Ernst Harrich

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Ernst Harrich (born February 17, 1886 in Berlin , † February 22, 1941 ibid) was a German garden architect and garden director of the Berlin district of Treptow .

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From 1905 to 1907 Harrich completed an apprenticeship as a gardener in the nursery of Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam . From 1907 to 1909 he attended the Royal Garden School in Dahlem . Then he was employed by the municipal park administration in Berlin, initially in Revier 1 ( Humboldthain ), where he was responsible for the technical work on the new construction of the Schillerpark . In 1913 he was transferred to Revier 4 ( Viktoriapark ). There he managed the expansion of the facility on the Kreuzberg .

During the First World War , Harrich took over Revier 5 in Treptow. After the formation of Greater Berlin in 1920 he became district garden director of Treptow and was thus responsible for the maintenance and expansion of the existing parks in the 300  hectare largest area in Berlin.

Harrich's most important work was the creation of the Wuhlheide forest and public park . He also created green spaces in Adlershof and Johannisthal and played a decisive role in the expansion of the old cemetery at Baumschulenweg crematorium . In the tree nursery of the Treptow district in Plänterwald , he set up a test hedge system from 1919, in which over time around 70 different trees were subjected to a suitability test for use in parks.

In 1924, district garden authorities were founded in Berlin. Harrich headed the Treptower office until 1936. The administration had its seat at Treptower Chaussee 52 (since 1949 Puschkinallee ), where Harrich had his apartment until 1941 according to the Berlin address book. From 1936 until his death in 1941 he was the head of department responsible for the gardening department in Treptow, and also for the cemetery department for horticultural issues.

On his 25th anniversary in service, he was honored as follows in the magazine Die Gartenkunst of the Association of German Garden Artists :

“Already in the preservation of the historical facilities, the Treptower Park and the Plänterwald, we encounter the expert who, with full understanding for the artistic ideas of Meyer and Mächtig, maintains, renews and manages what has become. The company's own creations, be it jewelry systems, playgrounds, cemetery expansions or the Wuhlheide public and forest park, show a matter of course in terms of structure and structure that they are evidence of a mature will to design in garden art. Careful working through of the planting, careful processing of the technical special equipment and skilful integration into the environment give every system a harmonious sound. "

Ernst Harrich died in Berlin in 1941 at the age of 55. His grave is in the Luisenstadt cemetery in Berlin-Kreuzberg (field 26).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gabriella Pape: The revival of the Royal Garden School on www.berlin.de
  2. ^ Treptow → Treptower Chaussee . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1936, IV, p. 1989.
  3. ^ Treptow → Treptower Chaussee . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1941, IV, p. 2094.
  4. ↑ On the 25th anniversary of Ernst Harrich's service . In: Die Gartenkunst , issue 10/1934, p. 164.
  5. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 79.
personal data
SURNAME Harrich, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gardener and landscape architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1941
Place of death Berlin