Hans Mehrtens

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Johannes Friedrich Wilhelm Mertens (born December 5, 1892 in Schwelm ; † 1976 in Aachen ) was a German architect and university professor . He was one of the leading architects in the Rhineland .

Life

Mehrtens completed his architecture studies at the Technical University of Stuttgart in 1921 with a diploma. He then worked for Paul Bonatz and Adolf Abel , who were both teaching in Stuttgart at the time and who had a major impact on the Stuttgart school . He then worked for the Upper Silesian Housing and Settlement Welfare Service Opole and the planning department of the Bochumer Verein . From 1925 to 1935, Mehrten was the city planner in Cologne . From 1930 he was the head of the Cologne Building Department.

In 1935, Mehrtens, who had previously joined the NSDAP , was appointed full professor to the chair for structural and industrial design at RWTH Aachen University, which he held until his retirement in 1961 and was provisional head until 1964. From 1940 to 1942 Mehrtens, who in the meantime had been designated as the “trusted architect ” of the NSDAP and was involved in the National Socialist German Lecturer Association, was head of the building design working group in the Cologne / Aachen district . During this time, his expertise in the construction of war-related structures such as the planning of an armaments factory for the air force near Danzig or for the tank production of Deutsche Edelstahlwerke AG in Krefeld was used. In addition, from 1943 Mehrtens belonged together with Hermann Proetel , Robert Hans Wentzel , Peter Mennicken and Robert Roessing to the Working Group for Spatial Planning under Hermann Roloff , which, on behalf of the secret organization Mittelstelle für Heimatschutz, gave the possibility of expanding the responsibilities of the university to those still occupied Western neighboring countries should organize. In the last years of the war he was appointed dean by his incumbent rector, Hans Ehrenberg . From 1944 he was responsible for the reconstruction planning of Aachen on the task force for the reconstruction of bombed-out cities .

After the war, Mehrtens became director of the Institute for School Construction at RWTH Aachen University in 1957. He was succeeded by Fritz Eller in 1962 .

Buildings (selection)

Cologne-Butzweilerhof Airport (1936)
Düren City Hall (1955)
  • 1927: Garbage recycling plant in Cologne-Niehl
  • 1930–1932: School at Blücherpark in Cologne
  • 1935–1936: Cologne-Butzweilerhof Airport (reception building under monument protection)
  • 1936–1939: Rheinstrand settlement in Karlsruhe
  • 1937–1938: Sports stadium, so-called “Edelstahl-Kampfbahn”, for Deutsche Edelstahlwerke AG in Krefeld
  • before 1939: Beringshof restaurant
  • before 1939: Hall expansion, laundry rooms, material testing institute and water tower for Deutsche Edelstahlwerke AG
  • 1938–1940: Small settlement Am Uehling in Ehringhausen near Remscheid
  • before 1939: Single-family house Dr. Sch. in Krefeld
  • before 1939: OB single-family house in Krefeld
  • before 1939: two-family house in Krefeld
  • before 1943: administrative wing of a special industrial company
  • before 1943: Factory in Bergisch
  • 1949–1950: Reconstruction of the grammar school in Schleiden
  • 1951–1953: Student village at RWTH Aachen
  • 1952: District building (now the New Town Hall) on the Schwanenteich in Jülich
  • before 1954: Chemical institutes of the TH Aachen
  • before 1954: Zipper factory for William Prym GmbH & Co. KG in Aachen
  • before 1955: House Sch. in Düren
  • 1955: City hall in Düren , Bismarckstraße 15
  • 1957: City hall in Erkelenz
  • 1960–1962: Sports hall and institute for physical exercise in Aachen

literature

  • Moritz Wild: The architect Hans Mehrtens at RWTH Aachen. From industrial construction to the institute for school construction. In: Zeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsverein 119/120 (2017/2018), pp. 385–401.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Ulrich Kalkmann: The Technical University of Aachen in the Third Reich (1933-1945). Aachen 2003, ISBN 3-86130-181-4 limited preview on Google Books .
  2. ↑ Der Baumeister 7/1930, Callwey, Munich
  3. ^ History of the Rheinstrandsiedlung
  4. ↑ a b c d Der Baumeister 12/1939, Callwey, Munich
  5. ↑ a b c d e Der Baumeister 4/1943, Callwey, Munich
  6. ↑ The history of our school ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gymnasium-schleiden.de
  7. ↑ http://www.dorf.rwth-aachen.de/dorf/
  8. ↑ Entry in the architecture database NRW
  9. ↑ Entry in the architecture database NRW
  10. ↑ Entry in the architecture database NRW
  11. ↑ Monuments in the city of Düren No. 1-113
  12. ^ Hans Mehrtens: City Hall in Düren . In: Dr. Rudolf Pfister (Ed.): Builder. Magazine for building culture and building technology . December 1956, no. 12 . Callwey, Munich, p. 862-868 .
  13. ↑ Entry in the architecture database NRW
personal data
SURNAME Mostly, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mertens, Johannes Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwelm
DATE OF DEATH 1976
Place of death Aachen