Friedrich Schluckebier the Elder

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Friedrich Schluckebier the Elder (born December 17, 1845 in Basdorf (Vöhl) , † November 29, 1902 in Barmen ) was a German sculptor .

Life

War memorial for the warriors who died in Barmer military hospitals in the 1870/71 campaign in the Protestant Reformed cemetery on Bartholomäusstrasse
The listed burial place of the Mittelsten-Scheid and Lekebusch industrialists' families.

Friedrich Schluckebier founded a stone and sculpture workshop on April 1, 1872 at Heckinghauser Strasse 53 in Barmen. In 1899 the store was located at Lichtenplatzer Straße 20 (which was later renamed Untere Lichtenplatzer Straße 20).

In the General-Anzeiger für Elberfeld-Barmen he advertised his “permanent storage in grave monuments made of sandstone, marble, granite and syenite in various styles and any desired inscription. The cleanest execution and strictly real service. "

After his untimely death, his son Friedrich Schluckebier the Younger took over the business, which he managed until 1954.

Works (selection)

Schluckebier also sold his work beyond the borders of Barmen, for example in the Lieberhausen cemetery ( Bonte Kerk ) near Gummersbach there is a tomb he created for Wilhelm Lamberti, the first teacher in the community who died in 1875.

Other works by Schluckebier are the 1873 war memorial in neo-Gothic style for the warriors of the 1870/71 campaign who died in Barmer military hospitals in the Protestant Reformed cemetery on Bartholomäusstrasse as well as his war memorial from 1880 for the warriors of the 1870/71 Catholic campaign who died in Barmer hospitals Cemetery on Soldauer Strasse (later the therapy garden of the St. Antonius Clinics ), with four sandstone panels.

The tombstone over the common family crypt of Louis Lekebusch , his father-in-law Friedrich Wilhelm Mittelsten Scheid and their wives is still on Wuppertaler Friedhofstrasse.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Meyer-Kahrweg, p. 133.
  2. ↑ General-Anzeiger für Elberfeld-Barmen of April 8, 1899.
  3. ↑ Meyer-Kahrweg, p. 47
  4. ^ Reformed war memorial for soldiers who died in Barmer hospitals during the campaign of 1870/71 In: denkmal-wuppertal.de
  5. ↑ Meyer-Kahrweg, p. 56
  6. ↑ Catholic war memorial for soldiers who died in Barmer hospitals during the war of 1870/71 In: denkmal-wuppertal.de
  7. ↑ Entry in the Wuppertal monument list
  8. ^ Rainer Hendricks: Louis Lekebusch . ( Memento from June 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: barmen-200-jahre.de from February 11, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Schluckebier, Friedrich the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gulp beer, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Basdorf (Vöhl)
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1902
Place of death Barmen