Friedrich Backhaus

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Friedrich Backhaus the Younger (born November 20, 1909 in the Dönberg community , Mayor Hardenberg ; † July 26, 1942 on the Eastern Front in Beli , Russia) was a German stone sculptor .

Life

Backhaus' father, the stone sculptor of the same name Friedrich Backhaus (the elder, born July 16, 1857 in Düsseldorf; † October 7, 1921 in Barmen ) lived and worked in Unterbarmen at Ronsdorfer Strasse 30 (since 1935, Oberbergische Strasse 30 ). In 1893 he founded his first workshop on Auer Straße . In 1899, the Barmer address book names his “studio for grave monuments” opposite the Unterbarmer cemetery . After the death of his father, the son continued the "workshop for cemetery art". He ran the workshop until at least 1939; Friedrich Backhaus died as a soldier on the Eastern Front during World War II.

Works (selection)

Some of their works are:

Remaining column of the monument, 2007
  • Memorial for the Barmer factory owner and member of the Provincial Parliament Otto Jäger from 1893
The base of the black granite with an inscription for the Otto Jäger monument, which was unveiled on November 11, 1893 on the Kaiser-Friedrich-Höhe. The accompanying bust was created by Paul Disselhoff . The monument was donated by the Barmer Beautification Association and erected in the grounds of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Höhe. Backhaus received 1,300 marks for his work.
In 1957 the Neue Rhein-Zeitung reported on the desolate condition of the monument. The city of Wuppertal had the column removed in 1964 and stored it in the Barmen cemetery of honor . The column was later transported by the Barmer Beautification Association on Lönsstrasse to the municipal depot in the Nordpark . After a media initiative by the Wuppertaler Rundschau in 1992, it was re-erected at its original location, without the lost marble bust, on the plateau behind the Leimann'schen pub between Oberbergische Strasse and the Eisenlohr monument .
Made from red Swedish granite in the shape of an obelisk in the Norrenberg cemetery. The bronze relief was created by the sculptor Wilhelm Giesecke .
The plaque was attached to a house on November 8, 1938 in the street of the same name (today Heidter Berg ). It was designed by the graphic artist Hans Schreiber . It was part of the NSDAP's cult of the dead for the " dead of the movement ". During the Second World War , the house and its plaque were destroyed.
Their inscription read:
“On June 19, 1932 the
SA squad leader Hans Hilbert
shot by communists.
He died for Germany "

literature

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Backhaus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Udo Garweg, Klaus Giesen, Gudrun Haberberger: Wuppertal artist directory . Ed .: Sabine Fehlemann . From the Heydt Museum, Wuppertal 2000, ISBN 978-3-89202-042-4 .
  2. ^ A b Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal (biographies of the participating artists) . Born, Wuppertal 1991. ISBN 3-87093-058-6 . P. 12.
  3. ↑ Otto Jäger Memorial. In: denkmal-wuppertal.de
  4. ↑ Otto Jäger ( Memento from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Memorial plaque for SA-Scharführer Hans Hilbert. In: denkmal-wuppertal.de
personal data
SURNAME Backhaus, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Backhaus, Friedrich the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German stone sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Dönberg farmers , Hardenberg mayor
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1942
Place of death Eastern Front, Beli , Russia