Gustav Emil Prüfer
Gustav Emil Prüfer (* 1805 in Eulam bei Landsberg ; † 1861 ibid.) Was a German architect and university professor .
Life
Prüfer began in 1821 as a trainee with Kloht in Zehden in the survey of the Oder. At the end of 1821 he went to Berlin to study at the Bauakademie , where he took the surveyor's examination in 1823 . He worked as a surveyor until 1823, then attended the building academy again from 1829 to 1831 and graduated with the building foreman examination. This was followed by practical activities in the Potsdam administrative region , including at the Havel Bridge (1831), the Griebnitz Bridge (1836) and in Glienicke. In 1837 he passed the master builder exam and worked until 1849 as a land, water and road construction inspector in the Potsdam administrative district, including in Oranienburg and Spandau . His buildings included various road structures in the area around Potsdam, Elbe regulations near Wittenberge , as well as bridge and lock structures in Potsdam and Rüdersdorf .
In January 1849 he moved to the Ministry of Commerce and Public Works as a master builder. From 1849 to 1857 he taught hydraulic engineering and road construction at the building academy . Prüfer became a member of the Berlin Architects' Association in 1850 and a building inspector of the Ministerial Building Commission in 1851. In 1855 he was appointed building officer. In 1857 he went to the government in Stettin as a government and building officer . In 1861, shortly before his death, he was retired.
buildings
- 1841/42: Church in Petzow (based on a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel )
- 1843–1849: Dome of the Nikolaikirche in Potsdam (together with Ludwig Persius and August Stüler , based on a design by Schinkel)
- 1845–1849: Reconstruction of the Barberini Palace in Potsdam (together with Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse , based on a design by Persius)
- 1849–1851: Headquarters of the Staatsdruckerei in Berlin, Oranienstrasse 92–94 (today Bundesdruckerei, Building 1)
- 1857: Secondary school in Berlin (construction management Adolf Lohse )
literature
- Uwe Kieling: Berlin building officials and state architects in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1986, p. 71 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustav Emil Prüfer. In: Catalogus Professorum. TU Berlin, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List , accessed on May 30, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Examiner, Gustav Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Examiner, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eulam |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1861 |
| Place of death | Eulam |