Ernst Plattner

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Ernst Plattner (born November 1, 1880 in Neumarkt (South Tyrol) ; † July 31, 1966 in Mannheim ) was a German architect .

Life

As a child he came to Mannheim, where he went to school and also spent most of his life. The family's economic resources were scarce: he had to break off his studies at the Technical University of Karlsruhe early. He then worked as a trainee in the Mannheim architecture office Köchler und Karch and then with the Mannheim architect Rudolf Tillessen . From 1906 to 1919 he ran a joint office with Josef Huge . They were also represented at the 1909 architecture exhibition in Mannheim. Ernst Plattner designed the poster and catalog for the exhibition.

Buildings and designs

The work of Ernst Plattner covers - according to his life dates - the whole span from historicism to modernism . This includes:

  • Villa Goldschmidt, Otto-Beck-Strasse 38 in Mannheim
  • Villa Hoffmann, Ziegelhäuser Landstrasse in Heidelberg
  • Conversion of the Villa Reuther, Werderstrasse 42 in Mannheim (1923)
  • Café in the O-Quadrat in Mannheim (1923–1924)
  • Villa Raschig, Mundenheimer Strasse 140 in Ludwigshafen (1926)
  • Villa Hecht, Am Oberen Luisenpark 15 in Mannheim (1926)
  • Draft of an office building for the Mannheim Chamber of Commerce (1926)
  • Villa Rothschild, Spinozastraße 41 in Mannheim (1929)
  • Residential building Sophienstrasse 14 in Mannheim
  • House at Mollstrasse 28 in Mannheim
  • Apartment building on Max-Joseph-Strasse in Mannheim
  • Apartment building at Lange Rötterstrasse 52 in Mannheim
  • Parts of the residential group Augustaanlage 20–26 in Mannheim

Plattner also designed stained glass windows , including for the new Bad Kreuznach train station .

literature

  • Andreas Plattner: Ernst Plattner 1880–1966. An architect's life in Mannheim . In: Mannheimer Hefte , year 1994, pp. 39–47.
  • Ferdinand Werner : Mannheim villas. Architecture and home decor in the squares and the east town . (with contributions by Andreas Schenk and Tobias Möllmer) (= contributions to Mannheim architecture and building history , volume 6.) Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2009, ISBN 978-3-88462-289-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner, p. 344.
  2. ↑ Werner, p. 344 f.
  3. ↑ Werner, p. 345.
  4. ↑ Werner, p. 346.
  5. ↑ Werner, p. 344.
  6. ↑ Information from Werner, p. 345 f.
  7. ↑ Werner, p. 345.
personal data
SURNAME Plattner, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Neumarkt (South Tyrol)
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1966
Place of death Mannheim