Ernst von Ihne
Ernst Eberhard Ihne , from 1906 by Ihne , (born May 23, 1848 in Elberfeld ; † April 21, 1917 in Berlin ) was a German architect . As a royal Prussian court architect under Friedrich III. and Wilhelm II. Ihne was a typical representative of the Wilhelmine neo-baroque .
Life
Ihne was born as the son of the classical philologist and historian Wilhelm Ihne . After finishing school he studied at the building school of the Technical University of Karlsruhe , the Berlin building academy and at the École des beaux-arts in Paris . With his partner Paul Stegmüller he opened an “office for architecture + applied arts” in Berlin in 1877, which mainly designed country houses, but also furniture. He was a founding member of the Association of Berlin Architects .
Initially, he preferred the German Renaissance with French influences. His main works in Berlin were created in the neo-baroque style, while the works of his later phase (after 1910) are influenced by the English country house style.
First orders were
- the construction of the new Hummelshain hunting lodge and
- the establishment of the officers' mess of the Leib-Garde-Husaren-Regiment in Potsdam .
The latter was confirmed by Emperor Wilhelm I in 1888 ; in the same year Emperor Friedrich III appointed him. after his accession to the throne as court architect and Ihne, who had in the meantime separated from Stegmüller, received from his widow Empress Friedrich
- In 1888 the contract to build the Friedrichshof Palace near Kronberg im Taunus .
- In 1894 he was commissioned to expand the Palais Schaumburg in Bonn, which later became the Federal Chancellery.
- In 1897 the Villa Bonn was built in Frankfurt's Westend and is the seat of the Frankfurt Society for Trade, Industry and Science .
He planned for Wilhelm II in Berlin
- the expansion of the imperial apartment in the Berlin Palace (from 1888; burned out in 1945, blown up in 1950) and the renovation and expansion of the White Hall (1891–1895; destroyed in 1950 when the palace was blown up),
- the New Marstall (1897–1900; preserved),
- the Kaiser Friedrich Museum (1898–1904; preserved, now "Bode Museum"),
- the extension of the Palais Arnim to the seat of the Academy of Arts (1905–1907; the exhibition building preserved, the palace destroyed in 1945),
- the Unter den Linden State Library (1908–1914; preserved except for the reading room),
- the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus on behalf of the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung for advanced medical education (1904-06; preserved),
- the first Institute of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in Berlin-Dahlem (1911-1916), now the Free University , and the Max Planck Society include
Ernst von Ihne designed the family seat of Prince Donnersmarck , who always had good contacts with Wilhelm II
- from 1903 to 1906 the Kavalierspalast in Neudeck, Upper Silesia .
- The Kaiserbahnhof in Potsdam was built from 1905 to 1909 according to his plans.
Not far from Remagen was built based on his designs
- 1906–1908 Ernich Palace , enthroned above the Rhine , from 1955 to 1999 the residence of the French ambassador.
The landowner Johannes Schlutius (1861–1910) left according to his plans
- 1906/1907 build the extension of the Karow manor house.
Kaiser Wilhelm II elevated him to hereditary nobility on February 27, 1906 and awarded him the titles of Really Secret Oberhofbaurat (on October 23, 1912) and Excellency (on March 22, 1914).
Ernst von Ihne died in Berlin in 1917 at the age of 68 and was buried in St. Hedwig's Cathedral . In 1956 his remains were transferred to the St. Hedwig cemetery on Liesenstrasse . Since this grave was later located in the area of the border strip on the Berlin Wall , it was leveled.
Honors
- 1888: court architect
- 1896: Secret upper court building officer
- 1906: hereditary nobility
- 1912: Really secret Oberhof building officer
- 1914: Your Excellency
literature
- Hans Reuther: Ihne, Ernst von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 128 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Christina Schmitz: A building like the Unter den Linden State Library makes a difference. On the 100th anniversary of the death of the architect Ernst von Ihne . In: library magazine. Messages from the state libraries in Berlin and Munich . No. 1 , 2017, ZDB -ID 2217966-5 , p. 43–46 ( staatsbibliothek-berlin.de [PDF]).
- Oliver Sander: The reconstruction of the estate of Ernst von Ihne (1848–1917). Berlin 2000 (Berlin, Humboldt University, dissertation, 2001).
- Helmut Caspar: Controversial architect Kaiser Wilhelm II. In: Berlinische monthly ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 4, 2000, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 91-95 ( luise-berlin.de ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst von Ihne in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Ernst von Ihne in the German Digital Library
- Search for "Ernst von Ihne" in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Etzold: The Dorotheenstädtische Friedhof. The burial places on Berlin's Chausseestrasse . Links, Berlin 1993. pp. 179-180. Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 54.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | You, Ernst von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ihne, Ernst Eberhard von (full name); You, Ernst; You, Ernst Eberhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1848 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Elberfeld |
DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1917 |
Place of death | Berlin |