Hermann Friedrich Waesemann

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Medallion on the tombstone, Friedhof II der Sophiengemeinde Berlin , created by Otto Geyer

Hermann Friedrich Waesemann (born June 6, 1813 in Danzig ; † January 28, 1879 in Berlin ) was a German architect . His best-known building is the Red City Hall in Berlin's Mitte district in today's Rathausstrasse .

Life

Hermann Waesemann, son of the Bonn building inspector Friedrich Waesemann, grew up in Bonn from the age of five , where he studied mathematics and natural sciences after attending school from 1830 , before he began studying at the Berlin Building Academy in 1832 , which he graduated as a conductor in 1835 . He took his apartment at Zimmerstrasse 30.

Waesemann worked in Schönebeck and Rathenow until 1838, after which he continued his studies and graduated in 1841 as a master builder . This second course of study was interrupted in 1839 and 1840 because Waesemann was involved in the renovation of Basedow Castle as an employee of Friedrich August Stülers .

From 1841 to 1844, Waesemann was once again involved in the planning and construction of the New Museum in Berlin as an employee of Stüler's . Now he lived at Markgrafenstrasse 90. In the following years he worked for the Berlin Palace and Building Commission from 1844 to 1849, then worked as a freelance architect for three years, taught at the building academy from 1851 to 1853 and then worked in government services until 1855 Wroclaw , before he was taken over as an architect by the local building commission in the same year. Among other things, he designed the town hall in Waldenburg and, together with other architects, the stock exchange , a music stand , private houses and garden entrances.

Berlin City Hall (Postcard 1900)
Town hall in Waldenburg, built in 1857/1858

In 1855 he was promoted to the royal building inspector and took up residence again in Berlin, on Karlstrasse. In 1859 he gave up his position on the building commission and devoted all his energy to building the Berlin town hall , which became his main work. Ultimately, he planned every detail, including for the interior and, above all, the terracotta jewelry .

After leaving the civil service in 1865, Waesemann was a co-founder of the Berliner Bauvereinsbank and in 1866 became one of the chairmen of the Berliner Vereinsbank .

Honors

Waesemann is buried in Cemetery II of the Sophiengemeinde in Berlin. His grave has been a Berlin honorary grave since 1992 .

On August 15, 2007, a bust for Waesemann was unveiled at the entrance to the pillared hall of the Red City Hall.

Web links

Commons : Hermann Friedrich Waesemann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Waesemann . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1835, part 1, p. 345. “Conducteur, Zimmer-30”.
  2. ↑ Waesemann, HF, Bauconducteur . In: General housing gazette for Berlin, Charlottenburg and surroundings , 1842, part 1, p. 464.
  3. ↑ Wäsemann, HF In: Allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger together with address and business manual for Berlin , 1856, part 1, p. 445. “Königlicher Bau-Inspector bei der Ministerial-Bau-Commission” (listed for the first time [again] in the address book).
  4. ↑ Berlin honored Hermann Friedrich Waesemann, the architect of the Red City Hall . shortnews.de; Retrieved June 3, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Waesemann, Hermann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1879
Place of death Berlin