Rudolf Heinrich Burnitz
Rudolf Heinrich Burnitz (born February 18, 1827 in Frankfurt am Main ; † November 13, 1880 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German architect . He was the son of the Frankfurt architect Rudolf Burnitz and the cousin of the Frankfurt painter Peter Burnitz .
Life
He was born as the son of the architect Rudolf Burnitz in Frankfurt, studied there and, after completing his training, continued his training with Friedrich August Stüler in Berlin and Heinrich Hübsch in Karlsruhe (while building the theater there). The study stay in Italy from 1853 to 1855 was followed by the conversion of the city theater, the construction of the sales halls, the Petersschule (1859–1860), the hall (1861) and the building of the Polytechnic Society in Frankfurt am Main.
He was buried in the family grave, An der Mauer 516, in the Frankfurt main cemetery.
Buildings (selection)
- 1861, Saalbau , Frankfurt
- 1863–1865, Blessed Church in Griesheim
- 1871–1873, interior work on Seerhausen Castle , blown up in 1949
- 1874–1879, Frankfurt stock exchange with Oskar Sommer with the participation of Alexander Linnemann
Honor
The city of Frankfurt am Main names a street in the Sachsenhausen district in Burnitzstraße in honor of the architect of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the Italian Renaissance style.
Exhibitions
- 2013/2014: The new citizen city: The Frankfurt of the architect Burnitz , Historisches Museum Frankfurt , Frankfurt am Main. Catalog.
literature
- Julius Hülsen: Burnitz, Rudolf Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 398-401.
- Rudolf Steinberg (ed.): The new citizen city: The Frankfurt of the architect Burnitz , Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-95542-070-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guide to the graves of well-known personalities in Frankfurt cemeteries (PDF file; 7.1 MB) ( Memento from October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Thomas Freiherr von Fritsch-Seerhausen: Seerhausen: Family fate in a Saxon aristocratic castle. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 15, 2016 ; Retrieved June 25, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ Citizens, look at this city. To new shores: Frankfurt's Historical Museum pays tribute to the architects Burnitz. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 26, 2013, page 25 ( online for a fee ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Burnitz, Rudolf Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1827 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1880 |
Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |