Georg Metzler (architect)

Georg Metzler (born November 13, 1868 in Wörrstadt ; † November 24, 1948 in Wiesbaden ; full name: Georg Wilhelm Metzler ) was a German architect and construction clerk who had worked in Worms since 1899 and was mayor there from 1915 to 1933 .

Life

Metzler was born in Wörrstadt, Rhineland-Hesse , in 1868 , attended the Realgymnasium in Mainz and graduated from high school in 1887 . This was followed by a degree in structural engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt , where he passed the first state examination "with distinction". As part of his legal clerkship , Metzler worked for various state building authorities until he passed the second state examination in 1896. As a government master builder ( assessor in the public building administration), Metzler worked in Darmstadt , Friedberg , Bad Nauheim and Alsfeld , among others , most recently with the rank of district building inspector .

From Alsfeld, he applied for the position of master builder in Worms, where he was hired as the successor to the architect Karl Hofmann on October 1, 1899 and he was soon certified as having profound technical knowledge.

Metzler married Emma Luise Michaelis from Frankfurt am Main in 1901 , the marriage remained childless.

An attempt to poach him on the part of the city of Homburg vor der Höhe resulted in the city of Worms appointing him or electing him as city building officer in 1909 , which was associated with an increase in salary. He took over the function of a construction department heads or an Assistant Secretary and officially became the 1915 mayor appointed. Metzler exercised his offices until he did not run for re-election in 1933 after two twelve-year terms and was retired on June 1 . He moved to Wiesbaden with his wife, where he died on November 24, 1948.

Working in Worms

Nibelungen School in Worms

Bürstadt waterworks

Electricity plant in Worms

Metzler's activity in Worms can be roughly divided into three sections. On the one hand, he completed and implemented the planning and construction projects that his predecessor Karl Hofmann had begun, including the restoration of the historic inner city wall in 1907, with the Andreastor openings in the south and the Raschitor in the north. This was followed by the completion of the municipal port authority , the Westendschule , the Martin gate , the main cemetery and the mourning hall of the new Jewish cemetery .

On the other hand, there are the completely new buildings and facilities planned by Metzler, such as the Bürstadt waterworks , the "Hoher Darsberg" school home built for the Worms students in Neckarsteinach , the eastern extension of the Nibelung School , the municipal slaughterhouse , the Sparkasse im today's Adenauerring (then Moltkeanlage ), the power station and the Eleonoren-Gymnasium .

Furthermore, Metzler was involved in the urban planning, in the course of which the old, angled, narrow streets should be adapted to the modern traffic needs (especially motor traffic). His ideas were based on the basic ideas of the Austrian city planner Camillo Sitte , according to which generously curved streets were to be favored.

Despite his extensive and important work for the city of Worms, no monument was erected for him, and no street, square or building was named after him.

Others

Metzler gave the funeral speech for his friend, Heinrich Köhler, Mayor of Worms, who died in Mainz on June 2, 1924 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Gerold Bönnen (ed.): History of the city of Worms . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3158-8 , pp. 527 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gerold Bönnen (ed.): History of the city of Worms . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3158-8 , pp. 536 f .
↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 17, 1897, No. 16 (from April 17, 1897), p. 173. (Note due to appointment as district building inspector in the section “Official communications”)
^ Fritz Reuter: Karl Hofmann and "the new Worms". Urban development and municipal construction 1882–1918. (= Sources and research on Hessian history , Volume 91.) Darmstadt / Marburg (Lahn) 1993, ISBN 3-88443-180-3 .
↑ Groundwater works in the Bürstadt Forest. In: rhein-neckar-industriekultur.de. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
^ Karl Hofmann (1856–1933). In: worms.de. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
↑ Gerold Bönnen (ed.): History of the city of Worms . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3158-8 , pp. 518 .

personal data
SURNAME	Metzler, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Metzler, Georg Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect, construction officer and mayor in Worms
DATE OF BIRTH	November 13, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wörrstadt
DATE OF DEATH	November 24, 1948
Place of death	Wiesbaden

[gs527-1] Gerold Bönnen (ed.): History of the city of Worms . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3158-8 , pp. 527 .

[gs536-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gerold Bönnen (ed.): History of the city of Worms . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3158-8 , pp. 536 f .

[3] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 17, 1897, No. 16 (from April 17, 1897), p. 173. (Note due to appointment as district building inspector in the section “Official communications”)

[4] Fritz Reuter: Karl Hofmann and "the new Worms". Urban development and municipal construction 1882–1918. (= Sources and research on Hessian history , Volume 91.) Darmstadt / Marburg (Lahn) 1993, ISBN 3-88443-180-3 .

[5] Groundwater works in the Bürstadt Forest. In: rhein-neckar-industriekultur.de. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .

[6] Karl Hofmann (1856–1933). In: worms.de. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .

[7] Gerold Bönnen (ed.): History of the city of Worms . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3158-8 , pp. 518 .