Hermann Cuno Heufer

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The increase in the house at Richthofenstrasse 2 in Detmold shows Heufer's preference for timber construction

Hermann Cuno Heufer (born August 29, 1851 in Hagen; † May 29, 1928 ; full name: Paul Hermann Cuno Heufer ) was a German architect and city ​​architect .

Life

Hermann Cuno Heufer was born on August 29, 1851 to Protestant parents in Hagen. According to his own statements, he attended a royal Prussian provincial trade school and a technical school. He then worked practically, including at the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft in Cologne . From May 1873 to December 1880 Heufer worked for the well-known architect Julius Carl Raschdorff . This period was interrupted from 1876 to 1878 by four semesters of study in which he attended the royal polytechnic in Stuttgart - without a degree .

As one of three master builders, Hermann Cuno Heufer applied for a job advertisement as Detmold city master builder in December 1886. His competitors were the Detmold builders Karl Leopold Petri and Philipp Knollmann . Why he was finally accepted as a stranger cannot be clearly clarified, but his position at Raschdorff could have played a decisive role. In March 1887 he took up his new position.

Since the position of city architect was only advertised and paid for as a third position, Heufer should and had to accept private contracts to earn a living. This led to conflicts of interest in the years that followed, as he was solely responsible for inspecting high-rise buildings as well as road and canal construction in his limited working hours. The situation came to a head with the increasing construction activity in the late decade, so that the controversial Heufer finally submitted his resignation on December 23, 1889.

In 1891 Heufer founded the private Lippische Baugewerkschule , which developed well in the early years. But here, too, problems arose over time, because public funds went to state and municipal institutions and Heufer's school received no funding despite numerous inquiries. As a result, school fees rose and the number of students fell. The last final exam took place on March 31, 1922. A resumption of school operations planned for the end of 1926 did not materialize, as the government of the Free State of Lippe refused to continue.

Hermann Cuno Heufer survived his school by a few years and died on May 29, 1928.

buildings

An overview of the structures carried out by Heufer does not yet exist. The list contains those buildings that are assigned to him in the literature or in the list of monuments of the city of Detmold.

literature

  • Jochen Georg Güntzel: On the revival of timber construction around 1900 in Lippe . In: Historicism in Lippe (=  materials on art and cultural history in North and West Germany ). tape 9 . Jonas Verlag, Marburg 1994, ISBN 3-89445-165-3 .
  • Jochen Georg Güntzel: Hermann Cuno Heufer (1851–1928), city architect, private architect and head of the "Lippische Baugewerkschule" . In: Builders and Architects in Lippe (=  special publications of the Natural Science and Historical Association for the State of Lippe ). tape 47 . Aisthesis Verlag, Bielefeld 1997, ISBN 3-89528-206-5 .

Web links

Commons : Hermann Cuno Heufer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ from his application letter, mentioned in Güntzel (1997)
  2. ^ Friends of the Detmold Residence. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 21, 2013 ; Retrieved January 22, 2013 .
  3. ^ Güntzel: On the revival of timber construction around 1900 in Lippe . S. 199-201 .
personal data
SURNAME Heufer, Hermann Cuno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heufer, Herrmann Cuno (first name variant); Heufer, Paul Hermann Cuno (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, city architect in Detmold
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1928