Eduard Gildemeister

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Georg Eduard Gildemeister (born February 5, 1848 in Bremen ; †  September 6, 1946 in Oldenburg ) was a German architect .

biography

Gildemeister was the son of the Bremen merchant Martin Wilhelm Eduard Gildemeister and Friederike, born. Steinbrugge. The long-established family was known for their artistic activity in Bremen and also in Germany; Merchants and senators came from this family.

Gildemeister attended the old grammar school in Bremen. In 1867 he began his studies at the Polytechnic School in Hanover and one year later moved to the Winter Construction Trade School in Stuttgart , where he studied until 1870. During his student years he dealt particularly with the fusion of ancient architecture and German Gothic . From 1871 to 1873 he worked for a short time at Ludwig Bohnstedt in Gotha and at the Berlin City Building Office. In 1876 he started at the Mylius und Bluntschli architectural office in Frankfurt am Main. There he worked, among other things, on the award-winning (1st place), but later not executed competition design of the Hamburg City Hall . Before his time in Bremen, Gildemeister acquired during a seven-month trip through Italy with Ludwig Eisenlohr and Friedrich v. Thiersch , extensive knowledge of the art forms of antiquity and the Italian Renaissance .

In Bremen, Gildemeister worked from 1878 to 1886 in part in an architectural partnership with the architect Henrich Deetjen. In 1892 he formed a new joint venture with the experienced neo-Gothic architect Wilhelm Sunkel, who had previously worked with Heinrich Müller . The forms of the Italian Renaissance determine the appearance of his buildings, they are always measured and reserved in their appearance.

In 1888 Gildemeister Agnes married Helene Auguste habenicht and moved with her from Lärchenstrasse to a joint house at Kohlhökerstrasse 38. Both had nine children from 1889 to 1903, two of whom, Eberhart (1897–1978) and Hermann (1891–1984) , also worked as architects.

Gildemeister not only dealt with the design of town villas and country houses, he was also active in the construction of workers' housing. Out of social commitment, he developed workers' houses in a housing estate in the west of Bremen, directly on the harbor dike, for the non-profit Bremen building association: The Waller Wied . In the rural regions, his summer houses and country houses fit into the surrounding area thanks to the academic Swiss style he cultivates . His friend, the architect Friedrich Wilhelm Rauschenberg , wrote in 1918 on Gildemeister's 70th birthday in the Weser-Zeitung about the functionality of Gildemeister's buildings: "Gildemeister really builds its houses for daily living, for the comfort of the family and door handles and locks, Doors and windows play almost more important roles than stucco and painting. Or to put it correctly, he understood his art as spatial art right from the start, not both to decorate the rooms, but rather to make them serve the usual Bremen needs for life. "

Gildemeister mostly received its orders from private clients. He came to major public construction projects through competitive tenders. Among other things, he was able to successfully build the new St. Petri orphanage on Stader Straße, the bathing establishment on Steffensweg and, in a particularly prestigious manner, the exterior facade of the Kunsthalle in Bremen. His facade design for the Kunsthalle had won 1st place in the competition in 1899 in combination with the interior design by Albert Dunkel . The redesign of the exterior facade of the Kunsthalle is one of his most impressive works. In 1908 he worked together with Wilhelm Sunkel, who was experienced in church building, in the new color scheme of the Ansgariikirche and in 1922 in the restoration of the Church of Our Lady .
Together with other architects and artists, he was commissioned in 1890 to decorate the Hanseatic city for the visit of Emperor Wilhelm II .

Already in Italy he wrote articles for daily newspapers, in Bremen he later wrote several art reviews for the daily newspaper and wrote for the anthology Bremen and its buildings 1900 .
His circle of friends included Hermann Allmers , Otto Gildemeister and Arthur Fitger .
Gildemeister spent his twilight years with ever decreasing eyesight, so that the extent of the destruction of Bremen in the Second World War remained hidden from him.
In old age he moved to Oldenburg.

