Gottlieb Christian Eberhard von Etzel
Gottlieb Christian Eberhard von Etzel (born December 15, 1784 in Stuttgart ; † November 30, 1840 there ) was a city planner in his hometown of Stuttgart as the royal Württemberg senior building officer. Etzel was buried in the Hoppenlaufriedhof in Stuttgart .
His grandfather was Johann Leonhard Etzel , Stuttgart carpenter and master craftsman, died in 1774. In 1758 he built the roof of the New Palace in Stuttgart.
His uncle was Johann Christian Adam Etzel , master carpenter (1743-1801), agricultural controller, from 1794 agricultural master for the buildings of the church council. In addition to wide-span roof structures over wide church rooms ( Stadtkirche Göppingen ), it was known for wooden bridges over rivers, which with the innovative technology of suspension and trussing combination - as in 1778 at Plochingen over the Neckar - had a span of up to 70 meters without supports. He was called the "wooden Etzel". Christian A. Etzel belonged with the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) and the Swiss brothers (1707–1783) Johann and Hans Ulrich Grubenmann to the elite of European bridge builders of their time.
His father was Johann Eberhard Etzel (1745–1792), also a (stone) bridge builder, therefore called "the stone Etzel".
Christian Eberhard Etzel's son, Karl Etzel (1812–1865), railway engineer and architect, created numerous well-known railway lines in southern Germany and Austria, for example the Geislinger Steige and the Bietigheimer Enzviadukt.
Known objects
- From 1811 to 1812 he built villas for the Rauch and Mertz families in Heilbronn
- From 1826 to 1831 Oberbaurat Etzel was known as the planner of the Neue Weinsteige in Stuttgart, a wide panoramic road from Schlossplatz to Degerloch on the Fildern , on which a memorial by Johann Wilhelm Braun was later erected for him.
- 1838 - Construction of the Wilhelmsbrücke , the first stone bridge over the Neckar in Cannstatt , it was replaced by today's steel bridge in the course of the Neckar regulation in 1931.
In Stuttgart, Etzelstrasse, near the Bopser , was named after him.
Honors
In 1838 Etzel was awarded the commentary cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , which was associated with the personal nobility.
literature
- EJ Zeller: Stuttgart's private building from 1806 to 1844. In a selection given by master builder EJ Zeller. Stuttgart 1845–1846, first issue, plates 11–12.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts ; ed. by SG Verl and JG Gruber, Volume 13, Leipzig 1824, p. 160 (article "Bridges # Wooden Bridges": "Of all peoples, however, the Germans have advanced the building of wooden bridges the most" - The following is a list of outstanding bridge structures in Europe with builder names and details)
- ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Manual 1839. P. 30.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Etzel, Gottlieb Christian Eberhard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Urban planner and senior building officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1840 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |