Heinrich van Kann
Heinrich van Kann (born August 1, 1861 in Aachen , † August 26, 1941 in Haaren ) was a German architect and Prussian construction clerk .
After graduating from the Aachen provincial trade school, Heinrich van Kann studied structural engineering at the Technical University of Aachen from 1877 to 1881 . Then he trained in the Gothic language of forms. One of his teachers was August Hartel in Leipzig. Later he became the closest employee of Georg Frentzen in Aachen and helped with the redesign of the Aachen town hall towers after the town hall fire in 1883. From 1887 to 1889 he worked as an assistant to the Aachen city architect Joseph Laurent .
When a district building authority was founded for the district of Aachen in 1890, van Kann took over the technical management with the rank of district builder , but was also active as a freelance architect and designed a. a. several large church buildings. In keeping with the times, he favored the neo-Gothic style , but also implemented neo- baroque buildings . Immediately after the First World War , he suggested a housing program to alleviate the housing shortage. Over 400 apartments were then built under his direction.
Heinrich van Kann was with Maria Louise geb. Philippy married, the daughter of the then mayor of Haaren. In December 1923 he took early retirement because of an eye problem, and most recently he held the title of district building officer . His son Hans van Kann (1890–1980) succeeded him in office.
Buildings
List of the most important buildings that were designed by van Kann
- 1889–1891: Parish Church of St. Peter in Bockert
- 1889–1892: Parish Church of St. Germanus in Haaren
- 1899–1900: Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in Kesternich
- 1891: Stone cross on the Haarberg
- 1891: District nursing home in Eschweiler
- 1900: St. Antonius Monastery in Würselen
- 1900: Parish Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Münsterbusch
- 1901: Hospital in Forst
- 1904: Church tower of the parish church St. Severin in Eilendorf
- 1904–1905: Town hall in Würselen
- 1906–1908: Expansion of the parish church of St. Sebastian in Würselen
- 1912: Rectory to the parish church of St. Gertrud in Herzogenrath-Afden
- 1913–1914: Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary in Herzogenrath
- 1913–1914: Barbara Chapel in Mausbach-Krewinkel
- 1914–1917: Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in Bardenberg
- 1923: Fire station in Würselen
cath. Parish Church of St. Peter in Viersen-Bockert
cath. Parish Church of St. Germanus in Hair
Stone cross on the Haarberg, Haaren
own house in hair
Tower of the Church of St. Severin in Eilendorf
Old town hall in Würselen
Expansion of the St. Sebastian church in Würselen
cath. Parish church of St. Mary of the Assumption in Herzogenrath
cath. Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in Bardenberg
District fire station in Würselen
literature
- Lutz-Henning Meyer: Heinrich van Kann (1861–1941). In: History Association for the Diocese of Aachen eV (Hrsg.): The beginnings of the neo-baroque in Rhenish church building. (= History in the Diocese of Aachen , Supplement 6.) Schmidt-Verlag, Neustadt (Aisch) 2009, ISBN 978-3-87707-758-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kreisbaurat i. R. van Kann 75 years old. In: Der Volksfreund, Aachener Generalanzeiger, Aachener Post from August 4, 1936.
- ^ Sources: Heimatverein Haaren / Verlautenheide 1984 eV, Kulturarchiv Würselen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Can, Heinrich van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and Prussian building officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1941 |
| Place of death | Hair |