Heinrich Wilhelm Behrens
Heinrich Wilhelm Behrens (born September 7, 1873 in Bremen ; † May 16, 1956 in Bremen) was a German architect .
biography
Behrens was the son of a master mason. After elementary school he did an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and then studied from 1892 to 1893 at the Bauewerkschule Holzminden and until 1895 at the Technical University of Charlottenburg . He worked from 1900 to 1902 in Albert Dunkel's architectural office in Bremen and was involved in the renovation of the Kunsthalle Bremen (1900–1902) and the office building of the Laudel apparatus factory , except for the grinding mill 17 (1900). He had his own office since 1902. In 1904 he planned the construction of the crematorium at the Riensberg cemetery in Bremen- Schwachhausen .
In 1907, Behrens founded the architectural association Behrens & Neumark together with Friedrich Neumark . The office planned and built numerous residential and commercial buildings. The Bauhaus teacher and architect Ludwig Hilberseimer (1911) also worked for a short time in the office at Langenstrasse 128/130 .
As far as the buildings were not destroyed in the Second World War, most of them are under monument protection (see list of cultural monuments in Bremen-Mitte ).
After the war, Behrens was involved in the reconstruction of many houses in Bremen and was also chairman of the Bremen local group of the Association of German Architects .
Honors
- 1953: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
Works
- 1899: Competition at the National Museum Chemnitz
- 1900: Commercial building in addition to Schleifmühle 17 as the Laudel refrigerator and bath equipment factory , Bremen
- 1903: Brewhouse of the Remmer brewery, Buntentorsteinweg 120
- 1905–1906: Riensberg crematorium
- Around 1905: Realschule Brake
- Around 1905: Magdeburg crematorium
- 1908: Ferdinand Behrens house, Albersstraße 13
- 1909: Family funeral (sculptural work by H. Erlewein) at the tomb art exhibition at the Doventhorsfriedhof in Bremen (No. 37)
- 1910: Competition for the Tenever Egestorff Foundation
- 1933: Residential house, Lüder-von-Bentheim-Strasse, Bremen
- 1936–1937: Housing group Niedersachsendamm 6-21 in Bremen-Huckelriede
- 1951: Sparkasse Bremen branch, Kornstrasse
- 1951: Kontorhaus Jacobistraße, Bremen (with W. Zaag)
- 1955: Hinrichs & Co. Office building, Am Wandrahm, Bremen
- 1957: Breitenweg office building, Bremen
- 1957: Commerz- und Discontobank, Schüsselkorb , Bremen
Works with Friedrich Neumark
- 1908–1908: Landhaus Bremen-Aumund
- 1909: Amerikahaus, Bahnhofstrasse 6, Bremen
- 1909–1921: Apartment building Rembertistraße 28–32 , Bremen
- 1910: House Baumschulenweg 9
- 1910–1911: House, Schwachhauser Ring 151
- 1910–1912: Bank for trade and commerce Langenstrasse 3/5 (today Peek & Cloppenburg department store )
- 1911: Competition to build the new Kaiserbrücke over the Weser
- 1911–1912: House, Schwachhauser Ring 78
- 1911: Bank Corporation for Northwest Germany, Langenstrasse 4-6
- 1912: Heymann & Neumann department store, Obernstrasse (destroyed)
- 1911–1912: Am Wall 175–177 office building , formerly Stallmann & Harder
- 1911: Seidenhaus Koopmann in Sögestraße 62/64
- 1913–1914: House of the Deutsche Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Hansa in Martinistraße , today the house of the commercial health insurance fund
- 1916: Labor office of the AG Weser , ("Lichthaus")
- 1916: AG Weser canteen
- 1923: Administration building of Beck & Co. brewery on the dike
- Lichtspielhaus Hansastraße
- 1923: Competition for the expansion of the tax office
- 1924: Lindemann House, Wachtstrasse
- 1925: Alten Eichen house 7,19,20,22,32,40, Bremen
- 1925: House at Horner Heerstraße 16, Bremen
- 1926: Factory of Deutsche Libby, Leer
- 1927um: Lichtspielhaus Metropol, Ansgaristraße, demolished
- 1927: House Wachmannstrasse 82, Bremen
- 1927: Extension of the Riensberg crematorium
- 1927–1928: Buermeyer house, Weserstraße 78
- 1928: Friedrich Brüning bank, Domsheide
- 1928: Leffers department store on Faulenstrasse
- 1928: Brinckmann & Lange office building, Obernstraße 3 / Sögestraße 1
- 1929: Leffers department store, Faulenstrasse 58/60, destroyed in 1944
- 1930–1932: Karstadt department store , Obernstrasse / corner of Sögestrasse
literature
- Carl Thalenhorst : Behrens, Heinrich Wilhelm. In: Historical Society Bremen, State Archive Bremen (Ed.): Bremische Biographie 1912–1962. Hauschild, Bremen 1969, p. 30 (column 1) to p. 31 (column 1).
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Aschenbeck & Holstein: Houses of the big city. The architects Behrens and Neumark in Bremen 1899–1957 . 1997, p. 75-89 .
- ↑ Eckstein, Julius (ed.): Historisch-biographische Blätter. The State of Bremen [1906/1911], VI. Delivery, pp. 579-588
- ^ Schwarzwälder, Herbert: Postcard album - Oberneuland, Horn, Schwachhausen, Parkviertel, Bürgerpark, Bremen 1981
- ^ Trade Museum Bremen: Guide through the tomb art exhibition at the Doventorsfriedhof, June-September 1909
- ↑ Landsberg, Th. (Berlin): Competition for preliminary designs for the new construction of the Kaiserbrücke over the Weser in Bremen, in: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung 31 (1911), pp. 202–205
- ↑ 1912 NN: Conversion of the bank for trade and commerce in Bremen, in: Die Bauwelt 3 (1912) 47, p. 15
- ^ Schwarzwälder, Herbert: Postcard album - Oberneuland, Horn, Schwachhausen, Parkviertel, Bürgerpark, Bremen 1981
- ^ Houses of the big city. The architects Behrens and Neumark in Bremen 1899-1957, ed. v. Nils Aschenbeck, Delmenhorst 1996
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Behrens, Heinrich Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1873 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1956 |
Place of death | Bremen |