Emil Seydel

Emil Seydel (* 1870 or 1871 ; † May 6, 1898 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German architect .

life and work

The New Linden City Hall, built according to Seydel's plans from 1897 to 1899;
Postcard no. 643 of F. Karl wonders , circa 1900

In the architectural competition for the Steglitz Town Hall in 1896, Seydel's design was awarded a purchase. In the same year he received one of two 2nd prizes in the competition for the New Linden Town Hall in Linden near Hanover ; a 1st prize was not awarded. Seydel's design was selected for the execution, in which he fell back on the models of medieval brick Gothic. Seydel managed the work until his death in 1898, the rest of the work was carried out under the direction of Linden city architect Georg Fröhlich .

Seydel also built several new buildings in Halle an der Saale, where he died of a stroke at the age of 27 .

Web links

Commons : Emil Seydel - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Emil Seydel. In: arch INFORM .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c The history of the Linden market square
↑ ^a ^b Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 32, 1898, No. 41 (from May 21, 1898), p. 264 (category Todtenschau ) (short obituary for Seydel by architect Adams, dated May 8, 1898) ( digitized version )
↑ Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 30, 1896, No. 38 (from May 9, 1896), p. 244. (Note on purchase)
↑ Ilse Rüttgerodt-Riechmann: Linden market square and neighboring streets. In: State curator Hans-Herbert Möller ; Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation (Hrsg.): City of Hanover (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony . Volume 10.2 ). Part 2. Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-528-06208-8 , pp. 122 ff .

personal data
SURNAME	Seydel, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	1870 or 1871
DATE OF DEATH	May 6, 1898
Place of death	Halle (Saale)

[Geschichte_Marktplatz-1] The history of the Linden market square

[Deutsche_Bauzeitung-2] Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 32, 1898, No. 41 (from May 21, 1898), p. 264 (category Todtenschau ) (short obituary for Seydel by architect Adams, dated May 8, 1898) ( digitized version )

[3] Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 30, 1896, No. 38 (from May 9, 1896), p. 244. (Note on purchase)

[4] Ilse Rüttgerodt-Riechmann: Linden market square and neighboring streets. In: State curator Hans-Herbert Möller ; Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation (Hrsg.): City of Hanover (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony . Volume 10.2 ). Part 2. Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-528-06208-8 , pp. 122 ff .