Gustav Messmann
Gustav Messmann also Messmann (born February 20, 1879 in Lage (Lippe) ; † August 25, 1944 there ) was a German architect and politician ( DVP ).
Life
Meßmann was the seventh of ten children of master bricklayer Hermann Heinrich Christoph Meßmann and his wife Friederike Wilhelmine Maria nee Wiedemeyer (1843–1917). The father was the owner of a construction business and a city councilor in Lage.
Messmann attended the rector's school in Lage and then apprenticed to his father. In 1897 he attended the Technikum Strelitz , in the winter semester 1897/98 he enrolled at the Technical University of Hanover , structural engineering department. After the summer semester of 1898 he moved to Berlin. There he worked for Alfred Messel by his own account . In 1899/1900 he was a one-year volunteer in the Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1 . In the winter semester of 1902/1903 he was a listener at the Technical University of Munich .
On September 29, 1903 he was appointed city architect in Lage. This position was an honorary position, he also works as a private architect.
In 1908 he married Helene Hanke (1888–1979), the daughter of the master builder Adolf Hanke from Lage. The couple had two daughters and two sons.
From 1914 to 1918 he was a soldier in World War I and served in Russia and France. - In 1923, after 20 years, he resigned from the office of city architect and Otto Stücker became his successor (now full-time).
politics
As a liberal, he joined the DVP. In 1924 he became a city councilor in Lage, later he was temporarily deputy mayor. In the state elections in Lippe in 1925 , he ran for the DVP for the Lippe state parliament . In 1929 he ran again and was elected to the state parliament. He belonged to the state parliament until 1932 and became vice-president of the state parliament in 1931.
plant
Meßmann was the architect of numerous buildings, mainly residential buildings in the Free State of Lippe. In many cases the houses are built in the homeland security style. The high hipped roof with a clock tower and the hood of the polygonal corner tower of the town hall in Lage was built from 1904 to 1905 according to his plans. In 1897 he built the former Catholic church in Lage (Lippe) . The Schüler'sche Villa he built in Bad Salzuflen in 1925 is a listed building .
literature
- Merret Sievers: Modern building and homeland security - The Lippe architect Gustav Messmann (1879–1944), 1998, ISBN 3-631-33150-9
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Messmann, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Messmann, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and politician of the DVP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Location (lip) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1944 |
| Place of death | Location (lip) |