Hans Heckner

Hans Heckner (born November 24, 1878 in Vötting ; † January 4, 1949 in Aschersleben ; baptismal name: Johann Evangelist Heckner ) was a German architect and town planner .

Life

Hans Heckner was born on November 24th, 1878 in Vötting, Upper Bavaria. From 1899 to 1903 he studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich , a. a. at Carl Hocheder . After graduating as a qualified engineer , he initially worked as an employee for Hocheder on the execution of buildings in Transylvania .

In 1906, on the recommendation of Hocheder, Heckner was given the post of city architect in Aschersleben. Since 1908 he also had a private architecture office. In 1910, his position as town building master was converted into a town building council. Around the same time he was appointed as a member of the German Werkbund (DWB) . In 1914/1915 he did his doctorate on an urban development topic under Theodor Goecke at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg as a doctoral engineer (Dr.-Ing.).

In 1920, Hans Heckner refused an appointment as city planning officer in Essen . From 1923 to 1928 he also acted as publisher of the renowned specialist journal “Der Industriebau”. In 1935 he resigned - officially for health reasons - from the office of the town planning council and from then on worked exclusively as a freelancer. He died on January 4, 1949 in Aschersleben and was buried in the city cemetery.

buildings

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  Houses on Hecknerstrasse in Aschersleben

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  Residential and commercial building at Hecknerstrasse 2 in Aschersleben (right)

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  "Luisenblick" observation pavilion in Stephanspark

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  Portal of the retirement home at the Alte Burg in Aschersleben

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  Extension of the town hall in Aschersleben

• 1903: Bathing establishment in Sibiu (Transylvania) (construction management based on a design by Carl Hocheder)
• 1905–1906: Elementary school in Grossau (Transylvania)
• 1908: Residential building Nienburger Strasse 8 in Bernburg (Saale)
• 1908–1910: Residential and commercial buildings on Hecknerstrasse (previously: Poststrasse) in Aschersleben
• 1910–1911: HC Bestehorn factory building (with three-arched gate and tower) in Aschersleben, Wilhelmstrasse (with engineer Paul Ranft )
• 1910–1912: Aschersleben City Hospital, Eislebener Strasse
• 1912: Machine center of the Aschersleben potash works, Wilslebener Straße or Schmidtmannstraße (?)
• from 1912: Johannishof settlement in Aschersleben
• 1914: Rahmlow & Kressmann department store (Elka department store) in Aschersleben, Markt 18/19
• 1925: House Heynemannstrasse 1 in Aschersleben (for the first hospital director Heynemann)
• 1926: New gate system for the municipal cemetery in Aschersleben
• 1927: Memorial to the fallen in Ermsleben
• 1929: Retirement home at the Alte Burg in Aschersleben, Askanierstraße 40
• 1930: Extension of the district hospital in Ballenstedt
• 1935: Extension of the town hall with Stadtsparkasse in Aschersleben
• 1936: Sparkasse in Köthen (Anhalt)
• 1937: Woltersdorff-Gymnasium in Ballenstedt
• 1938: Stage building as an extension to the “Bestehornhaus” in Aschersleben

literature

• Josef Münzberg, Gerhard Richter, Peter Findeisen (eds.): Architectural Guide GDR, Halle district. VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1977.
• City of Aschersleben, AIV Aschersleben-Staßfurt (ed.): Hans Heckner. City planning officer and architect in Aschersleben. (= Contributions to Architecture , Volume 1.) Verlag Janos Stekovics, Halle (Saale) 1998, ISBN 3-932863-09-7 .
• Mathis Nitzsche, Reinhard Fach: Hans Heckner in Aschersleben. In: Bauwelt , 90th year 1999, issue 30 (from August 6, 1999), pp. 1658–1667.

Web links

Commons : Hans Heckner  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Walter Strutz: Dr. Hans Heckner. (Short biography) at www.qr-erinnerung.de , accessed on March 13, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ Journal of Architecture and Engineering , 60th year 1914, p. 227.
2. ^ Peter Bläsing: Architecture of the Twenties in Germany. A legacy in danger. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein im Taunus 2009, p. 7, p. 30.