Georg Hägemann

Georg Hägemann (born January 6, 1844 in Hanover , † September 20, 1892 in Baden-Baden , also: George Hägemann ) was a German architect , member of the Bauhütte zum white sheet and, alongside Ferdinand Wallbrecht, played a key role in the redesign of downtown Hanover.

Career

The Langensalza monument, built according to Hägemann's plans, in the 19th century shortly after a memorial event in Bad Langensalza ; Cabinet size
photo by Bregazzi

After studying at the Polytechnic School in Hanover from 1860–1864, Georg (e) Hägemann first became a teacher at the Holzminden building trade school , then second director of the Hanover Construction Company in Hanover . In this function, he was one of the great redesigners of downtown Hanover from 1879, alongside Wallbrecht.

Work (incomplete)

Hägemann mostly built residential and commercial buildings, often in the neo-Gothic style . Particularly noteworthy are:

• 1866–1868: Langensalza memorial in the cemetery in Bad Langensalza to commemorate the battle of Langensalza
• 1883–1887: Palacio Legislativo (legislature building) in La Plata , Argentina (together with Gustav Heine )
• 1889–1891: Children's hospital in Hanover, Ellernstrasse
• 1891–1894: Administration building for the German Military Insurance Company in Hanover, Rathenaustraße / Landschaftsstraße (together with Wilhelm Hauers , today part of the Deutsche Bank AG building complex )

literature

• Günther Kokkelink , Harold Hammer-Schenk (eds.): Laves and Hannover. Lower Saxony architecture in the 19th century. Hannover 1989, p. 516 and p. 568.
• Günther Kokkelink, Monika Lemke-Kokkelink : Architecture in Northern Germany. Hanover 1998, p. 530 u. ö.
• Helmut Knocke in: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (Eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 247.

Web links

Commons : Georg Hägemann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Georg Hägemann in the database architects and artists with direct reference to Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902) , accessed on February 4, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alheidis von Rohr (arrangement): Langensalza - memorial for the fallen Hanoverians. In: Lower Saxony regional history in the Hanover Historical Museum (= department catalog of the Historical Museum on the Hohen Ufer Hanover , Vol. III), catalog edited by Alheidis von Rohr. With contributions by Waldemar R. Röhrbein and Georg Schnath, Hannover 1985, pp. 245f.