Gerd Lichtenhahn

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Gerd Otto Lichtenhahn (born January 15, 1910 in Koblenz ; † August 21, 1964 in Hanover ) was a German architect and member of the Association of German Architects (BDA).

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Gerd Lichtenhahn was born as the son of the architect August Lichtenhahn, who was employed by the city of Essen . Gerd Lichtenhahn studied after graduating from high school ( school by the sea on the North Sea island of Juist ) architecture .

Lichtenhahn lived and worked in Hanover. There he was in an architectural partnership with Ernst Friedrich Brockmann responsible for the construction of the Europahalle built in 1950 and the high-rise luminaire and electrical hall completed in 1958 , all on the Hanover Exhibition Center .

Together with Ernst Brockmann, Lichtenhahn won the architecture competition to build the Grugahalle in Essen, which was completed in 1958. He also had his own office in Essen. His other designs contributed to the expansion of the Gruga for the Federal Garden Show there in 1965 . This included in particular the construction of the Grugabad , which he planned independently and which was opened in 1964. In addition, the Hövel elementary school in Essen- Altenessen was one of his designs .

Essen's Gildenplatz - renamed Kennedyplatz in 1963 in memory of the murdered US President - was redesigned according to plans by Lichtenhahn and designed on its long eastern side with an elongated, terrace-shaped fountain (demolished in 1989). He also designed some residential buildings on Lanterstraße in Essen- Bergerhausen .

Buildings and designs (selection)

  • 1950: Europahalle on the Hanover exhibition grounds (with Ernst Brockmann)
  • 1953: Theater am Aegi (with Hans Klüppelberg )
  • 1953: The Maschsee restaurant in Hanover was approved by the British occupation and then rebuilt and expanded by Lichtenhahn and Hans Klüppelberg
  • 1955: Apartment buildings Riepestrasse 1–8 and Hildesheimer Strasse 220/212 in Hanover (with Hans Klüppelberg)
  • 1955: Business building in the Steintorblock in Hanover (with Hans Klüppelberg)
  • 1956: Administration building of Deutsche Philips GmbH , Volgersweg / corner of Hinüberstraße in Hanover (with Hans Klüppelberg)
  • 1956: Clothes factory Odermark in Goslar (with Ernst Brockmann)
  • 1958 Luminaire high-rise and electrical hall on the Hanover exhibition grounds (with the architects Ernst Brockmann, Ms. Hüper and E. Teerling)
  • 1958: Grugahalle in Essen (with Ernst Brockmann)
  • 1960s: Design of Kennedyplatz in Essen
  • 1964: Grugabad in Essen

Awards

  • In 1954, Gerd Lichtenhahn was honored with the Laves plaque for the construction of the Europahalle , which he built together with Ernst Brockmann in 1950 at the (today's) Hanover Fair .

literature

  • Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 , p. 226 .
  • A lot is being built in Essen. Architect Dipl.-Ing. Gerd Lichtenhahn died , in: Essener Woche , Essen, 1964, issue 35, page 12

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Friedrich Lindau: Hanover. Reconstruction and destruction: the city in dealing with its architectural identity . Schlütersche Verlag, Hannover 2001, ISBN 978-3-87706-659-1 , p. 321 .
  2. ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein , Klaus Mlynek (ed.): Hannover Chronik , passim ; Preview over google books
personal data
SURNAME Lichtenhahn, Gerd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lichtenhahn, Gerd Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1964
Place of death Hanover