Georg Friedrich Christian Bürklein

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Friedrich Bürklein, portrait

Georg Friedrich Christian Bürklein (born March 30, 1813 in Burk ; † December 4, 1872 in Werneck ; mostly just: Friedrich Bürklein ) was a German architect , Bavarian construction clerk and student of Friedrich von Gärtner . His brother was the architect Eduard Bürklein .

Life

Fürth town hall (1840–1850)
Main front of the main train station in Munich in a south-westerly direction, 1870
Grave of Friedrich Bürklein in the old southern cemetery in Munich

Bürklein first attracted attention from 1840 with the construction of the Fürth town hall. The old town hall with a 55 m high tower was built in the Italian style until 1850. The tower is an adapted imitation of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence and is considered a symbol of the city.

The new building of Munich Central Station from 1847–1849 and its daring steel construction made it famous. In his work, other station buildings followed, e.g. B. Pasing (1847-1848), Augsburg (renovation), Bamberg , Ansbach , Neu-Ulm , Hof (old train station) , Nördlingen , Rosenheim , Würzburg , Nuremberg and Bad Kissingen .

After his appointment as royal building officer (1852) he became - like Leo von Klenze and his teacher Friedrich von Gärtner - a representative of state building in Bavaria. One of his largest construction projects was the urban development project on Munich's Maximilianstrasse with all of its large buildings and private houses. Bürklein realized in 1851 with the Maximilian Street and on the Isar height picturesquely placed Maximilianeum the neo-Gothic influenced Maximilian style , which for the first time in the new building of Frauengebäranstalt in the sun road , came later Postscheckamt used. The architectural ensemble of Maximilianstrasse, which is very harmonious thanks to Bürklein's facade design, also includes the north facade of the Old Mint , which was newly veneered in 1859, and the building for the government of Upper Bavaria built between 1856 and 1864 . However, this style could not continue to prevail after the death of King Maximilian II . Today, however, the architectural value has been rediscovered and in 2003 the Bürklein façade was modeled on the Maximilianhöfe.

During his lifetime, Bürklein was often harshly criticized in the professional world for its architectural style ("tiled stove style"). He suffered from constant public hostility. Shortly before his death and despite ongoing construction work on the Maximilianeum, the king changed the builder and brought Gottfried Semper to Munich. The sensitive Bürklein died at the age of 59 in the sanatorium Werneck in mental derangement. He is buried in the old southern cemetery in Munich (Grabfeld 13, row 1, place 7 - location ).

In June 2015 the Bavarian State Parliament named the entrance hall of the Maximilianeum after Friedrich Bürklein.

Work (selection)

  • Bad Staffelstein train station

  • Munich-Pasing train station (2008)

  • Boarding hall of the old train station in Hof (preserved)

  • Chemical Laboratory Erlangen (1895)

  • Maximilianeum (historical postcard)

literature

Movie

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Bürklein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data from: Oswald Hederer:  Bürklein, Georg Christian Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 1 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Hans Kratzer: The Unknown Architect. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 131 of June 11, 2015, p. 39.
personal data
SURNAME Bürklein, Georg Friedrich Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bürklein, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and Bavarian construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Burk
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1872
Place of death Werneck