Friedrich Zirkler

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Friedrich Zirkler (born May 25, 1827 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld , † February 2, 1909 there ) was a German photographer. He is considered the "[...] most striking photographer of life in the Upper Harz around 1900" and the protagonist of mine photography.

Life

Forester with ax, wheelbarrow and wooden blocks in front of a ladder;
arranged studio recording by Zirkler
Oberbergrat, mining assessor, engineer, mining scientist and professor of mining studies Gustav Köhler ;
Album print in cabinet format by Friedrich Zirkler, Clausthal-Zellerfeld , around 1893; from the archive of the German Mining Museum (DBM) - Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources

Friedrich Zirkler was born at the time of the Kingdom of Hanover as the son of a Untersteigers from Zellerfeld . After initially working as a punch worker in the Upper Harz mining industry, he soon rose to become Oberschlämmer .

From 1857 Friedrich Zirkler was the owner of a “photography studio ” in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, parallel to his miner work ; initially on the Hoher Weg street in Zellerfeld, then from 1863 in the Clausthaler Marktviertel am Zellbach .

In 1863, Zirkler married Emilie , nee Rose , who first gave birth to their son Heinrich (* 1864), who became a senior miner, and William (1869–1928), who continued his father's work as a photographer. Only after the birth of his two sons did Friedrich Zirkler work full-time as a photographer from 1870.

According to a lapel of one of the cardboard supports of his photographs, partly from Fried's lithographic establishment . Hundt & Hamburg , Zirkler's works were awarded at exhibitions in Berlin in 1889 and in Chicago in 1893 .

literature

  • Berthold Ansohn: Protagonists of mine photography in the Upper Harz around 1900 . In: Photographing in the mine around 1900: Mine photography in the Upper Harz 1890 - 1910 ; Catalog for the exhibition Photographing in the mine around 1900 - mine photography in the Upper Harz 1890 - 1910 from November 6, 1998 to April 7, 1999, publisher: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein, 1998 .
  • Berthold Ansohn: For example, Zirkler . In: The attacker: Bulletin of the Upper Harz History and Museum Association , Clausthal-Zellerfeld, 1998

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Zirkler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Danuta Thiel-Melerski: Friedrich Zirkler in the “Lexicon of Photographers” on fotorevers.eu

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d o.V. : Zirkler, Friedrich in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library , edited on September 17, 2012, last accessed on December 9, 2016
  2. ↑ Berthold Ansohn: Protagonists of mine photography in the Upper Harz around 1900 , in: Photographing in the mine around 1900: Mine photography in the Upper Harz 1890 - 1910 ; Catalog for the exhibition Photographing in the mine around 1900 - mine photography in the Upper Harz 1890 - 1910 from November 6, 1998 to April 7, 1999, publisher: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein, 1998
  3. ^ Danuta Thiel-Melerski: Friedrich Zirkler in the "Lexicon of Photographers" on the fotorevers.eu page
personal data
SURNAME Zirkler, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Clausthal-Zellerfeld
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1909
Place of death Clausthal-Zellerfeld