Eugene Probst

Eugen Probst (born December 14, 1873 in Basel , † August 15, 1970 in Zurich ) was a Swiss architect and castle researcher.

Life

Eugen Probst, intended for the commercial profession, started an apprenticeship in a Basel office building at the age of 17. After completing his apprenticeship, Probst was employed in the land registry office in Basel, at the same time he took drawing and painting lessons at the local general trade school before he turned to study architecture at the ETH Zurich as well as in Paris and Berlin in 1897 . After graduating, he built villas and country houses in Zurich, in the Jura and in St. Moritz . In addition, he implemented the expansion of the Eismeer station on the Jungfrau Railway and participated in various architecture competitions.

Probst, who was interested in the protection of the built heritage, especially in castle and palace architecture, founded the Swiss Castle Association in 1927 , which he headed for over 18 years as President and later as Honorary President . He made particular contributions to the preservation of historical buildings, including the Haus zur Treib in Treib and the Hohle Gasse in Küssnacht , as well as the restoration of numerous palaces and castles, including the Sargans Castle , the Marschlins Castle , the Castello di Mesocco and the Castelgrande Castle in Bellinzona . The maintenance of 400 farmhouses and the restoration of the village of Guarda in the Upper Engadine are thanks to his monument conservation work . In 1932, the ruins of Reichenstein Castle were partially built according to his plans, followed by Rotberg Castle .

literature

• Daniel Grütter: Eugen Probst (1873-1970) and the founding of the Swiss Castle Association. In: Middle Ages. Journal of the Swiss Castle Association. Vol. 7, No. 1, 2002, ISSN  1420-6994 , pages 11-16, doi: 10.5169 / seals-165263 .
• Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 8. KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, 1996, ISBN 3-598-23163-6 , page 75.
• Swiss biographical archive, Willy Keller (biographer.): Swiss biographical archive, Volume 2. Verlag Internationaler Publications, 1952, page 95.

Web links

• Doris Huggel: Eugen Probst (December 14, 1873 to August 15, 1970) in www.burgenfreunde.ch; Retrieved June 6, 2012
• Daniel Grütter: Eugen Probst (1873-1970) founder of Swiss castle research? In: Communications of the Working Group for Archeology in the Middle Ages and the Modern Era: The Past Millennium, Volume 12 (2001), pp. 63-66, accessed on March 31, 2019