Heinrich Götz (photographer)

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Memorial plaque in Wroclaw

Heinrich Götz (* 1866 ; † 1931 ) was a German photographer. His place of work was the Silesian Breslau . There he was the owner of the Eduard von Delden studio. Götz was a portrait and architecture photographer and created numerous photographic contemporary documents of the city of Wroclaw, which were published in various books and magazines. He documented newly constructed buildings for the city and the city building authorities.

Live and act

Götz was trained by Carl Dauthendey in Würzburg in the 1890s . In 1902 Götz became an employee of the Eduard van Delden photo studio in Breslau. In 1907 Heinrich Götz became the owner of the company. This was based in what was then Gartenstrasse, and in 1910 the company moved to today's ul. Tadeusza Kościuszki 2. Like his predecessor Eduard van Delden, he was a member of the Freemasons, and he submitted his application for membership in 1907. From 1903 to 1920 Götz was chairman of a Silesian photography association.

Götz trained the photographer Grete Leistikow (1893–1989).

Works

bibliography

  • Silesian churches
    • Volume 1. Wroclaw Churches (1926)
    • Volume 2. Silesian city and religious churches
    • Volume 3. Silesian village churches

Photographs (selection)

literature

  • Verena Faber: Elfriede Reichelt 1883–1953 - studio photography between tradition and modernity , 2011
  • Iwona Bińkowska, Marzena Smolarek: Nieznany Portret miasta - Photography Wrocławia z 2 połowy XIX i początku XX w , 1997. ISBN 83-86642-56-4

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann : The Politics of Sociability: Masonic Lodges in German Civil Society, 1840-1918 , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000
personal data
SURNAME Götz, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1866
DATE OF DEATH 1931