Gustav Eberhard (architect)
Gustav Eberhard (born May 5, 1805 in Coburg , † April 23, 1880 in Gotha ) was a German architect and building officer (court building officer) of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
Life
Eberhard was born the son of a construction manager in Coburg and attended high school in Coburg. He prepared himself for his profession as an architect through private studies. He studied in Paris with A. Leclerc in 1824 and made extensive trips to Italy in 1826, where he was accompanied by Reinié-Gretry.
In 1827 he returned to Coburg and had been in the Gothic civil service from 1828. He was significantly involved in the planning of Reinhardsbrunn Castle and in the planning of several representative buildings in the duchy. In 1842 he was appointed building officer. In 1846 he organized the 5th assembly of German architects in Gotha with 120 participants. In 1859 he became a secret councilor .
After falling ill, he retired in 1865 and died 15 years later in Gotha.
The builder and architect Bruno Eberhard (1836–1901) was his son, the astronomer Gustav Eberhard was his grandson and the sinologist and ethnologist Wolfram Eberhard was his great-grandson.
buildings
- 1834: Obelisk on the roundabout near Oberhof
- 1834–1837: Waidmannsheil hunting lodge in Saaldorf
- 1837–1839: Hoftheater Gotha (based on preliminary drafts by Karl Friedrich Schinkel )
- 1837–1838: Villa Madelung in Gotha, Gartenstrasse 31 (demolished in 2007 by the Gotha construction company)
- 1841: Administration building of the Gothaer Feuerversicherungsbank, on the site of today's main post office on Ekhofplatz
- 1843–1845: Bürgeraue 2 barracks, Gotha, today Kaufland branch
- 1844–1846: St. Bonifatius Church in Gierstädt
- 1847–1848: Ducal Marstall , Gotha, Parkallee 1; Headquarters of the Gothaer Life Insurance Bank
- 1849: Reconstruction of Hofjägerhaus (Villa Glenck), Gotha, Mozartstrasse 5
- 1850: New building of the Gothaer Lebensversicherungsbank (Villa Albany) in Gotha, Bahnhofstrasse 2-4
- 1855: Catholic Church of St. Bonifatius in Gotha, Schützenallee 22
- 1856–1859: Gotha observatory , Jägerstraße 7 (in collaboration with Peter Andreas Hansen and Robert Scherzer)
- 1853–1858: Ducal mausoleum in the cemetery on Glockenberg in Coburg , Hinterer Glockenberg 4
Obelisk on the roundabout near Oberhof
Waidmannsheil hunting lodge
New theater in Gotha
former Villa Madelung in Gotha
Ducal Marstall, Parkallee 1
Hofjägerhaus in Gotha
Gotha, Bürgeraue 2
St. Bonifatius Church Gierstedt
Gothaer Insurance Bank (Villa Albany)
New ducal observatory Gotha, Jägerstrasse
Ducal mausoleum in Coburg
Fonts
- The new ducal stables in Gotha. (= Architectural Album , Volume 16.) Riegel, Berlin / Potsdam 1856.
literature
- Mark Escherich: Gustav Eberhard. Architect of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. In: Gothaisches Museums-Jahrbuch , Volume 9 (2006), Jena 2005, pp. 191–198.
- Matthias Wenzel : Leaving indelible traces in the cityscape, builders, artists and architects in Gotha: The Secret Government and Building Councilor Gustav Eberhard (1805-1880) , Thuringian regional newspaper Gotha , November 26th, 2016 [1]
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmut Roob, Günter Scheffler: Gothaer personalities , ISBN 3-932081-37-4 , Thino-Verlag, 2nd edition 2006, p. 36
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eberhard, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and construction officer for the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1880 |
| Place of death | Gotha |