Friedrich Carl Heimann
Friedrich Carl Heimann (born February 14, 1850 in Cologne ; † November 8, 1921 there ) was a German architect and construction clerk , from 1890 he was head of the Cologne Building Department. Heimann was a founding member of the Cologne historical association and from 1913 until his death in 1921, the first city conservation curator of Cologne. His grave is in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hall 73a).
family
Friedrich Carl Heimann was a great-grandson of the Cologne merchant Friedrich Carl Heimann, who was born in Eichenhof near Waldbröl in 1757 and died in Cologne in 1835. He converted to the Catholic faith in Cologne and then married in 1779 into the respected Martini family. In 1783 he was granted citizenship in Cologne and was elected to the council in 1792 as a member of the guild of dressmakers . The family ran a freight forwarding company , traded in colonial goods and wine , but also dealt with the manufacture of gunpowder
From the following generation, Johann Philipp Heimann married into the Farina family and became a partner in the Cologne-based Eau de Cologne manufacturer. Friedrich Carl Heimann, born in 1850, came from this branch of the family.
Professional background
After training in construction, Heimann attended the Berlin Building Academy from 1869 to 1873 and left it as a government building supervisor ( trainee lawyer in the public building administration). Five years later Heimann entered the civil service after completing his second state examination and held the title of government master builder as assessor . Heimann initially worked in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Public Works in Berlin and then moved to the railway administration in Magdeburg in 1881 . From 1885 he was appointed royal building inspector in Hildesheim , where he was able to gain initial experience in the field of practical monument preservation . In 1890 Heimann moved to the Rhineland and became head of the building authority in the city of Cologne , so that he subsequently influenced Cologne's urban development .
Carl Friedrich Heimann's duties in Cologne were diverse. He organized the restoration of historic urban buildings and advised on private architectural monuments . Heimann became a pioneer of a new type of documentation by using photography as an aid for this purpose. In 1895 the Royal Institute of British Architects in London appointed him a corresponding honorary member, and in 1898 Heimann was awarded the honorary title of (Royal) Building Councilor .
plant
City archive around 1897
Stephan Lochner Primary School
Hansa High School
Friedrich Carl Heimann played a key role in the construction and restoration of many buildings in Cologne.
- 1897: former city archive at Gereonshof
- 1897–1899: Construction of a representative school building in Lochnerstrasse on Rathenauplatz ( Stephan Lochner School )
- 1900–1901: Reconstruction of the historic stacking house at the Frankenwerft
- 1898–1899: Construction of the Hansa-Gymnasium at Hansaring
Heimann's work at the Melaten cemetery , the north and south cemetery , the Gürzenich , the Cäcilienkloster and the Dreikönigenpförtchen as well as the Ursulakloster are listed.
Commemoration
As part of its activities for the architectural heritage of Cologne, the memory of the well-deserved Cologne architect Friedrich Carl Heimann is preserved by the “Friedrich Carl Heimann Society - Association of Patrons of Historical Monuments in the City of Cologne eV”. Some of his buildings have also been preserved in the city despite the destruction of the Second World War .
literature
- School through the ages. Lochnerstrasse School 1899-1974. (Festschrift of the Lochnerstraße school on the 75th anniversary)
- Ulrich S. Soénius (Hrsg.), Jürgen Wilhelm (Hrsg.): Kölner Personen-Lexikon. Greven, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0 , p. 226.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Kellenbenz: Heimann, Johann Friedrich Carl . In: New German Biography . tape 8 . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969 ( online version [accessed May 17, 2020]).
- ↑ Kölner Personenlexikon , p. 226
- ^ According to Friedrich Carl Heimann Gesellschaft , accessed April 20, 2010
- ↑ Festschrift of the Lochnerstrasse school
- ^ According to Friedrich Carl Heimann Gesellschaft , accessed April 20, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heimann, Friedrich Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect, construction officer and preservationist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1921 |
| Place of death | Cologne |