Hans Verbeek (architect)

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Hans Verbeek, 1941

Hans Verbeek (born August 5, 1873 in Cologne , † November 24, 1954 in Cologne-Marienburg ; full name: Johannes Peter Victor Hubert Verbeek ) was a German architect , town planner and construction officer . From 1913 he was head of the building construction department and from 1925 to 1933 city ​​curator in Cologne.

Life

"Siebengebirge" storage building in Cologne's Rheinauhafen, 1909/1910
"Jakob Pallenberg's Workers' Home", 1906

As the son of the teacher at the Apostle High School in Cologne (1864–1876) and later director of the teachers' college in Wittlich, Heinrich Hubert Verbeek and his wife Anna Maria, born. Wine rice grew up Hans Verbeek in Wittlich . In Trier he attended the humanistic grammar school . He studied architecture at the Technical University of Aachen (with Karl Henrici ) and at the Technical University of Karlsruhe (with Carl Schäfer ). In 1900 he was awarded the Schinkel Prize for his “design for a technical university in a provincial town” . After passing the state examination and being appointed government master builder for structural engineering (1901), he initially worked briefly in the Prussian civil service, but in 1902 switched to the building construction department of the city of Cologne. In the same year he became a member of the Cologne-based architects and engineers association for Lower Rhine and Westphalia .

In 1913 he took over the management of the Cologne Building Department from Friedrich Carl Heimann . In the period up to 1925, in addition to numerous urban buildings, he designed the large storage building in Cologne's Rheinauhafen , known as the “Siebengebirge” , the Deutz-Kalker-Bad and - together with Balduin Schilling - the ensemble of the Jakob-Pallenberg workers' home in what is now Cologne-Weidenpesch . The exhibition stand in Deutz is also an important work . Many of his buildings were destroyed in the Second World War; a compilation from 1985 shows a total of around 20 buildings.

In 1925 Verbeek asked for his replacement as head of the building construction department for health reasons. He was then transferred to the position of city curator, which had not been filled since the death of Friedrich Carl Heimann in 1921. In addition to his studies of medieval building forms, he mainly worked on Cologne's first directory of monuments, which, in addition to old churches and public buildings, also contained a number of residential buildings for the first time. Also worth mentioning is the concept for the redevelopment of the Martinsviertel in Cologne, developed with his later successor Hans Vogts , of the “preservation of an entire quarter”. Verbeek resigned from office as city curator in 1933 as building director.

Since 1906 Hans Verbeek was with Margareta Sibylla, geb. Carpenter married. The art historian Albert Verbeek (1909–1984) emerged from their marriage .

