Heinrich August Anton Gerber

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Heinrich August Anton Gerber (born August 23, 1831 in Hanover , † February 28, 1920 in Göttingen ) was a German architect .

Life

From 1847 to 1852 Gerber studied at the Polytechnic School in Hanover with Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902). Then he also worked in his architecture office. Between 1853 and 1857 he worked on the design of the Martinskirche in Linden and was the site manager for the construction of the Hannoversch-Münden train station .

He then spent many years abroad. So he worked u. a. in Paris with the architect Jakob Ignaz Hittorff (1792–1867), where he was involved in the redesign of the Place de la Concorde , but also in Rio de Janeiro and Madrid . In Brazil, as chief engineer of the province of Minas Gerais, he was responsible for the creation of a new provincial map as well as numerous building and civil engineering projects, including the planning of the theater in Ouro Preto .

After his return to Germany, he initially worked for the railroad in Hanover. From 1869 to 1901 he was a construction officer in Göttingen , and in 1898 he became a town planning officer . In addition to his work for the city, he also carried out private planning assignments and assignments from other municipalities in southern Lower Saxony with the approval of the municipal authorities. In addition to building construction projects, Gerber was also involved in urban planning in Göttingen and was responsible for expanding the infrastructure (water supply system, sewage system, network of paths) in the growing city. He retired in 1901 for health reasons.

In 1905, the Göttingen architect and building contractor Wilhelm Frankenberg (1868–1932) built his villa based on Gerber's design at Bühlstrasse 12, on the corner of today's Baurat-Gerber-Strasse. In 1870 he was still living in the villa he had built at Herzberger Landstrasse 3.

Over the years Gerber kept in touch with his teacher Conrad Wilhelm Hase.

Works

School building at Albanikirchhof (1901)

Significant and listed buildings according to Gerber's designs in Göttingen that have survived include:

  • Villa Herzberger Landstrasse 3, approx. 1870
  • Albanian School, 1879
  • Herbart School, Nikolaistraße 1a, 1879
  • Jahnschule, Bürgerstrasse 36/38, 1880
  • Villa Carl Ludwig von Bar , Herzberger Landstrasse 25, 1880
  • Construction of the city ​​cemetery with cemetery chapel, 1881
  • Voigtschule, Bürgerstrasse 15, 1886
  • Corphaus of the Corps Saxonia Göttingen at Theaterplatz 5 (1888)
  • Former Kaiser Wilhelm Realschule, Lotzestraße 16/18, 1892
  • Bismarck Tower , 1892–96
  • Corp building of the Corps Bremensia Göttingen , Reinhäuser Landstrasse 23 (1894)
  • Museum extension, Ritterplan 7, 1896
  • Former middle school for girls (now part of the Max Planck Gymnasium ), Albanikirchhof 7/8, 1901
  • Pump house Herzberger Landstrasse 82, 1899 - 1901

Awards

For his work in Brazil, Gerber was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Roses by Emperor Pedro II . When he retired, he was awarded the Order of the Crown III by Kaiser Wilhelm II . Class honored for his life's work.

In Göttingen a street was named in honor of Gerber's Baurat-Gerber-Strasse .

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Gerber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Jan Volker Wilhelm: The construction business and the city . Urban planning, real estate transactions and construction activities in Göttingen 1861–1924. In: Studies on the history of the city of Göttingen . Published by the city of Göttingen, editor: Ernst Böhme, city archive. tape 24 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-525-85425-9 , pp. 72-74 .
  2. ↑ a b c Jan Volker Wilhelm: The construction business and the city , 2006, page 32 ( digitized version )
  3. ^ Frankenberg biography
  4. ↑ From the Prussian medium-sized town to the large town in southern Lower Saxony . With 105 figures and tables. In: Rudolf von Thadden and Günter J. Trittel with the assistance of Marc-Dietrich Ohse (Hrsg.): Göttingen: History of a university town . Edited by Ernst Böhme, Dietrich Denecke , Helga-Maria Kühn, Rudolf von Thadden, Günter J. Trittel and Rudolf Vierhaus . tape 3 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-525-36198-X , Maren Christine Härtel: Göttingen im Aufbruch zur Moderne, p. 768-769 .
  5. ↑ Ilse Röttgerodt-Riechmann: City of Göttingen . In: Christiane Segers-Glocke (Hrsg.): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony . tape 5.1 . Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1982, ISBN 3-528-06203-7 .
personal data
SURNAME Gerber, Heinrich August Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1920
Place of death Goettingen