Hermann Georg Kruger

Hermann Georg Krüger (born July 4, 1815 in Schleswig , † February 26, 1897 in Kiel ) was a German architect and building inspector.

Live and act

Hermann Georg Krüger was a son of the pharmacist Heinrich Christian Krüger (born February 26, 1772 in Lüneburg ; † March 15, 1856 in Schleswig) and his wife Johanna Christiana, née Wurmb, widowed Nölting, (* approx. March 1775 in Schleswig; † August 19, 1844 ibid). He had nine older siblings.

Krüger was interested in architecture from a young age. From 1830 to 1835 he studied at the Polytechnic Institute in Hanover . He then trained as a carpenter and worked for the Hamburg architect Franz Georg Stammann . From 1838 to 1839 he attended the Berlin Bauakademie with Heinrich Strack and Karl Bötticher . During this time he traveled to Bavaria, Tyrol, Italy, France, Belgium and Germany.

After his apprenticeship, Krüger worked for the city master builder of Altona . On March 19, he received a call as constituent building manager of the duchies of Schleswig and Holsten. He entered service on April 1, 1842. On April 1, 1846, he was appointed building manager of the building inspector for Holstein. On April 3, 1848, the provisional government in Rendsburg entrusted him with the duties of the Holstein building inspector on an interim basis. On August 7, 1848, he received his final confirmation of office. He gave up the consistory as a construction manager in Schleswig. The Danish king repeated his appointment on March 20, 1854.

Krüger initially lived in Altona and from May 1, 1854 in Pinneberg . Due to major building projects in Kiel, he moved there on May 1, 1858. On February 18, 1867, he was sworn in as a building inspector and accepted into the Prussian state service. After the building administration was reorganized, he retired on January 1, 1871. He then lived in Kiel, where he had his own house built on Düsternbrook in 1871. He also worked as an architect.

Buildings

Krüger liked to work with romanizing forms and turned to historicism. He was not one of the most important architects of his time. In the context of official work, but also for private assignments, the following statements were made:

• 1851: Restoration and renewal of the tower of the church in Karby .
• 1852: New building of a pastorate in Bramstedt .
• From 1854 to 1870 he accompanied building projects at Kiel Castle as a consultant .
• 1858: The Windeby mansion was remodeled , the Bordesholm church was restored .
• 1858 to 1864: Reconstruction of the Dreikönigskirche in Haselau and 1866 renewal of the church tower.
• From 1860 to 1862: New building of the academic sanatoriums in Kiel.
• 1863: Construction of the cemetery chapel in Marne , drafts for a government building and the official residence of the district president in Plön.
• 1863/64: extensive restoration of the Marienkirche in Segeberg .
• 1865: New construction of a military horse stable in Plön, new construction of a pastorate in Hemmingstedt .
• From 1866 to 1868: Reconstruction of the Nikolaikirche in Plön .
• 1868 and 1869: New building of the three mansions Ascheberg , Dänisch-Nienhof and Wittenberg.
• 1871: A wing is added to the manor house at Gut Jersbek .
• 1871: Construction of his own house in Kiel.
• 1883/84: Restoration of the Haseldorf church .

family

Krüger married Catharina Dorothea Christina Lüthge on September 26th in Plön (born May 28th 1824 in Plön; † August 7th 1905 in Kiel; buried on August 9th 1905 in Plön). The couple had three daughters and three sons, including the painters Clara von Sivers , Rosa Krüger and Elisabeth Krüger .

literature

• Rudolf Jaeger: Krüger, Hermann Georg . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 3. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1974, pp. 176–177