Memberships and honors

  • Co-founder of the Architects and Engineers Association and the Federation of German Architects (honorary member)
  • Member of the commission for the conservation of art historical monuments and the expert commission for the protection of architectural monuments, streets and landscapes.
  • Honorary member of the Bremen Artists' Association, the Nordic Art Academy and the Chamber of Commerce

Buildings

Centraurenbrunnen at the original location at the corner of Schwachhauser Heerstraße / Bismarckstraße , around 1900. In the background, Heinrich August Gildemeister's house (1885)
Villa Johann Smidt , Contrescarpe 32, 1891
Leopold Engelhardt & Biermann office building, Langenstrasse 128, 1891
Hirschfeld House, Osterdeich 17, 1898–1899
Villa Gartenstrasse 7, Oldenburg, 1898 (today Oldenburg landscape )
Villa Ahlers, Parkallee 117, 1904
Villa Hermann Freiherr von Rossing, Gartenstrasse 5, Oldenburg, 1906
Haus Sonneck, Mercystraße 22, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1906
  • 1873: Competition design (2nd place), community school building in Gotha
  • 1875: Villa Dr. med. Bastian, besides the grinding mill 65 , received; see monument database of the LfD
  • 1878–1879: Church of St. Georg , Kirchhuchtinger Landstrasse 26, with Henrich Deetjen, preserved
  • 1882: Johann Matthias Gildemeister house , merger of two houses, former grinding mill 22/23, with Henrich Deetjen, not preserved
  • 1883: Carl Schütte's house , Rembertistraße 16, with Henrich Deetjen, not preserved
  • 1885: Heinrich August Gildemeister house, Schwachhauser Heerstraße 1 / corner of Bismarckstraße (formerly Schwachhauser Chaussee 1 / corner of Bismarckstraße), not preserved
  • 1888: Johann Duckwitz residential building, Richard-Wagner-Straße 9, preserved
  • 1888: Gut Lehnhof in Schönebeck for the banker Theodor Lürman , Holthorster Weg, only the park area preserved
  • 1888–1889: Landhaus Forsteck in Leuchtenburg for the banker Theodor Lürmann, Leuchtenburger Strasse, only Hofmeierhaus preserved
  • around 1890: Conversion of the Carsten and Suhling office building, Langenstrasse (Bremen) 124, not preserved
  • 1890: Gate at the Sielwall / Osterdeich confluence , street decorations for the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II on April 21
  • 1890: Villa Senator Marcus , Contrescarpe 133, not preserved
  • 1890: Centaur fountain design, executed by August Sommer, founder Heinrich August Gildemeister, former location at Schwachhauser Heerstraße / corner of Bismarckstraße until 1958
  • 1891: Villa Johann Smidt , Contrescarpe 32, formerly No. 33, preserved
  • 1891: Waller Wied workers' housing estate for Bremer Bauverein, Wiedstrasse, reconstruction in 1950
  • 1891: Villa Wilhelm August Korff, Villa Agathe, Am Nonnenberg 9–11, with Wilhelm Sunkel, received
  • 1891: Engelhardt & Biermann office building , Langenstrasse 128, with Wilhelm Sunkel, not preserved
  • 1891: Villa Carl Melchers, conversion of the outside area, Contrescarpe 132, not preserved
