Hermann Gildemeister
Hermann Gildemeister (* 1891 in Bremen ; † June 4, 1984 in Bremen) was a German architect .
biography
Gildemeister and his younger brother Eberhard were the sons of the architect Eduard Gildemeister . Before the First World War, Hermann studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich and the Technical University of Stuttgart . After the war he took over his father's architectural office, which was run under the name "Gildemeister & Bollhagen". Together with his brother Eberhard, who had also been working in Bremen since 1924, he won first prize in the 1928 competition for the administrative building of Nordwolle in Bremen. Based on their plans, the building was completed by 1930; After the bankruptcy of Nordwolle, the building was transferred to the German Reich and is therefore called the House of the Reich ; it has been the seat of the Senator for Finance since 1945.
In contrast to his brother Eberhard, who successfully established himself as a private architect in Bremen after winning the competition, Hermann Gildemeister opted for the public service. In 1934 he was appointed head of the Bremen building construction department as a senior building officer. Until his early retirement in 1943, numerous public buildings were built under his direction in coordination with the city planner, building director Gerd Offenberg .
After the end of the war he took on responsibility again during the reconstruction. In cooperation with the Senator's Department for Building, he led the “Working Group for Economic Building”. The working group published sample sheets and writings on technical and rationalization issues as well as the design of Bremen street spaces and front gardens. At that time, Hermann Gildemeister was a member of the German standards committee for noise protection.
In the post-war period he worked again as a private architect. The Fleetkirche in Walle was built, together with his brother Eberhard the Erlöserkirche on Schwachhauser Heerstraße, the rectory of the Waller Church ( Lange Reihe ), the parish hall in Woltmershausen and some residential buildings.
Works (selection)
- 1923: House Luedtke, Georg-Gröning-Strasse 69 in Bremen-Schwachhausen
- 1927 (executed in 1931/1932): facade design for the housing estate Hamburger Straße 194-212, Nienburger Straße 1-5, Bremen-Peterswerder
- 1928-1930: North wool house, today the House of the Reich on Rudolf-Hilferding-Platz , together with Eberhard Gildemeister
- 1934-1935: Dreilinden house in Bremen-Lesum, Lesmonastraße 70, together with Eberhard Gildemeister
- 1945: Two-family makeshift home made of wooden panels
- 1950: Meth. Erlöserkirche, Schwachhauser Heerstraße 179, together with Eberhard Gildemeister
- 1955: Parish hall of the Christ Church Woltmershausen , Woltmershauser Straße 376, together with Hans Häring
- 1958: Waller Fleetkirche, Fleetkirchenweg
See also
literature
- Gerhard Müller-Menckens : Hermann Gildemeister 1891-1984. In: Wortmann, Wilhelm: Bremen builders of the 19th and 20th centuries. Bremen 1988, pp. 86-87.
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ideas competition for the development of a state property on Hamburger Strasse in Bremen, in: Deutsche Bauzeitung 61 (1927), p. 192
- ↑ Baumeister 48 (1951) 4, p. 240
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gildemeister, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th June 1984 |
| Place of death | Bremen |