Franz Ewerbeck

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Franz Klemens Ewerbeck (born April 15, 1839 in Brake , † June 16, 1889 in Aachen ) was a German architect and professor at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Polytechnische Schule in Aachen .

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After finishing school, Ewerbeck studied architecture from 1857 to 1861, first with Conrad Wilhelm Hase at the Hanover Polytechnic and then at the Berlin Building Academy . After this time, Ewerbeck was entrusted with various German and Dutch railway constructions for a few years, including from 1867 to 1870 for the Hanover and Osnabrück Railway Directorate of the Prussian State Railways . During this time he did his doctorate and habilitation , and in 1870 he accepted a call to RWTH Aachen University, where he was appointed professor of architectural forms, ornamentation and small architecture in the Faculty of Architecture .

Here he initially designed Gothic- style buildings in the style of Hase , but later built with preference in the German Renaissance style . To expand his knowledge, he went on several study trips to Italy, southern France, Belgium and the Netherlands, among others. Together with his Aachen colleague Karl Henrici , he propagated the "picturesque" architecture and the broadening of the " brick architecture ". In this style, for example, together with Otto Intze, he designed the new building for the chemical institute at RWTH Aachen, which was completed in 1879. Furthermore, Ewerbeck was involved in the neo-Gothic expansion of the west tower and the west front of the Aachen Cathedral with his own designs based on the existing old Gothic style. He also drafted plans for the Aachen Nord station of the Aachen-Jülich railway , the war memorial in the Catholic churchyard and for the repair of the Aachen town hall after a city fire in 1883. In addition, he submitted competition designs for the New Wiesbaden Town Hall , for the Protestant- Lutheran Church of St. Wilhadi in Stade and for the restoration of the Old Town Hall in Dortmund . He was also involved with several designs for numerous private buildings in Aachen, Bad Bentheim and Lemgo . Among other things, his designs for the Aachen city expansion, for the Wiesbaden town hall and for an atrium in front of the Aachen Cathedral were awarded.

From around 1870 Ewerbeck , who had meanwhile been promoted to chamber building councilor , received orders from the Ibach piano workshop in Schwelm , for which he designed several concert pianos . In 1880, at the trade exhibition in Düsseldorf, two concert pianinos by Ewerbeck in the style of the Italian Renaissance, one with a carving , the other with inlays , were exhibited and also awarded. Ewerbeck died in 1889 at the age of only 50.

In addition to his work in the scientific and artistic field, Ewerbeck was the author of numerous publications, some of which were only published posthumously .

Fonts (selection)

  • Architectural drafts and construction work. Ch.Claesen, Berlin 1880.
  • The renaissance in Belgium and Holland. (2 volumes, recorded and edited by Franz Ewerbeck with the assistance of Albert Neumeister, Henri Leeuw, Emil Mouris) Seemann, Leipzig 1891.
  • Handbook of Architecture , Part 3: Building Construction, Volume 2: Space-Bounding Construction, Volume 2: Enclosures, Parapets and Railings. Bergstrasse, Darmstadt 1891.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chemical Institute based on plans by Franz Ewerbeck. In: Holger A. Dux : teaching material on city history. PDF sheet 3–5: Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 550 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oberstufe-hhg-aachen.de
  2. ^ Draft Nordbahnhof Aachen 1885
  3. ↑ Ewerbeck Piano from Ibach
personal data
SURNAME Ewerbeck, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ewerbeck, Franz Klemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and university professor at RWTH Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Brake (Lemgo)
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1889
Place of death Aachen