Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Dögel
Otto Dögel (born April 15, 1855 in Brandis , † March 9, 1891 in Coswig (Saxony) ; full name Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Dögel ) was a German architect . He was best known for the building of the American Church in Dresden .
Life
Little is known about Dögel's life. After studying at the building trade school in Leipzig , he worked as a draftsman in London and Brussels . Then he was the construction manager of a castle on the Rhine and then worked in Edwin Oppler's architectural office in Hanover .
From 1875 to 1880 he studied at the Hanover Polytechnic , where he was a student of Conrad Wilhelm Hase . From 1880 he worked in the architectural office of Gustav Ebe and Julius Benda in Berlin, and in 1882 he started his own business as an architect in Dresden. Due to a serious illness, he was a permanent patient of the mental hospital in Coswig from 1889, where he died and was buried in 1891.
Buildings and designs
- 1883–1884: American Church of St. John with rectory in Dresden, Südvorstadt , Reichsstraße 5 (today: Fritz-Löffler-Straße, destroyed, property not rebuilt)
- 1888–1890: Restoration of the Marienkirche in Pirna (completed by Theodor Quentin )
Web links
- Otto Dögel in the database architects and artists with direct reference to Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dögel, Friedrich Wilhelm Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dögel, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brandis |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1891 |
| Place of death | Coswig (Saxony) |