Hermann Bunning

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Nicolaus Hermann Bunning (born March 28, 1868 in Essen in Oldenburg , † August 23, 1930 in Berlin ) was a German architect who specialized in church buildings in the Berlin area. Numerous buildings have been preserved here and are listed buildings .

Life

Hermann Bunning was influenced by his parental home as a Catholic . After attending school and training as a bricklayer , Hermann Bunning opened his own construction business in Berlin in 1895 at Cuxhavener Strasse 15. He advertised it in the Berlin address book as Bunning, H .; Architect and master mason . At the same time he acted as a negotiator in real estate transactions for city and church parishes as well as for the general association of Catholic parishes in Greater Berlin. As an “all-round entrepreneur” who largely took care of everything himself, from planning to handover, he quickly became a sought-after business partner after his first works.

His first more important work as an architect and building contractor was the construction of a cemetery chapel , an inspector's house and the enclosure around a churchyard in Reinickendorf near Berlin . Occasionally he appeared in public works in association with other architects such as Engelbert Seibertz , Wilhelm Frydag , Christoph Hehl or Carl Kühn .

Hermann Bunning died during the construction work on the St. Gertrauden Hospital . His children continued the construction business as Hermann Bunning Kommanditgesellschaft (KG) , together with the architect Friedrich Kramer from Charlottenburg. From the 1920s the family lived at Flotowstrasse 7 in Berlin-Moabit (later in the Hansaviertel ).

Works (selection)

Own plans and realized buildings

  • 1899/1900: Apartment building in Altmark brick architecture on Neue Bayreuther Straße (from 1958: Welserstraße) in Schöneberg near Berlin on behalf of the Berlin Building Cooperative based on sketches and under the direction of Hermann Bunning (member of the board of the cooperative); Facade design by Engelbert Seibertz, artistic designs by the architect A. Waider
  • 1906: Commercial center at Lausitzer Strasse 10 in Kreuzberg

As a building contractor for other architects

Commons : St. Clemens Church (Berlin)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

  • around 1915: St. Laurentius Church in Moabit, Bandelstrasse (for Wilhelm Frydag), destroyed
    in World War II; the new building, inaugurated in 1952, is not based on the first original building in neo-baroque style

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Short biography of Hermann Bunning on a private website ; Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Resident> Bunning . In: Address book for Berlin and its suburbs , 1897, I, p. 162.
  3. ^ Bunning, building business KG . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, I, p. 372.
  4. ^ Bunning, Hermann> architect . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1931, I, p. 427.
  5. ↑ Berliner Architekturwelt 1901, p. 249.
  6. ↑ Humboldtstrasse 68–73, churchyard of the St. Sebastian parish, inspector's house with enclosure, chapel
  7. ↑ Cultural monument industrial building Lausitzer Straße 10
  8. ^ Factory yard Lausitzer Strasse . In: Berliner Bezirkslexikon Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
  9. ↑ Architectural monuments cemetery chapel, administration building and cemetery wall in the Catholic cemetery of the St. Pius and St. Hedwig parishes in the former Berliner Straße 31/32
  10. ↑ Cultural monument St. Paulus Church at the Dominican monastery (church built in 1892/1893 according to plans by Engelbert Seibertz); Bunning Parish and Community Hall
  11. ↑ Cultural monument Catholic St. Petrus Church, Bellermannstrasse 91
  12. ↑ Cultural monument residential building side wing, Pappelallee 60
  13. ↑ Cultural monument St. Gertrauden Hospital, Paretzer Strasse 11/12
  14. ↑ Cultural monument of St. Clement's Church and journeyman's hospice
personal data
SURNAME Bunning, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bunning, Nicolaus Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Essen , Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 1930
Place of death Berlin