Eugene Greiß

Eugen Greiß (born February 2, 1856 in Frankfurt am Main ; † March 13, 1925 there ) was a German architect and building contractor.

Eugen Greiß was the son of the Frankfurt architectural draftsman Gustav Greiß (1825–1896), his younger brother was the architect Otto Greiß (1876–1945). From 1874 to 1877 he studied architecture at the Stuttgart Polytechnic under Konrad Dollinger , Christian Friedrich von Leins and Alexander von Tritschler . Greiß then returned to Frankfurt, where he became self-employed as an architect and building contractor in 1883. His construction company was one of the most important in the city at the time. He played a key role in the development of the station district . It is estimated that one twentieth of the buildings came from him, including the Drei-Kaiser-Bau at Kaiserstrasse 3–7, which was even awarded a prize.

His focus was on the construction of representative and palatial residential and commercial buildings in the style of Neo-Baroque and Neo-Renaissance . He also planned and built apartment houses and industrial plants. Further buildings were built in Aachen (commercial building on Theaterplatz), Alsfeld (hall building for the German Kaiser), Bad Homburg vor der Höhe and Kassel .

His son Friedrich Viktor (born March 18, 1873 in Frankfurt am Main, † August 19, 1916 killed in Russia) was also an architect.

Remarks

^ Heinz Schomann: The Frankfurt train station district and the Kaiserstraße. A contribution to town planning and the art of historicism. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1988, p. 125.
^ Werner Nosbisch: The housing of the city of Frankfurt a. M. Published on behalf of the magistrate on the occasion of this year's German meeting for housing by the building construction office and economic office. Englert & Schlosser, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 68.

literature

Greiss, Eugene . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 590 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Heinz Schomann : The Frankfurt train station district and Kaiserstraße. A contribution to town planning and the art of historicism. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-421-02876-1 , p. 125. 310.
Thomas Zeller: The architects and their building activities in Frankfurt am Main from 1870 to 1950. Henrich, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-921606-51-9 , pp. 117–118 (with catalog raisonné ).

Dankmar Trier: Greiß, Eugen . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 61, Saur, Munich a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23028-8 , p. 423.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Greiß, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and contractor
DATE OF BIRTH	February 2, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1925
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[1] Heinz Schomann: The Frankfurt train station district and the Kaiserstraße. A contribution to town planning and the art of historicism. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1988, p. 125.

[2] Werner Nosbisch: The housing of the city of Frankfurt a. M. Published on behalf of the magistrate on the occasion of this year's German meeting for housing by the building construction office and economic office. Englert & Schlosser, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 68.