Ferdinand Schorbach

Ferdinand Schorbach (born July 19, 1846 in Kassel ; † January 30, 1912 in Munich ) was a German architect who worked primarily in the historicist styles of the neo-renaissance , neoclassicism , neo-baroque and - especially in the successor of Edwin Oppler in Hanover - designed in the style of the Hanover architecture school .

Life

Ferdinand Schorbach was a student of Georg Gottlob Ungewitter . Even at the time of the Kingdom of Hanover , he was 1,862 employees in the architectural firm of the year Edwin Oppler that this in Hannover temporarily in the by Hermann Hunaeus planned home Cohen operation.

In 1872 Schorbach first became a partner in Oppler's architectural office, only to take it over completely in 1880, Oppler's year of death.

Schorbach's employees included Carl Seiler , who had previously worked under Edwin Oppler, and Johann Heinrich Kastenholz , who, like Schorbach, were involved in the design of Villa Solms in Baden-Baden .

In 1912, the year Schorbach died, his colleague Johann Heinrich Kastenholz took over the architecture office.

Works (selection)

buildings

Cumberland Castle in Gmunden , Austria

Sign pointing to the architect Schorbach in front of Villa Anna in Eisenach

Edwin Oppler's long-time partner built numerous castles in Germany and Austria-Hungary as well as new ones, including:

• 1882–1886: Cumberland Castle for Duke Ernst August von Cumberland (1845–1923) in Gmunden (Austria) (preserved)

Fonts

• as editor: Edwin Oppler. Architectural designs. Secular and cult buildings, interior furnishings, decorations, furniture, handicrafts, monuments etc. etc. Halle an der Saale 1884–1889.

Web links

Commons : Ferdinand Schorbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Schorbach, Ferdinand. In the database architects and artists with direct reference to Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Schorbach, Ferdinand in the database architects and artists with direct reference to Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902) , last accessed on March 10, 2017.
2. ^ Theodor Unger : House of Cohen. In: Theodor Unger: Hanover. Guide through the city and its buildings. Festschrift for the fifth general assembly of the Association of German Architects and Engineers' Associations. (Ed. by the Architects and Engineers Association of Hanover) Curt R. Vincentz Verlag, Hanover 1882, p. 29. (as a reprint in 6th edition: Verlag Th. Schäfer (Edition libri rari), Hanover 1991, ISBN 3- 88746-050-2 ), as well as the addendum attached plan of the Royal residence of Hannover from 1882, grid square D4 ; Digitized
3. ^ Rudolf Bergau:  Oppler, Edwin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 404 f.
4. ↑ Nassauische Annalen, yearbook of the Verein für Nassauische Altertumskunde und Geschichtsforschung , Volume 98, 1987, p. 233 fu ö. ( Preview via Google books )