Heinrich Krahmer

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Johann Heinrich Krahmer (born February 23, 1782 in Berlin ; † October 16, 1843 ibid.) Was a German architect and construction clerk .

Life

Heinrich Krahmer was the son of the Prussian war council Christian Andreas Krahmer (1739-1812) and his wife Sophie Elisabeth born. Kiliani (1746-1818) born. His siblings were the Prussian councilor and landlord, Wilhelm David Friedrich (1776-1844), the government councilor Wilhelm (1778-1837) and Charlotte (1788-1870).

Under Heinrich Gentz ​​he was involved in the construction of the palace in Weimar in 1802/03 , was employed by the Oberbaudepartement from February to June 1805, and in 1805, after his release from the Oberhofbauamt, was employed as a construction manager at the Oberbaudeputation. In 1806 he was given leave of absence to take over the supervision of the buildings to be carried out in the Hunnesrück office. After the reorganization of the Oberbaudeputation he was dismissed in February 1810, but received in October d. J. was employed as a construction manager at the Ministerial Construction Commission in Berlin and was employed there in 1816 as a construction inspector. From June 4, 1818 he was employed with the title of building councilor. At the Bauakademie he taught electricity, dyke and bridge construction in 1821/22. After returning from a trip to Italy in 1829, he was on the building commission responsible for matters relating to the royal theater. However, his designs for the interior of the opera house were never carried out. Krahmer was always in the shadow of Karl Friedrich Schinkel , for whom he directed numerous small buildings without leaving any major works of his own. Most of his designs fell victim to Schinkel's counter-designs. In June 1842, he was appointed government and building councilor and technical member of the ministerial building commission.

Buildings in Berlin

  • 1816–1818: Gunsmith's shop on Kupfergraben, based on a design by KF Schinkel
  • 1821: Gardener's house at Tiergartenstrasse 2
  • 1823: Construction management at Potsdamer Tor , based on a design by KF Schinkel
  • 1825–1826: Pheasant master house in the zoo, based on a design by KF Schinkel
  • 1834–1836: Construction management for the new gate and excise wall , based on a design by KF Schinkel
  • 1838: Theater magazine Französische Strasse 30 and 31
  • 1838/39: Rectory of the Paulskirche in Gesundbrunnen, based on the draft of the Oberbaudeputation
  • 1840/41: Construction management for the renovation of the Royal Library on Opernplatz, based on a design by KF Schinkel

literature

  • Uwe Kieling: Berlin - Builders and Buildings: From Gothic to Historicism . 1st edition. Tourist Verl., Berlin; Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-350-00280-3 , p. 195 .
  • Uwe Kieling: Berlin building officials and state architects in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1986, p. 52 .
  • Development and organization of the Prussian building administration digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leo von Seckendorf: Correspondences of the Goethe time . de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-018911-7 , p. 785 .
  2. ↑ holdings on Heinrich Krahmer; Royal Opera, Berlin at the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin
  3. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List Excise Wall
  4. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List Theater Decorations Magazin
  5. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List for the former Theater Decorations magazine
personal data
SURNAME Krahmer, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krahmer, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1843
Place of death Berlin