Franz Albert Bach
Franz Albert Bach (born June 3, 1865 in Langendorf , † October 16, 1935 in Grambek or Hamburg ) was a German architect and real estate entrepreneur .
Life
Bach came from a rural family, first learned the mason trade in Weißenfels and then attended the Royal Saxon State Building School in Leipzig , a building trade school . After the birth of his son Max, the family decided to emigrate to America and initially came to Hamburg. It was there that Bach recognized the impending construction boom and the resulting opportunities. He initially worked for various office building architects. In 1891, Bach became a citizen of Hamburg and started his own business as an architect. As an architect and real estate entrepreneur, he soon carried out buildings from project planning to leasing, and many of them built for his own account. After the cholera epidemic of 1892, he concentrated on the former Gängeviertel of the northern old town and is considered one of the fathers of Mönckebergstrasse . Increasing criticism of his buildings led to the fact that he left the facade design to the architect Carl Bensel from around 1907 . Some of his office buildings are still owned by his descendants.
His son Max Bach also became an architect in Hamburg and continued his father's business (Gutruf-Haus, various buildings in the Kontorhausviertel ), his son Franz Bach managed the Stellshagen estate in Klützer Winkel, which his father had acquired, until 1945 .
The grave of Franz Bach's family is located in the Ohlsdorf cemetery and was designed by the sculptor Richard Kuöhl .
Buildings in Hamburg
- 1903–1904: Alsenhof office building, Rödingsmarkt (destroyed)
- 1903–1904: Klosterburg office building, Glockengießerwall
- 1904–1905: Friedrichshof office building, Ferdinandstrasse and Raboisen
- 1905: Kontorhaus Bruges-Haus (now Eimbcke-Haus), Raboisen
- 1905–1907: Semper-Haus office building, Spitalerstraße
- 1908–1909: Seeburg office building, Spitalerstraße
- 1909–1910: Barkhof office building, Mönckebergstrasse
- 1911–1912: Hansehof office building, Mönckebergstrasse
- 1911–1912: Roland-Haus office building, Mönckebergstrasse (with Carl Bensel; destroyed)
- 1911–1912: Kontorhaus Südseehaus , Mönckebergstrasse
- 1912–1913: Domhof office building, Mönckebergstrasse
- 1912–1913: Hubertushof office building, today Levantehaus , Mönckebergstraße
- 1912–1913: Karstadt department store , Mönckebergstraße (with Carl Bensel)
- 1913: Walter office building, Mönkedamm
literature
- Jan Lubitz: Bach, Franz Albert . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 5 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8353-0640-0 , p. 31-32 .
- Carmen Krause: Franz Bach. Architect and entrepreneur. (= Patrons for Science , Volume 8.) Hamburg University Press, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-937816-81-4 . ( online as PDF)
Web links
- Jan Lubitz: Franz Bach 1865-1935. In: architekten-portrait.de. August 2010, accessed April 29, 2015 .
- Franz Albert Bach. In: Hamburg personalities from 801-2013. Museum for Hamburg History and Society Harmony from 1789, accessed on April 29, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Hamburg biography mentions both places.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bach, Franz Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and real estate entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1935 |
| Place of death | Grambek or Hamburg |