Emil Rudolf Mewes

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Emil Rudolf Mewes (born April 14, 1885 in Cologne , † January 25, 1949 in Zurich ) was a German architect who made a name for himself primarily through numerous industrial buildings. He had been working in Cologne since before the First World War and moved to Switzerland in 1943.

Mewes was a member of the German Werkbund (DWB) and the Association of German Architects (BDA). He was a member of the Corps Franconia Karlsruhe , which he had joined during his studies.

buildings

Dortberghaus in Dortmund
Power plant of the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg
  • 1922: Residential buildings in Cologne- Porz , Bahnhofstrasse
  • 1925: Multi-family residential building by the Talbot company in Aachen, Jülicher Strasse 224–232 / Burggrafenstrasse 1–5
  • around 1927: Vorgebirgsstraße settlement in Cologne- Zollstock (together with Theodor Merrill )
  • 1929–1930: Multi-family residential development on Kantstrasse / Kampstrasse (today called "BauhausKarree") in Duisburg- Obermarxloh ( listed )
  • 1929–1930: School building in Cologne-Riehl , Garthestrasse
  • 1931: former THS administration building in Duisburg-Alt- Hamborn (under monument protection)
  • 1937–1938: Mechanical workshop I with office wing for the Bochum Association in Bochum , Alleestraße
  • 1937–1938: Administration building of Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks AG , so-called Dortberghaus , in Dortmund , Katharinenstraße 9 (under monument protection)
  • from 1938: Volkswagen factory near Fallersleben (today Wolfsburg )
    In the working group with Karl Kohlbecker and the architects Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer , Mewes was responsible for the entire processing of the plans and the artistic direction.
  • 1939: Hall F of FAG Kugelfischer in Schweinfurt
  • 1939–1940: Hanomag administration building and main gate in Hannover-Linden, Göttinger Straße 14 (under monument protection)

literature

  • Max Creutz: Architect Emil Mewes - Cologne . In: Decorative art, illustrated magazine for applied arts, vol. 31 = vol. 26, 1922/23, pp. 257–268 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Emil Rudolf Mewes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on Emil Mewes in the historical register of architects archthek , accessed on August 16, 2010
  2. ↑ Archive of the Weinheim Corps Students, B1 – SC zu Karlsruhe, No. 79, Klagesachen 1926-1928, Emil Mewes gegen Eugen Fabricius (1926) (PDF; 140 kB)
  3. ↑ State Conservator Rhineland (Ed.): List of monuments, 1.1 Aachen city center with Frankenberg quarter. Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1977, p. 94.
  4. ^ Roland Günter : Jewel in Duisburg's poets' quarter. In: Neue Ruhr Zeitung from November 5, 2003 ( online , accessed August 16, 2010)
  5. ↑ Joachim Brokmeier. Cologne-Riehl. A district with a long tradition. Erfurt 2008, p. 33 f.
  6. ^ Hans Mommsen , Manfred Grieger : The Volkswagen factory and its workers in the Third Reich , p. 253.
  7. ^ City of Hanover, part 2. (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony , volume 10.2.) Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-528-06208-8 .
personal data
SURNAME Mewes, Emil Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1949
Place of death Zurich