Friedrich Engel (master builder)

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Johann Daniel Friedrich Engel (born September 20, 1821 in Danzig ; † May 13, 1890 in Berlin ) was a German architect and journalist .

Life

Friedrich Engel was a son of pilot commander David Engel and his wife Charlotte Friederike geb. Domanski. He received a craftsman training in the building trade with a final master's examination. In 1839 he began studying at the Berlin Building Academy , which he completed with a master builder examination as a private builder. He worked in the office of city planning officer Friedrich Wilhelm Langerhans and as a private master builder in Berlin. In 1846 he went to Wriezen / Oder as a private master builder. Through his acquaintance with Albrecht Philipp Thaer , a grandson of Albrecht Thaer , he turned to agricultural construction. From 1852 to 1856 he went on study trips to England, France and Belgium. From 1857 until its dissolution in 1881 he was a lecturer at the Agricultural Academy in Proskau / Upper Silesia and then took up residence in Berlin, where he mainly devoted himself to adding to and revising his works.

Publications

  • The Kalksandpisébau (lime sand ramming construction), 1851
  • Handbook of Agricultural Construction , 1852 (11th edition 1923, edited by L. Noack)
  • numerous other specialist books and magazine articles

literature

  • Uwe Kieling: Berlin private architect and master railroad builder in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1988, p. 19 .

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personal data
SURNAME Engel, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engel, Johann Daniel Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1890
Place of death Berlin