Fritz Drechsler
Fritz Drechsler (born October 24, 1861 in Leipzig ; † October 29, 1922 there ) was a German architect . He is considered to be one of the main representatives of Art Nouveau architecture in Leipzig.
Life
After attending the Leipzig building trade school and the art academy, Fritz Drechsler worked for ten years in the studio of the architect Arwed Roßbach before he designed the Thuringian village as an independent architect for the Saxon-Thuringian industrial and trade exhibition in Leipzig in 1897 and received great recognition from the professional world .
Drechsler was awarded first prize for his competition design under the keyword “Spring” in the competition announced in March 1899 for a new artist's house on today's Nikischplatz . He was commissioned to build what is probably the most interesting Art Nouveau building in Leipzig. The artist's house, which was destroyed in World War II , is today Drechsler's main work.
Up until the First World War , Drechsler created other buildings, predominantly in Art Nouveau style, or he combined elements of historicism with elements of Heimatstil and Art Nouveau, such as in the Schönefeld Town Hall built in 1904–1905 .
He also designed the historical exhibition area "Old Leipzig around 1800" for the International Building Exhibition in 1913 (IBA) , the design of which demonstrated Drechsler's great understanding of traditional architectural values.
The gymnasium built by Drechsler for the 12th German Gymnastics Festival was at 5,000 square meters the largest sports hall in Germany at the time. For the first time in Germany, two halls were built one above the other. The hall, which opened on June 28, 1913, was rebuilt in 1967/1968 by the Leipzig Construction Combine. After extensive renovation and modernization, it was reopened on September 1, 2011.
Drechsler's studio was at Windmühlenstrasse 27.
Buildings in Leipzig (selection)
- 1897: "Thuringian Village" at the Saxon-Thuringian Trade Exhibition in Leipzig 1897 (canceled after the end of the exhibition)
- 1899: Apartment building at Arndtstraße 63 (under monument protection)
- 1899–1900: Künstlerhaus, Nikischplatz 2 (destroyed in 1943)
- 1903–1904: Couple of apartment buildings, Kurt-Eisner-Straße 73/75 (under monument protection)
- 1904–1905: Schönefeld Town Hall, Ossietzkystraße 37
- 1909: Villa Seemann, Wächterstraße 32 (today guest house of the city of Leipzig)
- 1912: Paunsdorf town hall , Theodor-Heuss-Straße 43
- 1913: Historical exhibition area "Old Leipzig around 1800" at the International Building Exhibition 1913 (canceled after the end of the exhibition)
- 1913: Sports hall, Leplaystraße 11 (under monument protection)
Awards
- Silver medal from the Dresden building exhibition in 1900
- Grand Prix of the World Exhibition of St. Louis 1904
- Silver medal of the III. German Applied Arts Exhibition Dresden 1906
- Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Saxon Order of Albrecht
literature
- Wolfgang Hocquél (Ed.): Leipzig. EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-363-00343-9 .
- Wolfgang Hocquél: Leipzig. Architecture from the Romanesque to the present. Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-932900-54-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Drechsler in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wood turner, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1922 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |