Eduard Koch (architect)
Eduard Koch (born February 28, 1825 in Koblenz , † May 28, 1876 in Thale ) was a German architect and railroad builder.
Life
Eduard Koch was the son of the Justice Senate Director of Koblenz († 1830). After the early death of his parents, he grew up in Mainz in the house of his guardian Meller, an engineer captain and railroad builder. From 1834 to 1843 he attended high school in Mainz. In 1842 he traveled with Meller to the Lower Rhine and Belgium. In 1843/44 he did military service and at the same time made an apprenticeship as a surveyor in Mainz and Kreuznach . In October 1844 he passed the surveyor's examination in Koblenz. From 1845 to 1848 he studied at the Berlin Bauakademie , which he completed with the construction manager examination.
He gained practical experience in building roads from Cologne to Luxembourg as well as building the new community hospital in Cologne and, from February 1850, on the Saarbrücken railway . In 1846 he became a member of the architects ' association and in 1852 took the master builder examination . In January 1857 he became a railroad builder in the technical office of the Ministry of Commerce, in June 1857 a railroad construction inspector.
In early 1859 he became a technical director at the Westphalian Railway in Münster and in December 1859 a technical director at the Upper Silesian Railway in Breslau . At the beginning of 1862 he was appointed to Berlin as a technical member of the Royal Railway Commissioner and appointed to the Government and Building Councilor. In February 1864 he came to the railway department of the Ministry of Commerce, in June of the same year was promoted to the secret building council and a member of the technical building deputation. On July 1, 1869, he resigned from civil service as a secret senior civil engineer. He was then chairman of the management of the North German factory for railway operating material in Berlin and in October 1871 he became chairman of the management of the Magdeburg-Leipzig railway company . From 1869 to 1871 he was a member of the board of directors of the architects' association and chairman from 1870/71.
Koch had been married to a daughter of Christian Gottlieb Cantian since 1858 , with whom he had two sons and two daughters.
buildings
Eduard Koch was involved in numerous railway planning and construction:
- From 1853: Saarbrücken – Trier railway line
- 1854: Construction management at the Bonn - Rolandseck railway construction
- From 1855: Construction management at Deutz – Gießen railway construction
- 1863/65: Participation in the planning of the Stargard - Anklam - Swinemünde , Halle – Guben – Sorau and Gotha – Leinefelde railway lines
- 1869/70: Operating building of the North German factory for railway operating material on Nordufer 3 in Berlin
- From 1871: Head of drafts for the train stations in Halle , Leipzig and Magdeburg
literature
- Uwe Kieling: Berlin private architect and master railroad builder in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1988, p. 42, 43 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Misc . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung . 10th year. Commission publishing house by Carl Beelitz, Berlin 1876, p. 230 . Google book
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koch, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and master railroad builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koblenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1876 |
| Place of death | Thale |