Georg west

Georg Westen (born August 22, 1851 in Dresden , † November 29, 1921 in Godesberg ) was a German architect . He mainly worked in his place of residence, Bad Godesberg, which is now part of Bonn .

Life

West came from Dresden in what was then the Kingdom of Saxony . In 1884 he settled in the then independent municipality of Rüngsdorf as a master builder. 1889 moved west there with his family that built according to their own plans "Wettin" (Rüngsdorfer Road 28), named after the Saxon dynasty of Wettin . He received an important contract in 1892 with the new building of the Rheinhotel Dreesen instead of a previous summer restaurant, which was built in two construction phases in 1893 and 1900. He designed the mausoleums for the Finkelnburg / Wiedemann and Künne families in the castle cemetery . Georg Westen's company was last located at Rüngsdorfer Strasse 53/55. Around 1910/11, it was taken over by Willy Maß , who expanded it beyond the limits of a small business and advanced to a well-known architect in Godesberg.

Since February 24, 1904, Westen was a member of the Bonn Freemason Lodge Friedrich Wilhelm zum Iron Kreuz . His marriage to his wife (1844–1931) resulted in two daughters and their son Fritz (1885–1971), who became an engineer and, among other things, was the author of two articles in the Godesberg homeland sheets .

Work (selection)

Buildings in Bad Godesberg

 Map with all coordinates of the buildings in Bad Godesberg: OSM

construction time	District	address	image	object	measure	Remarks
1886	Rüngsdorf	Basteistraße 81 location		Boarding school building of the Evangelical Pedagogy ("Haus Constantia")	New building (client: Julius Axenfeld )	1912/13 redesign of the facade and roof; Monument protection
1889	Rüngsdorf	Rüngsdorfer Straße 28 location	more pictures	"House Wettin"	New building	Monument protection
1892/1893; 1900	Rüngsdorf	Rheinstrasse 45–49 location	more pictures	Rheinhotel Dreesen	New building (client: Fritz Dreesen)	Comprehensively rebuilt in 1925
1894	Alt-Godesberg	At the castle cemetery		Castle cemetery : Künne mausoleum	New building	later storage shed for the cemetery administration
1894	Alt-Godesberg	At the castle cemetery		Castle cemetery : Mausoleum Finkelnburg / Wiedemann	New building
1897-1898	Rüngsdorf	Friedrichallee 8 location		villa	New building (client: Julius Klein, brewery owner)	until 2001 residence of the ambassador of Mauritania ; Monument protection
1902-1903	Godesberg villa district	Rheinallee 25a location		villa	New building	Monument protection
1902-1903	Rüngsdorf	Basteistraße 31 location		Stable building (Remise) of Villa Deichmann	New building: Execution (client: Otto Deichmann )	Monument protection
1903/1904	Godesberg villa district	Kronprinzenstrasse 31 location	more pictures	Evangelical parish hall	New building: execution	Monument protection
1907	Godesberg villa district	Königsplatz 1 location		Residential buildings	New building	Monument protection
1908	Godesberg-North	Südstrasse		Power station	New building (client: Godesberg municipality)

Web links

Commons : Georg Westen  - Collection of images

References and comments

1. ↑ Fritz West: Memory of Gerhard Rohlfs . In: Godesberger Heimatblätter , Verein für Heimatpflege und Heimatgeschichte Bad Godesberg, issue 34/1996, Bad Godesberg 1996, ISSN  0436-1024 , p. 85/86 (here: p. 86).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Lieselotte Nerlich: "Haus Wettin" in Rüngsdorf renovated in an exemplary manner . In: Godesberger Heimatblätter , Verein für Heimatpflege und Heimatgeschichte Bad Godesberg, Issue 23/1985, Bad Godesberg 1985, ISSN  0436-1024 , p. 242.
3. ^ Horst Heidermann : 100 years of the German Werkbund: Godesberg traces . In: Godesberger Heimatblätter: Annual issue of the Association for Home Care and Home History Bad Godesberg eV , ISSN  0436-1024 , Issue 44/2006, pp. 77–119 (here: p. 90).
4. ^ Alfred Toepel: The Friedrich Wilhelm box to the iron cross in Bonn and its predecessors: Festschrift to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the box . Carl Georgi Verlag, Bonn 1907, pp. 268/269.
5. ↑ Albert Schulte: In memorian Fritz West (1885 to 1971) . In: Godesberger Heimatblätter: Annual issue of the Association for Home Care and Home History Bad Godesberg eV , ISSN  0436-1024 , Issue 9/1971, Association for Home Care and Home History Bad Godesberg , Bad Godesberg 1971, p. 142.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Hans-Peter Schwanke: Mausoleum architecture on the Godesberg castle cemetery . In: Godesberger Heimatblätter: Annual issue of the Association for Home Care and Local History Bad Godesberg , ISSN  0436-1024 , Association for Home Care and Local History Bad Godesberg eV, Issue 22/1984, pp. 148–157.
7. ↑ Rainer Selmann told anecdotes and stories , General-Anzeiger , August 11, 2013
8. ↑ ^{a b} Olga Sonntag : Villas on the banks of the Rhine in Bonn: 1819–1914 , Bouvier Verlag, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-416-02618-7 , Volume 3, Catalog (2), p. 123. (also dissertation University of Bonn, 1994)
9. ^ Association for Homeland Care and Local History Bad Godesberg eV (Ed.); Heinz Fischer: Two walks through the villa district , 2009 ( online )