Franz Deckers

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Old synagogue after the renovation in 1873/1875
Hatzfeld'sches Palais
Chapel in the arts and crafts museum
Florentine hall in the arts and crafts museum

Franz Deckers (born March 1, 1826 in Düsseldorf ; † June 3, 1908 there ) was a German architect who lived and worked in Düsseldorf. He became known through the renovation and expansion of the Old Synagogue in Düsseldorf.

Life

Franz Deckers was born the son of a master builder in Düsseldorf. He spent a long time in France. Then he returned to Düsseldorf. In 1859 Deckers lived at Bahnstrasse 21. Then in 1865 he lived at Grünstraße 19. From 1878 to around 1900 he lived in the property at Alexanderplatz 14. Alexanderplatz was at the end of Grünstraße, roughly where the square is today ( without a name) at the confluence of Stresemannstrasse and Kreuzstrasse in Berliner Allee .

In 1898 Franz Deckers was made an honorary member of the Düsseldorf Architects and Engineers Association. Deckers played "no small role in the art life of the city of Düsseldorf, among other things he made great contributions to the artists' society Malkasten ".

  • 1859: Deckers, Franz, architect, Bahnstrasse 21.

  • 1865: Deckers, Franz, architect, Grünstraße 19.

  • 1878: Deckers, Franz, architect, Alexanderplatz 14.

  • 1880: (Alexanderplatz) 14 Deckers & Knobel, architect. Owner).

  • 1887: Deckers, Franz, architect, Alexanderplatz 14

  • 1891: Deckers, Franz, architect, Alexanderplatz 14.

  • 1897: (Alexanderplatz) 14 Deckers, Franz, architect E. Deckers, Vincenz, painter.

  • 1899: Deckers, Franz, Alexanderplatz 14.

  • 1900: Deckers, Franz, architect, Alexanderplatz 14.

family

The architect's son was the painter Vincent Deckers , who lived with his father in 1897.

plant

Deckers built the Hatzfeld'sche Palais , various private buildings, casinos and hotels in Düsseldorf . The Düsseldorf Museum of Decorative Arts is considered to be his main work .

Deckers became known through the renovation and extension of the Old Synagogue in Düsseldorf. Since the Jewish community grew rapidly in the 19th century, they commissioned an expansion of the synagogue in October 1873, which was carried out from 1873 to 1875. This was kept in the Moorish style : “The architects Deckers & Kühn made a draft of which an elevation of the front facade was preserved. This elevation clearly shows Moorish style elements. ”At the inauguration of the extended synagogue, Franz Deckers presented the Jewish community council with the key with the words:“ We hope to have contributed to the glorification of God, the almighty master builder of all worlds. May this temple be and remain a teaching place for the love of the fatherland and the love of the neighbor for centuries, without prejudice to the faith and the religious creed. "

Decker's speech was controversially discussed by Genger and Griese in aspects of Jewish life in Düsseldorf and on the Lower Rhine :

“(The builders were) patriots, but they are unlikely to have proclaimed that a synagogue was primarily a“ teaching place for love for the fatherland ”. Charity: Was architect Deckers instructed by his clients that the commandment to love one's neighbor is not an invention of Christians, but goes back to the Torah, the holy book of the Jews? And as for the subordinate clause, 'without prejudice to faith and religious denomination', he might mean that all citizens of the German Reich enjoy all civil and civil rights without prejudice to their faith and religious denomination. "

- Angela Genger, Kerstin Griese: Aspects of Jewish life in Düsseldorf and on the Lower Rhine. 1997, p. 64.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Deckers, Franz . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 526 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Address book of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf for the year 1859. Part I, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Address book of the Lord Mayor's Office Düsseldorf 1865. Part I, p. 28.
  4. ^ Address book of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf for 1878. Part I, p. 29.
  5. ^ Address book of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf for 1887. Part I, p. 35.
  6. ^ Address book of the city of Düsseldorf for the year 1891. Part I, p. 57.
  7. ^ Address book of the city of Düsseldorf for the year 1899. Part II, p. 805.
  8. ^ Address book of the city of Düsseldorf for 1900. Part I, p. 75.
  9. ^ Address book of the city of Düsseldorf for the year 1897. Part II, p. 467.
  10. ^ Short biographies of the architects and builders. In: Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres (Hrsg.): Art of the 19th century in the Rhineland, Volume 2: Architecture, Part II: Profane buildings and urban development. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-30252-6 , p. 529.
  11. ↑ Düsseldorfer Geschichtsverein (ed.): History of the city of Düsseldorf in twelve treatises. Commemorative publication for the 600th anniversary. Volume 3, C. Kraus, Düsseldorf 1888, p. 244. ( online at Google books )
  12. ^ Architects and Engineers Association in Düsseldorf (ed.): Düsseldorf and its buildings. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904, p. 141 f.
  13. ^ A b Angela Genger, Kerstin Griese: Aspects of Jewish life in Düsseldorf and on the Lower Rhine. 1997, p. 63.
personal data
SURNAME Deckers, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1908
Place of death Dusseldorf