Ferdinand Hurtzig

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Ferdinand August Wilhelm Hurtzig (born March 23, 1872 in Kieth in Mecklenburg , † July 23, 1939 in Kiel ) was a German landscape gardener and city horticultural director.

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Memorial stone in Kiel's Schrevenpark

Ferdinand Hurtzig was a son of pastor Johannes Hartwig Ferdinand Hurtzig (born October 31, 1837 in Osten ; † October 15, 1878 in Kieth) and his wife Anna Elisabeth Marie Ernestine Hermine, née Reuter (born January 15, 1848 in Goldberg ; † 18 April 1919 in Doberan ). He went to the Friderico-Francisceum grammar school in Doberan and after the Obersekunda did an apprenticeship in the grand ducal court gardening in Ludwigslust , then in 1894 at the " Royal Gardener Training Institute at the Wildlife Park near Potsdam ". He acquired theoretical and practical knowledge in all of horticulture, including landscape gardening, woodworking, plan and landscape drawing, fruit and vegetable growing, field fairs and leveling.

After completing his apprenticeship, Hurtzig worked for several months as a garden technician for L. Haak Nachf., R. Köhler in Berlin . He then did military service as a one-year volunteer in Rostock . In 1895/96, under the direction of Adolf Kowallek , he looked after a district in the Cologne city forest . In early 1897 he designed the gardens of a manor near Troisdorf . In the same year, he was commissioned by Heins, the horticultural director of Bremen, to measure, level, map and redesign some places in the city and the ramparts. He then went back to Cologne and designed his first own facility in 1897, the Südfriedhof . In a competition for the redesign of the Westerholz in Dortmund into a public garden, he received the fourth prize out of 53 participants in 1899.

At the beginning of May 1900, Hurtzig moved to Kiel as a city gardener. This position in the city's building authority had only existed since 1896. He planned the Schrevenpark, his most important work, as the first facility and also took on its execution, which lasted until 1902. In 1901 he planned the city nursery right next to it. Several squares were later built according to his plans, such as Geibelplatz in 1904, Joachimsplatz in 1904, Arndt and Lessingplatz in 1906, the perimeter development of the monuments to Duke Friedrich, Bismarck and Klaus Groth, and in 1909/10 the allocation of the city monastery and the promenades of the Kleiner Kiel . He designed the Hohenzollernring, today's Westring and Esmarchstraße as streets. Plans for carpet beds, park benches and swan houses are known.

In 1904, Hurtzig was promoted to municipal gardening inspector. Then he planned all public facilities in Kiel. Until the First World War he designed the Schützenpark from 1903 to 1909 and the Moorteichwiese in 1905/08 . There were also sports facilities, including several tennis courts that still exist today and the Nordmarksportfeld . He also planted schoolyards and the allocation of Jacobi, Nicolai, Heiligengeist and Ansgar churches. In addition to his work as a gardening inspector, Hurtzig worked for several public and private institutions in and around Kiel. He advised the Imperial Canal Office and wrote reports for Neustadt and Heide . He visited many tree nurseries and cities in northern and central Germany with important green spaces in order to obtain further training. He himself informed the public about his plans in several lectures.

All construction work in Kiel was suspended during the First World War. Hurtzig did military service from December 1914 to 1918. From 1919, the Eichhof urn cemetery was expanded according to his plans. In 1920 he was appointed city garden director. In the following year, he received a new supervisor, Willy Hahn , who did not share his views on green space policy, which made cooperation more difficult. Hurtzig no longer primarily planned new parks, but new or expanding existing social green spaces, including allotments, sports facilities and playgrounds. During this time he carried out the self-sufficiency development “Hof Hammer” planned by Leberecht Migge and converted the shipyard park.

Around 1926, Hurtzig designed picturesque beach facilities, such as the terrace on Falkensteiner Strand and a promenade near Mönkeberg . In addition, there were unusual gardens such as the “Weserfahrt” from 1926 and two years later a serpentine path at today's “Hirschfeld-Blick”. In the same year, he and his superior Hahn carried out the conversion and reforestation of the trees in Vieburg and Projensdorf , which represented major projects. At the end of his tenure, he was responsible for almost 1,700 hectares.

In 1934, Hurtzig was appointed city gardening director. He then planned the “Seeblick” terrace in 1935 and the Schlageter Park in 1937 (today City Council Hahn Park ). Unemployed people built it as part of emergency work.

style

Due to his training, Hurtzig initially worked closely in the style of Peter Joseph Lenné and his successor Gustav Meyer . This was particularly evident for the facilities he planned in Dortmund and the Schrevenpark in Kiel. He designed paths and lines of sight in the classic way and provided them with neo-baroque carpet beds. During the Weimar Republic , he planned, typical of the time, with straight lines and gave more space to meadows that offered space for light and air bathing. During the National Socialist era , Hurtzig subordinated himself to the wishes of politics and laid out green areas that allowed manageable and clear marches and thus offered few opportunities for recreation.

family

Hurtzig married Emma Margarete Elise Faßmann on January 4, 1902 in Kiel (born December 3, 1879 in Striegau , † November 21, 1959 in Kiel). She was the daughter of the chemist and sugar factory director Hermann August Faßmann (1843-1905) and his wife Anna Caroline Ernestine Prenzel (1849-1929). The marriage produced three daughters.

literature

  • Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pages 187-189.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 187.
  2. ↑ Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 187.
  3. ↑ Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pages 187-188.
  4. ↑ Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 188.
  5. ↑ Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 188.
  6. ↑ Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pages 188-189.
  7. ↑ Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 189.
  8. ↑ Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 189.
  9. ↑ Jörg Matthies: Hurtzig, Ferdinand . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 187.
personal data
SURNAME Hurtzig, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hurtzig, Ferdinand August Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape gardener and urban horticultural director
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Kieth , Mecklenburg
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1939
Place of death Kiel