Bretschneider & Krügner

Bretschneider & Krügner was a factory for the manufacture of iron structures . The company founded by Gustav Alois Bretschneider and Richard Krügner on November 1st, 1880 in Berlin-Pankow specialized in the construction of steel domes and steel roof structures. In addition, the company participated in innovative process engineering developments by setting up and operating test facilities. The company's work was regularly featured in contemporary specialist publications.

Company projects

• Execution of the construction of the iron dome of the dome building for the photographic recording of the sky map near Potsdam in 1890
• Execution of the iron work of the German House at the 1893 World Exhibition in Chicago
• Establishment and operation of a test facility for pulverized coal combustion based on the Wilhelm Ruhl method around 1895
• Iron work of the New House of Representatives in Berlin from 1899
• Erection of the iron structures of the skylights, platforms and track systems of the studio building of the sculptor Otto Lessing in the Grunewald colony from 1899
• Participation in the construction of the large refractor on the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam, which was put into operation by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1899 after four years of construction.
• Erection of the 68 m high, iron-made tower of the German House of the Paris World Exhibition in 1900
• Erection of the iron structures of the roof of the new building of the Meridiankreishaus for the observatory of the University of Kiel in 1903

Company founder

Gustav Alois Bretschneider as a student in the winter semester 1871/72

Richard Krügner as a student around 1872

Gustav Alois Bretschneider

Gustav Alois Bretschneider (born August 31, 1850 in Trossin in the Torgau district ; † January 20, 1912 in Berlin-Pankow ) studied engineering at the Charlottenburg Business Academy after participating as an active soldier in the Franco-German War , and joined in the winter semester 1871/72 to the Association of Saxons, later the Corps Saxonia-Berlin. After completing his studies and first practical work experience, he founded the factory for iron structures Bretschneider & Krügner together with Richard Krügner at the end of 1880. When Krügner had to retire from the management of the company for health reasons in 1906, he continued to run the factory alone until his death in 1912.

Richard Krügner

Richard Krügner (born May 18 1853 in Salzmünde ; † June 26, 1936 in Berlin-Niederschönhausen ) began after finishing school in Halle (Saale) for the winter semester 1871/72 the study of engineering and bridge engineering at the Technical Academy Charlottenburg and joined in the same semester to the Association of Saxons, later the Corps Saxonia-Berlin. In 1873 he represented the student body of the Charlottenburg Business Academy at the world exhibition in Vienna . After completing his studies, he initially worked in industry in Berlin, Duisburg and in a leading position in Düsseldorf, before he founded the iron construction factory Bretschneider & Krügner together with Gustav Alois Bretschneider at the end of 1880. In 1906 Krügner had to retire from the management of the company due to health problems due to a serious eye condition. Krugner was a reserve officer. In 1893 he was promoted to captain of the Landwehr .

literature

• Richard Krügner † , obituary in Sachsenblatt, Volume 20, Issue 2, July 15, 1936, p. 25
• Carl Weigandt: History of the Corps Saxonia-Berlin to Aachen 1867-1967 , Aachen 1968

Individual evidence

1. ^ The dome building for the photographic recording of the sky map near Potsdam in Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 10, No. 37 (September 13, 1890), p. 389
2. ↑ The "German House" at the world exhibition in Chicago in Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 13, No. 17 (April 29, 1893), pp. 169–172
3. ^ The coal dust firing in the steam boiler house of the Royal Opera House in Berlin in Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 16, No. 6 (February 8, 1896), pp. 59–60
4. ^ The new House of Representatives in Berlin in Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 19, No. 13 (February 18, 1899), pp. 73–74
5. ↑ Berliner Architekturwelt, Volume 2, No. 6 (1900), pp. 203–204 (PDF; 14.1 MB)
6. ^ The inauguration of the new dome building and the large refractor of the astrophysical observatory on the Telegraphenberg near Potsdam in Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 19, No. 69 (September 2, 1899), pp. 423–424
7. ↑ About the German house at the Paris World Exhibition in Berliner Architekturwelt, Volume 2, No. 9 (1900), pp. 341–342 (PDF; 15.3 MB)
8. ^ New construction of a meridian circle house for the observatory of the University of Kiel in Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 23, No. 38 (May 13, 1903), p. 237