  • 1893–1894: Double house, Richard-Wagner-Straße 38/40, preserved
  • 1894–1896: Landhaus Carl Otto Hasse, Rockwinkeler Landstrasse 41/43, with Wilhelm Sunkel, has been preserved
  • around 1895: The cathedral parish's reading room and library in the garden of the cathedral building, with Wilhelm Sunkel, not preserved
  • 1896: Gärtnerhaus, gardener's house of the Kulenkampff family, Lesmonastraße 92, with Wilhelm Sunkel, preserved
  • 1896: Competition design for the new construction of the St. Michaelis Church, Doventorsteinweg, (3rd place), with Wilhelm Sunkel
  • 1907: House Kränholm in Bremen - Burglesum
  • 1897–1898: Villa Gustav Tölken, Gartenstrasse 7, Oldenburg, (today Oldenburgische Landschaft ), incorporation of a previous building from 1824 (design: Heinrich Carl Slevogt), with Wilhelm Sunkel, preserved
  • 1897: Villa Frese for Hermann Frese , Schwachhauser Heerstraße 59, formerly Schwachhauser Chaussee, with Wilhelm Sunkel, received
  • 1897: Double house, Osterdeich 18 a / b, formerly 18a today as No. 19, with Wilhelm Sunkel, received
  • 1898: Badeanstalt , Steffensweg 23, with Wilhelm Sunkel, not preserved
  • 1898–1899: Haus Hirschfeld , Osterdeich 17, with Wilhelm Sunkel, received
  • 1899–1904: Reconstruction of the Kunsthalle Bremen , built in 1847–1849 together with Albert D. Dunkel , the sandstone facade of the front and the facade of the new building, Am Wall 207, have been preserved
  • 1900: Villa Gustav Melchers, Parkallee 95, with Wilhelm Sunkel, not preserved
  • 1901: Orphanage, St. Petri Orphanage , Stader Strasse 35, with Wilhelm Sunkel, preserved
  • 1902: Villa Georg (Carl) Riesch, Osterdeich 68, not preserved
  • 1903: Villa G. Faber, Parkallee 87, with Wilhelm Sunkel, not preserved
  • 1903: Furnishing of the meeting and representation rooms on the first floor of the Schütting am Markt house with Carl Eeg
  • 1904: Villa Ahlers , Parkallee 117, with Wilhelm Sunkel, received
  • 1905: Residence lawyer (Friedrich) Hermann Kulenkampff, Bremen, Contrescarpe 45, together with Carl Eeg
  • 1905: Heinrich Kulenkampff's estate, rose house (tea house), Lesmonastraße 86, received
  • 1905–1906: Landhaus Waldthausen , with Wilhelm Sunkel
  • around 1906: Villa Diedrich Lahusen , Haus Sonneck, Mercystraße 22, Freiburg im Breisgau, with Wilhelm Sunkel, preserved
  • 1906: Villa Arnold Petzet , Schwachhauser Heerstraße 30, Schwachhauser Chaussee, with Wilhelm Sunkel, received
  • 1906: Villa Hermann Freiherr von Rossing, Gartenstrasse 5, Oldenburg; Until 1991, the bridge of the nations cultural center , conversion of a villa from 1817, with Wilhelm Sunkel, was preserved
  • 1906–1907: Imperial house belonging to St. Remberti Stift , St. Remberti Stift 14/15, with Wilhelm Sunkel, received
  • 1909–1910: Villa, Unter den Eichen 18, Oldenburg, preserved
  • 1910: Villa, Unter den Eichen 16, Oldenburg, preserved
  • 1910: Villa Ernst August Ruhstrat, Gartenstrasse 9, Oldenburg, with Wilhelm Sunkel, preserved (partly broken off)
  • 1913–1915: Landhaus Richard Löwe, Marcusallee 15, Bremen (destroyed in 1942)

