Eduard Schuster (architect)

Eduard Schuster (born April 22, 1831 in Hanover ; † November 2, 1904 there ) was a German architect and author .

Life

Eduard was born in Herrenhausen as the son of the architect Georg Heinrich Schuster . In addition to his studies at the Polytechnic School in Hanover from 1848 to 1855 , he stayed in Berlin, Holland and France during this time.

From 1855 he worked in the service of the Hanoverian state and was active in Stade and Verden . From 1862 he carried out state buildings in Hanover, including the royal cell prison on the stone gate field behind the main train station, which was still undeveloped at the time . In 1877 Schuster was appointed director building officer, and in 1891 he was appointed secret building officer.

After Eduard Schuster became chairman of the Provincial Garden Association in 1892 , he took over the supervision of the manor houses from 1900 . In 1905 he wrote an overview of the building activities in Hanover during the Baroque period , which is still used for studies today.

Eduard Schuster's grave can be found in the Herrenhausen cemetery .

Publications

• Art and artists in the principalities of Calenberg and Lüneburg from 1636 to 1727. Hanover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 1905
  • previously in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter . Born in 1904.

Works

Schuster mainly built in the arched style. He mostly carried out his military buildings together with Karl Habbe . Schuster's works include:

• 1865–1875: Hanover Royal Cell Prison behind Hanover Central Station .
• 1875–1877: Military Riding Institute Hanover at the Royal Riding Hall (the cavalry school, together with Ferdinand Wallbrecht )

literature

• Wilhelm Rothert (Ed.): Hannoversche Biographie. Volume 1: Hanoverian men and women since 1866. Hanover 1912, p. 366.
• Günther Kokkelink , Harold Hammer-Schenk (eds.): Laves and Hannover. Lower Saxony architecture in the 19th century. Hannover 1989, p. 62, p. 344ff., P. 570.
• Günther Kokkelink, Monika Lemke-Kokkelink : Architecture in Northern Germany. Hanover 1998, p. 565.
• Helmut Knocke : SCHUSTER, (1) Eduard. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 327f. online through google books .
• Helmut Knocke: Schuster, (1) Eduard. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 557.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut Knocke: SCHUSTER, (1) Eduard (see literature)