Georg Richter (architect)

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Georg Richter (born July 22, 1859 in Nuremberg ; † December 28, 1931 there ) was a German architect , according to whose plans various buildings were built in Nuremberg at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

style

Richter built both in the forms of historicism and neo-Gothic using baroque elements as well as art nouveau . His work identifies him as a representative of the Nuremberg style .

Buildings in Nuremberg

  • 1890/1891: Hotel Maximilian, Lorenzerstraße 31, at the Marientor, which was laid down in 1890 .
  • 1893/1896: Hotel Roter Hahn, Königstraße 44/46 (destroyed in World War II).
  • 1904: Villa Virchowstrasse 34.
  • 1912: Factory of the United Margarine-Werke Nürnberg (Resi-Margarinewerke), Klingenhofstrasse 52 ff.

literature

  • Norbert Götz: Historicism, Art Nouveau and the Nuremberg cityscape. To the continuity of a conflict. In: Peter Behrens and Nuremberg. (Exhibition catalog of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum ) Prestel, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-7913-0527-1 .
  • Norbert Götz: About neo-Gothic and Nuremberg style. Studies on the problem of artistic reception of the past in Nuremberg in the 19th century. (= Nürnberger Forschungen , Volume 23.) Association for the History of the City of Nuremberg , Nuremberg 1981, ISBN 3-87191-068-6 , pages 220-224.
  • Knud Willenberg: Building Blocks for a History of Art Nouveau Architecture in Nuremberg. In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg , Volume 75 (1988), pp. 175–177.

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personal data
SURNAME Judge, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1931
Place of death Nuremberg