Gustav Kraemer (architect)

Gustav Kraemer

Gustav Kraemer (born November 18, 1828 in Berlin , † January 16, 1890 in Essen ) was a German architect , government master builder and head of Krupp's construction office.

Live and act

The Krupp family business , which expanded rapidly in the 19th century and became Friedrich Krupp AG in 1903 , has now merged into Thyssenkrupp .

Gustav Kraemer became head of the Krupp construction office on February 15, 1863, and thus successor to Ferdinand Barchewitz, who had been in charge since the construction office was founded in 1861 . Barchewitz, who last built the Masters' Houses as the beginning of the Krupp house building, was now under Gustav Kraemer. The renovation of the Klosterbuschhof, Alfred Krupp's first residence in the area of ​​the later Villa Hügel , was managed by Kraemer. From the beginning until 1871 Kraemer was the leading builder of Villa Hügel. This was followed by the establishment of his own construction office, Hügel, which from February 1871 was under the direction of Julius Rasch . Kraemer was thus relieved of his work as a lead builder.

Kraemer remained head of the works construction office until his death. Under his leadership, Krupp's residential construction developed with the workers' colonies of Old and New Westend , Nordhof , Baumhof , Schederhof and Kronenberg . The second construction phase of the Baumhof colony began in 1890, making it Kraemer's last work. His successor was Robert Schmohl , who continued the housing construction on a new scale under Friedrich Alfred Krupp .

Literature and Sources

• Historical archive Krupp : personal files
• Tilmann Buddensieg (ed.): Villa Hügel: The Krupp house in Essen . Siedler, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-88680-102-0 .
• ThyssenKrupp Wohnimmobilien GmbH [Essen] (Ed.): Krupp Housing in the Ruhr Area; 1861-1999; Chronicle . Essen 2001.