Heinrich Göbel (architect)

Heinrich Göbel (born October 7, 1879 in Seilhofen , Dillkreis , † February 26, 1951 in Hamburg ) was a German architect and researcher in the field of picture knitting (tapestries).

After graduating from high school in Giessen, Heinrich Göbel studied architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt , where he also became a Dr.-Ing. received his doctorate. He then worked as a construction clerk in Hesse, and in 1908 he was appointed government master builder. Around 1910 he became city building officer in Kolberg , where he worked until the end of the war in early March 1945. After the expulsion he settled in Hamburg.

He is best known for his multi-volume work on the history of picture knitting.

Publications

• Representation of the development of the southern German community center. A representation of its development in historical, architectural and cultural terms on the basis of source research and true-to-scale recordings . Kühtmann, Dresden 1908 (dissertation, only deals with the town houses on Bergstrasse ).
• Kolberg . Dari, German architecture and Industrie-Verlag, Berlin-Halensee 1921.
• with Emil Probst : The lessons of the explosion catastrophe in Oppau for the building industry . J. Springer, Berlin 1923.
• The urban development of Kolberg. Medieval industrial town, fortress, lake, saltwater and mud bath . Lindner, Düsseldorf 1928.
• The Kolberger Rathaus through the ages with special consideration. of the third building completed 100 years ago . Kolberg 1932.
• Tapestries . Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1923–1934 ( digitized version ).
  • Part I, The Netherlands . 2 volumes, 1923.
  • Part II The Romance countries. The tapestries and their factories in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal . 2 volumes, 1928.
  • III. Part, Volume 1: The Germanic and Slavic countries. Germany including Switzerland and Alsace (Middle Ages), southern Germany (16th to 18th centuries) . 1933.
  • III. Part, Volume 2: The Germanic and Slavic countries. West, Central, East and North Germany, England, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Poland, Lithuania . 1934.

literature

• Heinrich Göbel 70 years old. In: Journal of Art. 3, 1949, p. 214.
• Denise Duverger-Van de Velde: Twintig jaar geleden overleed Dr. Heinrich Göbel in the largest fortified Hamburg-Poppenbüttel. In: Artes Textiles. 7, 1971, pp. 195-200.
• Ge: 50 years ago, Dr. Ing.Heinrich Göbel, Kolberg's town planner for many years. In: Announcements of the association of former students of the cathedral and secondary high school in Kolberg / Ostseebad / Pomerania. No. 87, October 2001, pp. 2305-2311.

Web links

• Guy Delmarcel: "I would be the servant of the tapestry". Some Biographical Notes about Heinrich Göbel (1879–1951), and Considerations about his Work. ( Digitized version ).