Eugene Rückle

Eugen Rückle (* July 20, 1876 in Barmen (today a district of Wuppertal ), † September 15, 1950 in Unkel ) was a German architect and municipal building officer . Many of its preserved structures are protected as architectural monuments.

Live and act

On June 16, 1902, Rückle entered the service of the city of Barmen. On August 4, 1911 he was appointed city architect with civil service status . Under the direction of urban planning inspector Paul Freygang , he and his colleagues Julius Dicke , Wilhelm Huxhold and Richard Fischer were entrusted with numerous urban building construction projects. He interrupted his involvement in the construction management of the town hall in Barmen in 1915 when he was a soldier in the First World War . From 1924 he was appointed city planning director and remained in this position until his voluntary retirement on July 1, 1934. From 1935 he worked as a freelance architect, from November 1937 to February 1945 he worked as an office manager at Peter Klotzbach .

Rückle died during a trip in Unkel. He lived in the house at Am Nordpark 8, which is now a listed building . His son Wolf Rückle (* 1908) was also an architect in Wuppertal.

Buildings (selection)

1902–1903: Reform-Realgymnasium Sedanstraße in Barmen (together with Peter Klotzbach as an employee under city planning inspector Paul Freygang and city planning officer Carl Winchenbach )
1907–1911: Barmer Hospitals (today Helios Klinikum Wuppertal ) in Barmen, Heusnerstrasse
1912–1915: New construction of the Barmer town hall in Barmen (participation in construction management; design by Karl Roth )

From 1919 on, Rückle devoted himself to residential construction; He was involved in numerous settlements and neighborhoods, including the Sedansberg settlement, the Waldhof settlement (1928), the NEBBreck settlement, the Auf dem Brahm settlement (1926), the Werloh settlement, the Clausen settlement and other municipal buildings

1924–1925: Settlement Am Nordpark (20 single-family houses and double houses) on behalf of the city of Barmen

1925–1926: Planetarium in Barmen (designed by Heinrich Köhler , city planner ; destroyed in 1943)

1929 -0000: Architectural design of the war memorial in Wuppertal-Beyenburg (artistic elaboration by the Elberfeld painter Erich Cleff ; not preserved; renewed in 1962)

1930 -0000: Singer memorial stone in Wuppertal-Barmen (destroyed in 1943)

1931–1932: Am Timpen settlement for the building cooperative of the rich in children in Wuppertal-Langerfeld (12 three-family houses)

Realgymnasium Sedanstrasse
Barmer hospitals
Waldhof settlement
Residential colony Am Nordpark

Web links

Commons : Eugen Rückle - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Architects, civil engineers, master builders, property developers and their buildings in Wuppertal. Pies, Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-928441-52-3 , p. 430 f.
↑ Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal. Biographies of the participating artists. Born, Wuppertal 1991, ISBN 3-87093-058-6 , p. 128.
↑ Deutsche Bauzeitung , 9th year 1905, No. 66, p. 397 f. / No. 67, p. 405 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Rückle, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and municipal building officer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 20, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barmen
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 1950
Place of death	Uncle

[rmk-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Architects, civil engineers, master builders, property developers and their buildings in Wuppertal. Pies, Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-928441-52-3 , p. 430 f.

[2] Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal. Biographies of the participating artists. Born, Wuppertal 1991, ISBN 3-87093-058-6 , p. 128.

[3] Deutsche Bauzeitung , 9th year 1905, No. 66, p. 397 f. / No. 67, p. 405 f.