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buildings

  • Participation in the construction of the prison in Wittlich , 1901
  • House of the city forester and forest tavern at the Gremberger Wäldchen in Cologne-Gremberg , after 1902 (not preserved)
  • Jakob-Pallenberg workers' home in Cologne-Weidenpesch, with Balduin Schilling , planned in 1905, executed in 1907–1912
  • Commercial development agency for the Rhine Province , Ubierring 40 in Cologne, 1906/1907 (not preserved)
  • Expansion of the cemetery chapel on the Melaten cemetery in Cologne , 1908 (not preserved)
  • Elementary school in the Humboldt Colony in Cologne-Humboldt / Gremberg , 1908/1910 (rebuilt after war damage)
  • Mourning hall in the Melaten cemetery, 1909
  • Façade of the Rhine front of Heinrich Auer Mühlenwerke in Cologne-Deutz , 1909 (not preserved)
  • Semi-detached house Greven-Verbeek, Mehlemer Strasse 11/13 in Cologne-Marienburg
  • Facade of the Rhine front of the Ferdinand Leysieffer & Lietzmann mill in Cologne-Deutz, 1909/1910 (not preserved)
  • Port storage facility Rheinhalle 22 , popularly known as “Siebengebirge”, on Agrippinaufer in Cologne-Neustadt-Süd , 1909/1910
  • Sports store above the south bridge in Cologne-Poll , 1910 (not preserved)
  • Road planning Im Dau , Cologne-Altstadt-Süd , 1910
  • Administration building and school Im Dau , Cologne-Altstadt-Süd
  • Renovation of the Im Dau Church , Cologne-Altstadt-Süd, 1910/1911 (not preserved)
  • Fire station Cologne-Deutz , 1911 (rebuilt after massive war damage; demolition planned in 2016)
  • Higher boys' school on Gotenring, Cologne-Deutz, 1912/1913 (not preserved)
  • Hall of the Sonderbund exhibition at Aachener Tor, Cologne-Neustadt-Süd , 1912 (not preserved)
  • Primary school on Gotenring, Cologne-Deutz, 1913/1914 (not preserved)
  • Elementary school, later secondary school in Cologne-Humboldt / Gremberg, 1913/1916 (rebuilt after war damage)
  • Roof structures of the customs building II in Rheinauhafen , before 1914 (not preserved)
  • Kaiser-Wilhelm-Bad (later: Deutz-Kalker Bad , today a hotel), Cologne-Deutz, 1913/1914 (facade changed)
  • Public library of the Vorster Foundation in Cologne-Deutz at the former Deutz-Kalker-Bad, 1913/1914 (exterior changed after considerable war damage; today part of the hotel)
  • Buildings of the Cologne trade fair in Cologne-Deutz, 1922–1924 with Hans Pieper (not preserved)

Fonts

  • The building construction activity in the old and new town from 1888 to 1918. In: Cologne. Structural development 1888–1927. German architecture and industry publisher DARI, Berlin 1927 (Reprint: Cologne 1987, ISBN 3-88375-965-4 , pp. 21–50)
  • Other monument preservation since 1888. In: Cologne. Structural development 1888–1927. German architecture and industry publisher DARI, Berlin 1927 (Reprint: Cologne 1987, ISBN 3-88375-965-4 , pp. 191–207)

literature

  • City Conservator (Ed.): Cologne. 85 years of monument protection and preservation 1912–1997. (= Stadtspuren - Denkmäler in Köln , Volume 9.I.) JP Bachem Verlag , Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7616-1129-3 , p. XI.
  • Wolfram Hagspiel : Cologne. Marienburg. Buildings and architects of a villa suburb. (= Stadtspuren. Monuments in Cologne. Volume 8.) 2 volumes, JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7616-1147-1 , p. 954 f (directory of architects).
  • Volker Osteneck: Buildings by Hans Verbeek (1873–1954). In: Yearbook of the Rheinische Denkmalpflege , Volume 30/31, Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7927-0825-6 , pp. 123-145.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c North Rhine-Westphalia State Archives, Rhineland Civil Status Archives, Civil Status Register, Cologne Regional Court District, Cologne Registry Office, Births, No. 3187/1873.
  2. ↑ a b c North Rhine-Westphalia State Archives, Rhineland civil status archives, civil status registers, Cologne I registry office, deaths, No. 3767/1954.
  3. ^ The apostle high school in Cologne. 75 years in the service of German youth education 1860–1935 . Grossdruckerei Brocker, Cologne 1935, p. 117.
  4. ↑ according to the 1910 membership directory of the Architects and Engineers Association for Lower Rhine and Westphalia
  5. ^ Hiltrud Kier : Preservation of monuments in Cologne 1928 to 1990. In: Werner Baecker , Heribert Hall : Cologne - his buildings 1928-1988. P. 494.
  6. ↑ Volker Osteneck: Buildings by Hans Verbeek (1973–1954). in: Yearbook of the Rheinische Denkmalpflege , Volume 30/31, Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7927-0825-6 , appendix pp. 137-142.

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personal data
SURNAME Verbeek, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Verbeek, Johannes Peter Victor Hubert (= full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, town planner, monument conservator and construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1954
Place of death Cologne-Marienburg