Friedrich Brinkmann (architect, 1879)
Friedrich Wilhelm Brinkmann (born November 1, 1879 in Pivitsheide near Detmold ; † July 21, 1945 ) was a German builder and architect, member of the Association of German Architects (BDA), representative of Expressionism .
Life
Brinkmann was born the son of a farmer in Pivitsheide near Detmold. After finishing school, he first learned to be a carpenter and later to become a carpenter , attended the carpenter's school in Detmold and then worked there as a foreman in a carpentry workshop. In 1906 he began to study structural engineering at the Technikum in Lage / Lippe, which he completed by taking several civil engineering subjects and graduating in 1908. The following year he studied architecture as an intern at the Technical University of Darmstadt .
After successfully completing his degree, Friedrich Brinkmann found employment as a manager and architect in Bad Altheide . From 1909 he taught freelance at the Polytechnic Institute and Technical Center in Lage / Lippe, the subjects of geometry, building construction, drafting, perspective and freehand drawing.
In 1910 he moved to Berlin, where he quickly got a job as an architect a. a. found in the architecture studios of Otto March and Georg and Emil Zillmann. In 1911 he switched to Prof. Otto Kuhlmann , with whom he had a background and a similar professional career. Until the beginning of the First World War he worked on important construction projects, including a. Community school in Berlin-Britz , Protestant Kreuzkirche in Graz / Styria, Princely Court Theater Detmold, Protestant community hall in Neunkirchen (Saar) as well as in competitions for the construction of town halls, churches, town halls, hospitals, parish and community halls, administrative buildings and garden towns.
Even before the outbreak of World War I, Friedrich Brinkmann began working as a freelance architect, during which time he built several residential buildings in Berlin-Charlottenburg . He had to interrupt his activity when he was drafted as a soldier in 1915.
From 1919 to 1920 he was unemployed, but during this time he successfully took part in some public competitions, so u. a. for a grammar school in Forst (Lausitz) , a Sparkassengirozentrale in Hanover , a town hall in Erfurt and a district building in Genthin .
In the meantime he had found his place of residence in Berlin-Friedrichshagen . From 1920 to 1924 Friedrich Brinkmann worked in the building department of the Friedrichshagen community, later in the building administration (building management) of the Köpenick district office, where he dealt with design work, execution drawings for new and expansion work for schools, administration and fire department buildings and residential buildings. He worked out drafts of partial development plans, cemetery, sports and parks, checked building applications.
Since he didn't like the job in the building department very much, because it left little room for his own creative architectural ideas, he switched back to self-employment. From 1925 onwards, numerous public buildings and private villas were built. The use of clinker or clinker elements is typical of the facades he designed . Triangular dormer windows , serrated friezes and sculptural elements - often also in triangular form - such as calyx flower vases, medallions, reliefs and figures (buildings for the Köpenicker Bank, schools in Eichwalde and Zeuthen ) characterize his buildings. Thoughts of his home in Lippe found their expression in details (e.g. Lippische Rose Zaun, Bayernallee Berlin-Charlottenburg). He often worked with the sculptor Alfred Kräussel, who was also based in Berlin-Friedrichshagen (e.g. school in Zeuthen).
Friedrich Brinkmann was married to the painter Elfriede Brinkmann-Brose . Friedrich Brinkmann was killed in July 1945 in a satellite camp of the Soviet Buchenwald special camp .
Works (selection)
- 1914/1915 residential buildings in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Bayernallee
- 1925 Extension of the cemetery chapel in Berlin-Friedrichshagen
- 1926 Landhaus Dr. Willmann, Berlin-Friedrichshagen
- 1927 Higher boys and girls school in Eichwalde near Berlin (now Humboldt Gymnasium Eichwalde )
- 1927 Landhaus Borbs, Berlin-Rahnsdorf
- 1927/1928 Two bank buildings for the Köpenicker Bank in Berlin-Baumschulenweg and in Berlin-Kaulsdorf
- 1928/1929 Ev. Parish hall with Luther's hall in Friedrichshagen
- 1932 10-class community school with gym in Zeuthen
- 1933 Landhaus Bernecker, Berlin-Friedrichshagen
- 1934 Landhaus Gloeden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen
- 1935 Entrance to the cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichshagen
- 1935/1936 Business and residential building for Wilhelm Gesellius in Demmin
- 1938 Landhaus Steuer, Berlin-Rahnsdorf
- 1937 Landhaus Dr. Rosenplenter, Berlin-Friedrichshagen
- 1930/1941 172 apartments for the non-profit housing association in Marksburg-, Karl-Egon-, Dorothea- and Rheingoldstraße in Berlin-Karlshorst
The majority of his buildings are now a listed building
Entrance to the residential building Bayernallee, Berlin-Charlottenburg
Landhaus Willmann in Berlin-Friedrichshagen
Higher boys and girls school (Humboldt-Gymnasium) in Eichwalde
View of the facade with sculptural, themed elements at the Humboldt-Gymnasium in Eichwalde
Memorial plaque to the architect Friedrich Brinkmann at the grammar school in Eichwalde
Building for the Köpenicker Bank in Berlin-Baumschulenweg
Building for the Köpenicker Bank in Berlin-Kaulsdorf
Evangelical parish hall with Luther's hall in Berlin-Friedrichshagen
Facade detail at the Protestant parish hall, Berlin-Friedrichshagen
Community school with gym (Paul Dessau Comprehensive School) in Zeuthen
Landhaus Gloeden in Berlin-Friedrichshagen
Entrance portal to the Berlin-Friedrichshagen cemetery
Memorial plaque at the entrance to the Berlin-Friedrichshagen cemetery
Gesellius business and residential building in Demmin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Facade detail on the Gesellius business and residential building in Demmin
Landhaus Steuer in Berlin-Rahnsdorf
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Web links
- Archthek - database on the building and architectural history of the 19th and 20th centuries for the German-speaking area "Historical Architects Register "
- deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de Deutsche Fotothek, europeana collections
- Friedrichshagener Schirm, April 2006 - Time window No. 2 : "The Friedrichshagener Friedhof" - Beate Nündel
- Friedrichshagen specifically - August 2012, p. 10 “Facades of timeless beauty” - Lia Morgenroth
- Berliner Morgenpost February 2, 1999, “The spirit of Paul Dessau in a brick memorial” - Robby Kupfer
- Berliner Morgenpost March 10, 2001, "Builder for Berlin, 90th episode: Friedrich Brinkmann"
- Friedrichshagener Heft No. 15 “Witness of cultural history - The cemetery in Friedrichshagen” - Beate Nündel
- Dehio-Handbuch , 3rd, revised and supplemented edition 2006; 720 pages with 105 newly drawn plans and floor plans, an artist directory
Individual evidence
- ↑ Villa Ahornallee 38
- ↑ Humboldt School Eichwalde
- ↑ Residential and commercial building Baumschulenstrasse 92
- ^ Paul Dessau School Zeuthen
- ↑ House Gloeden
- ↑ Entrance portal Friedrichshagen cemetery
- ↑ Geoportal district of Mecklenburg Lake District. In: geoport-lk-mse.de. January 10, 2018, accessed January 10, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brinkmann, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brinkmann, Friedrich Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German builder and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pivitsheide near Detmold |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1945 |