Ferdinand Wilhelm Holz
Ferdinand Wilhelm Holz (occasionally also Holtz ; * December 27, 1799 in Grüneberg ; † May 1, 1873 in Berlin ) was a German architect .
Life
Ferdinand Wilhelm Holz studied at the Berlin Building Academy . In 1824 he was a co-founder of the Berlin Architects' Association and, after passing his building management exam, became a private architect in Berlin. In 1836 he designed a town hall for the exhibition of the Academy of Arts . Between 1843 and 1850 he passed his master builder examination, from 1850 to 1873 he was a teacher at the Berlin Building Academy.
His main work was the planning of the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin together with the director of the Berlin-Hamburger Bahn , Friedrich Neuhaus , in the years 1846 to 1847. The station building is the only one of a Berlin terminus from this period that is still preserved today. The facility has not been used as a train station since the end of the 19th century. Between 1841 and 1872 he also created ten portfolios with architectural templates and wrote numerous textbooks for teaching at the academy.
buildings
Together with Friedrich Neuhaus, Holz is considered to be the co-architect of a number of station buildings on the Berlin-Hamburg Railway, including:
- 1844–1846: Train station in (Berlin-) Spandau (today Berlin-Stresow train station )
- 1844–1846: Railway station in Nauen (no longer existent)
- 1844–1846: Railway station in Paulinenaue
- 1844–1846: Zernitz train station
- 1844–1846: Railway station in Glöwen
- 1844–1846: Train station in Bad Wilsnack
- 1844–1846: Railway station in Wittenberge
- approx. 1859: Railway station in Karstädt
- 1845–1847: Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin
Works
- Architectural details for practical use . Heymann, Berlin 1844 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- Drafts for rural and urban buildings. In 8 deliveries of 6 sheets each in color printing . Editing according to the most varied of conditions and building styles from FW Holz. Grieben, Berlin 1852 ( urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-ppn3215920267 , SLUB Dresden , digital collection of sources on the history of technology II).
- Details of main Greek cornices compiled for the most diverse uses in 40 sheets . Berlin 1854 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- Brick architecture. 2 vols., Grieben, Berlin 1866 and Scholtze, Leipzig 1871.
- Public private buildings. Architectural designs. 2nd edition, Grieben, Berlin 1900.
literature
- Uwe Kieling: Berlin private architect and master railroad builder in the 19th century. (= Miniatures on the history, culture and monument preservation of Berlin , No. 26.) Berlin 1988.
- Sabine Bohle-Heintzenberg, Manfred Hamm: Architecture and Beauty. The Schinkel School in Berlin and Brandenburg. Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-88747-121-0 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wood, Ferdinand Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holtz, Ferdinand Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grueneberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1873 |
| Place of death | Berlin |