Georg Aster

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Georg Aster (full name: Alexander Georg Aster ; born April 23, 1849 in Frauenstein ; † August 20, 1917 in Loschwitz near Dresden ) was a German architect and non-fiction author.

Life

Grave of Georg Aster in the Loschwitz cemetery

Aster studied at the Dresden building trade school and learned from 1870 to 1871 in Hermann Nicolai's studio . In 1874 Aster went on a study trip to Italy . He processed his impressions in the book Architectural Travel Sketches from Italy (1880). A trip to Greece and Dalmatia followed around 1900 .

Aster worked in the Landbauamt in Dresden from 1875 to 1876 and established himself as a freelance architect in Pirna in 1877 . Here he was involved in the renovation of the Pirna town hall in 1879 . In 1881 Aster moved to Gera , where he also worked as a freelance architect until 1891. In 1891 he settled in Loschwitz . He designed his house on Pillnitzer Landstrasse 35 himself. Aster died in Loschwitz in 1917 and was buried in the Loschwitz cemetery in the Hegenbarth family grave (including Josef Hegenbarth ).

Aster published numerous works on architecture theory, including the book Villas and Small Family Houses in the series of Weber's illustrated catechisms in 1894 , the tenth edition of which was already available in 1904. It was continued in family houses for town and country in 1898.

family

On September 19, 1879 he married Camilla Olga, b. Schauer (1860-1940). Their daughter Johanna (1897–1988) married Josef Hegenbarth in 1936 .

Fonts (selection)

  • 1880: Architectural travel sketches from Italy
  • 1882: 1193–1544: from the Mildenfurth monastery in the past
  • 1887: Gera's business in old and new times
  • 1890: drafts for the construction of cheap houses for workers and small families with details of the construction costs
  • 1894: villas and small family houses
  • 1898: family houses for town and country
  • 1900: The single-family house
  • 1902: Monuments of the city of Pirna from the 15th to 17th centuries century
  • 1902: Alt-Pirna: 12 pictorial motifs

literature

  • Bernhard Sterra et al .: Dresden and its architects. Currents and tendencies 1900–1970 . Verlag der Kunst Dresden, Husum 2011, p. 160.
personal data
SURNAME Aster, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aster, Alexander Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Frauenstein
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1917
Place of death Loschwitz