See also

literature

  • Bremen news. February 4, 1918 (for his 70th birthday)
  • Ms. W. Rauschenberg: On Eduard Gildemeister's 70th birthday. In: Weser newspaper. February 5, 1918.
  • Kurt Kofelius: Eduard Gildemeister. In: The tide. Low German homeland papers. 5, No. 2, 1928, pp. 80-81.
  • HW: 90th birthday of Eduard Gildemeister. The builder of the art gallery. In: Bremer Nachrichten. February 5, 1938.
  • H. [Hermann] Fitger: Obituary Eduard Gildemeister. In: Historische Gesellschaft (Hrsg.): Bremisches Jahrbuch. Series A, Volume 42, Bremen 1947, pp. 222-226.
  • Hermann Fitger: Eduard Gildemeister (1848–1946). In: Bremen builders of the 19th and 20th centuries. Bremen 1988, ISBN 3-88808-056-8 , pp. 30-31.
  • Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e H. Fitger: Obituary Eduard Gildemeister . In: Historische Gesellschaft (Hrsg.): Bremisches Jahrbuch . Row A, Volume 42. Bremen 1947, p. 222–226 ( suub.uni-bremen.de [accessed on March 24, 2017]).
  2. ↑ a b c d Kurt Kofelius: The Tide. 1928.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Wilhelm Wortmann: Bremen builders of the 19th and 20th centuries . Döll, Bremen 1988, ISBN 978-3-88808-056-2 , pp. 30-31 .
  4. ↑ German construction newspaper. 1890, p. 211.
  5. ↑ German construction newspaper. No. 18, 1873, p. 72.
  6. ^ Rudolf Stein: Village churches and farmhouses in the Bremer Lande. 1967, pp. 447-448.
  7. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 446.
  8. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 446.
  9. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 447.
  10. ^ Database, State Office for Monument Preservation Bremen
  11. ^ Villena: The Lehnhof Park Friedehorst. Garden monument conservation and green planning inventory and evaluation. 2013.
  12. ^ Nils Aschenbeck, Ilse Windhoff: Country houses and villas in Bremen - Volume 2: St. Magnus, Hohehorst, Schönebeck Castle . 1st edition. Aschenbeck Media, 2009, ISBN 3-939401-33-1 , p. 28 .
  13. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, pp. 190 and 193.
  14. ↑ German construction newspaper. 1890, p. 211.
  15. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 447.
  16. ^ Mielsch: monuments, free sculptures, fountains. 1980, p. 169.
  17. ^ Association of German Architects: Architecture in Bremen and Bremerhaven. 1988, no.15.
  18. ↑ Erwin Simon: 75 years of the Bremen non-profit building association 1887–1962. Bremen 1962.
  19. ^ Kurt Lammek: Architectural monuments in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. 3.7: Osterholz district. 1982, p. 51.
  20. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 396.
  21. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 412.
  22. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 478.
  23. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, pp. 313-314.
  24. ^ Ilse Windhoff: Country houses and villas in Bremen. Volume 1, Bremen 2008, p. 27.
  25. ↑ Gartenstrasse 7.alt-oldenburg.de, accessed on March 24, 2017 .
  26. ↑ Döris Boker: City of Oldenburg. (= Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Volume 31). Hameln 1993, pp. 204, 206 f.
  27. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, pp. 452, 454.
  28. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 465.
  29. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, pp. 345–346.
  30. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 467.
  31. ^ Rudolf Stein: Classicism and Romanticism in the architecture of Bremen. Volume I, 1964, pp. 126-128.
  32. ^ Architects and Engineers Association: Bremen and its buildings. Verlag Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1900, p. 456.
  33. ^ Engelhorn: Architectural review. 1907-1909, pp. 12-14.
  34. ^ Rudolf Stein: Classicism and Romanticism in the architecture of Bremen. Volume I, 1964, pp. 23-24.
  35. ↑ BDA exhibition catalog, 1909, Kunsthalle Bremen
  36. ^ Engelhorn: Architectural review. 1907-1909, pp. 12-14.
  37. ^ Karl Schaefer: Carl Eeg. In: Communications from the Bremen Commercial Museum. Volume 21, 1909, pp. 33-41.
  38. ^ Database, State Office for Monument Preservation Bremen
  39. ^ Database, State Office for Monument Preservation Bremen
  40. ^ Rudolf Stein: Classicism and Romanticism in the architecture of Bremen. Volume II, 1965, p. 354 f.
  41. ↑ The Art of XX. Century. Volume 4, 1908, p. 52.
  42. ^ German art and decoration. 24, 1909, pp. 44-45.
  43. ↑ Gartenstrasse 5.alt-oldenburg.de, accessed on March 24, 2017 .
  44. ↑ Döris Boker: City of Oldenburg. (= Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Volume 31). Hameln 1993, pp. 206-207.
  45. ^ Rudolf Stein: Classicism and Romanticism in the architecture of Bremen. Volume I, 1964, pp. 122-126.
  46. ↑ Unter den Eichen 18.glass-portal.privat.t-online.de, accessed on March 27, 2017 .
  47. ↑ Döris Boker: City of Oldenburg. (= Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Volume 31). Hameln 1993, pp. 220-221.
  48. ↑ Unter den Eichen 16.glass-portal.privat.t-online.de, accessed on March 27, 2017 .
  49. ↑ Döris Boker: City of Oldenburg. (= Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Volume 31). Hameln 1993, pp. 220-221.
  50. ↑ Gartenstrasse 9. alt-oldenburg.de, accessed on March 24, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Gildemeister, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bremen architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1946
Place of death Oldenburg