got a job at the Nuremberg City Planning Council and on July 1, 1874 became a professor at the Nuremberg Art School . He was one of the main representatives of the so-called “Nuremberg Style”, an architectural movement that primarily dealt with the maintenance of the cityscape of Nuremberg at the end of the 19th century. In 1909 he retired.

buildings

• 1877–1901: New buildings for the Ad company. Richter & Cie in Rudolstadt (residential building, garden and park, fountain)
• 1885–1894: Reiser-Spital in Mengen , today Benedikt-Reiser-Haus, Reiserstraße 16
• 1888–1891: Tucherbräu, Friedrichstrasse 180 / corner of Taubenstrasse in Berlin
• Royal Bank in Bamberg
• Numerous buildings in Nuremberg, including arts and crafts school , Künstlerhaus am Königstor , Hotel Deutscher Kaiser , Peterskirche , Ludwigstorzwinger , Ratibor Palace (overall artistic direction)

literature

• Uwe Kieling: Berlin private architect and master railroad builder in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1988, p. 75 .

Web links

• Conradin Walther: Projects. In: Architekturmuseum TU Berlin. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .