Frits Uldall
Johannes Frederik (Frits) Christian Uldall (born February 11, 1839 in Fredericia , † February 21, 1921 in Randers ) was a Danish architect and preservationist .
Life
Frits Uldall was the son of the city physician Frederik Adolph Uldall and his wife Elisabeth Johanne Sophie Sick. After graduating from the Sorø Academy in 1856, Frits Uldall became a workshop student at the Polytechnic School. In 1859 he received his journeyman's certificate as a carpenter. At the same time he studied in the years 1857 to 1863 at the architecture school of the art academy . During that period he was a draftsman for Christian Frederik Hansen and Johan Daniel Herholdt for four years. Uldall was a lieutenant in the German-Danish War in 1864.
After the war, Uldall worked from 1865 to 1867 as a draftsman at Peto, Brassey & Betts , the main office for the layout of the railroad for Jutland and Funen. From 1868 he had his own office. He also ran a drawing school for young craftsmen. He was an appraiser for churches and parsonages in various Jutland probsties and from 1871 to 1888 supervisor for churches in North Jutland . He was also a member of the board of the 'Antiquarian Monuments Conservation' ( Antikvariske Mindesmærkers Bevarelse ), including the Royal Old Norse Museum. He was a knight of the Dannebrog Order .
Frits Uldall was very interested in history and made many trips to Jutland and abroad over the years, where he sketched churches and other building details, which he later used as templates for elements in his architectural work. He traveled to Tyrol and Rome 1867-68, Germany and Austria 1878, Sweden 1883, the Rhineland , Holland and Belgium 1886, Stockholm 1896, Germany 1898, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1908, Lübeck 1899 and Germany, Gotland and Stockholm 1910.
The art academy supported him with a grant (1869) to investigate village churches. The Carlsbergfond promoted the investigation of old church bells in Schonen , Halland , Blekinge and Sønderjylland 1886-87 and the Danish state supported it several times thereafter. As a restoration architect, he was shaped by the maxim that every old building should be restored to its original state. The numerous repairs to churches and other buildings were not always based on documented studies. Uldall was also interested in prehistoric archeology and worked for the Danish National Museum with the indication of prehistoric monuments on maps. He also took part in the land-covering descriptions of the Harden .
In 1894 he received the silver medal from the Dutch government for his work Nederlandsche Kerkklokken in Denemarken .
Uldall was a Freemason and, together with Eggert Achen, drew the box building for the Danish Order of Freemasons in Randers .
Uldall married first on June 6, 1866 in Butterup Henriette Sophie Torst (born October 30, 1844 in Løvenborg: † March 10, 1874 in Randers), daughter of the estate manager, judiciary Frederik Christian Torst and Johanne Margrethe Neergaard. The second marriage was on June 1, 1875 in Mejlby with Inger Kirstine Mohnsen (born March 23, 1850 in Kalstrup, † October 19, 1940 in Copenhagen), daughter of the proprietor Mogens Christensen Mohnsen and Else Jensdatter Grosen. He was buried in Randers.
buildings
Newly built churches
- Essenbæk Church (1869)
- Brandstrup Church ved Viborg (1869–70)
- Vorup Kirke, today the chapel of the Johanneskirche near Randers (1876)
- Halling Church (Syddjurs Parish) (1880)
- Vorupør Church at Thisted (1878, demolished and replaced by a new church in 1902 by Claudius August Wiinholt)
- Aså Church, Vendsyssel (1886–87)
- Jerup Church, Vendsyssel (1888–89)
- Struer Church (1890–91)
- Oksby Church at Varde (1891)
- Mosevrå Church at Varde (1891)
- Øster Vrå Church, Vendsyssel (1891).
Remodeling churches
- Langå Church (Randers Parish) (1868)
- Uth Church near Horsens (1869)
- Saint Mortens Church, Randers (1869–70)
- Hørup Church near Viborg (1874)
- Mejlby Church near Randers (1874)
- Øster Velling Church, Randers (1875)
- Øster Tørslev Church, Randers (1876)
- Dall Church, Aalborg (1886)
- Stilling Church near Skanderborg (1889)
- Sjørring Church at Thisted (1890)
- Astrup Church, Hobro (1893)
- Eidrup Church (1894)
- Kristrup Church near Randers (1908)
- Ødum Kirke near Randers (1908)
Reconstruction of apses
- Hillerslev Church at Thisted (1886)
- Skovby Church near Aarhus (1887)
- Bælum Church near Hadsund (1889)
Farm buildings for larger courtyards
- Kokkedal Castle (1870–71)
- Hevringholm near Randers (1877)
- Gammelgaard near Aarhus (1878)
- Mariager Monastery (1878)
- Kabbel at Lemvig (1879)
- Fannerupgaard near Grenå (1881)
- Rydhave (Vinderup) near Holstebro (1884)
Other buildings
- Mortuary chapel at Randers Cemetery (1876)
- R. Færchs factories, Holstebro (1880)
- Consul M. Schous Hof, Struer (1881)
- Brdr. Lerches Kaufmannshof, Randers (1881)
- with Eggert Achen: The Danish Masonic Lodge St. Martin, Søren Møllers Gade 14, Randers (1881)
- Lægården sports school near Holstebro, main building (1882)
- Sæbygård repair (1885)
- The tower on Høgholt (1889)
- Simested at Hobro , the poor house (1891)
- Mortuary Chapel, Vestre Cemetery in Thisted (1896)
- Municipal House in Hobro (1897)
- In addition, many farms and parishes in Jutland
Publications
Uldall has written many articles, primarily on churches, topography and craft techniques.
- Rodding herreds kirker (= Sallinglands kirker 1). Hagerup, Copenhagen 1884.
- Sister bells from the Middle Ages in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and the Kingdom of Denmark . In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Antiquity 70, 1905, pp. 153–178.
- Danmarks middelalderlige Kirkeklokker . Lehmann & Stage, Copenhagen 1906.
literature
- Kirsten Rykind-Eriksen: Frits Uldall , in: Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon , 4th edition, Volume 8, Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1998 ( digitized ).
- Allan Berg Nielsen, Jens Vellev (ed.): Architect Frits Uldall - arkæolog i Jylland . Forlaget Hikuin, Højbjerg 1985, ISBN 87-87270-40-4 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uldall, Frits |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Uldall, Johannes Frederik Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fredericia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1921 |
| Place of death | Randers |