Franz Wichards

Franz Wichards (born November 12, 1856 in Stettin ; † September 30, 1919 in Berlin ) was a German architect .

Life

Wichards studied architecture in Berlin and worked for Alfred Messel . In March 1881 he passed the building foreman examination in Berlin and was appointed government master builder in February 1886. Together with Hermann Solf (1856–1909), he led the architectural office Solf and Wichards in Berlin from 1890 . The projects carried out by this office include the Hallesches Tor elevated railway station , which went into operation in 1902, south of Belle-Alliance-Platz (now Mehringplatz ) on the Landwehr Canal, and the large administration building on Gitschiner Strasse, which is located just a little further to the east and was built for 1903-1905 Imperial Patent Office was built and today houses the Berlin offices of the German Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office .

Works (selection)

Doors or entrance portals to the house Jaeger-Strasse 59/60 in Berlin (plates 161–162, and 164)
Entrance door and stairs at House Lessingstrasse 39 in Berlin (drafts by architects Wichards and Solf, plate 167, 182–183)
Prussian Nation Insurance Company, Stettin (together with Hermann Solf)

Drafts and drawings

Villa for M. Katzenstein, Bielefeld. Monthly competition March 1884
Monument to the fallen, Stralsund. Monthly competition February 1885
War memorial for 1870/1871, Stralsund
Textile Exchange, Berlin. Schinkel competition 1885

literature

Wichards, Franz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 507 .

Web links

Franz Wichards architekturmuseum.ub.tu-berlin.de
Solf & Wichards: Projects architekturmuseum.ub.tu-berlin.de

Individual evidence

↑ Ulrich Bücholdt: Register of Architects Wibbe - Wimmer mountain. archthek, accessed August 5, 2019 .
↑ Builder for Berlin: Franz Wichards' German Renaissance . In: Berliner Morgenpost . Berlin August 20, 2005 ( morgenpost.de - no full access).
↑ Rersonal messages - Prussia . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung; the Bauzeitung unites with architecture and work form . 15th year, no. 25 . Ernst Toeche, Berlin March 26, 1881, p. 152 , right column ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Rersonal messages - Prussia . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung; the Bauzeitung unites with architecture and work form . 20th year, no. 10 . Ernst Toeche, Berlin February 3, 1886, p. 60 , right column ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Ulrich Bücholdt: Register of Architects Sobanski - Squeder. archthek, accessed August 5, 2019 .
^ German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA). In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
^ Wilhelm Hubert Cremer, Richard Wolffenstein: The internal expansion; Collection of works from all branches of the building trade . tape 1 and 2. Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin 1886 ( archive.org ).
^ Wilhelm Hubert Cremer, Richard Wolffenstein: The internal expansion; Collection of works from all branches of the building trade . tape 1 and 2. Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin 1886 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive , archive.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Wichards, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	November 12, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH	September 30, 1919
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Ulrich Bücholdt: Register of Architects Wibbe - Wimmer mountain. archthek, accessed August 5, 2019 .

[2] Builder for Berlin: Franz Wichards' German Renaissance . In: Berliner Morgenpost . Berlin August 20, 2005 ( morgenpost.de - no full access).

[3] Rersonal messages - Prussia . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung; the Bauzeitung unites with architecture and work form . 15th year, no. 25 . Ernst Toeche, Berlin March 26, 1881, p. 152 , right column ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] Rersonal messages - Prussia . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung; the Bauzeitung unites with architecture and work form . 20th year, no. 10 . Ernst Toeche, Berlin February 3, 1886, p. 60 , right column ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[5] Ulrich Bücholdt: Register of Architects Sobanski - Squeder. archthek, accessed August 5, 2019 .

[6] German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA). In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .

[7] Wilhelm Hubert Cremer, Richard Wolffenstein: The internal expansion; Collection of works from all branches of the building trade . tape 1 and 2. Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin 1886 ( archive.org ).

[8] Wilhelm Hubert Cremer, Richard Wolffenstein: The internal expansion; Collection of works from all branches of the building trade . tape 1 and 2. Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin 1886 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive , archive.org ).