Josef Stübben

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Josef Stübben

Josef Stübben (born February 10, 1845 in Hülchrath , Grevenbroich district ; † December 8, 1936 in Frankfurt am Main ; full name: Hermann Josef Stübben ) was a German architect and town planner .

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Josef Stübben was born on February 10, 1845 as the first of ten children in Hülchrath (today the city of Grevenbroich in the Rhine district of Neuss ). The father Franz Joseph (1821–1900) was a timber merchant, the mother (Anna) Sophie née Wyrich (1821–1897) came from a farming family. Stübben attended high schools and obtained his secondary school leaving certificate in Düsseldorf in 1863 . After a year of practical experience, he began his studies at the Berlin Bauakademie in October 1864 . During his studies he became a member of the Academic Association Motiv . After passing the master builder examination , he was appointed government master builder ( assessor in the public building administration) on June 24, 1871 . He then worked on railway construction in Elberfeld and Holzminden , then from 1876 to 1881 as a city architect in Aachen as the successor to Friedrich Joseph Ark . The longest time, 17 years, he was followed from 1881 to 1898 as a city architect and city planner and Associate in Cologne operates. From 1892 to 1898 he was chairman of the commission for urban expansion in Poznan . From 1898 to 1902 he was a board member of the electricity company "Helios" in Cologne. From 1904 to 1920 he lived and worked in Berlin , from 1920 he spent his retirement in Münster . Since 1871 he was born with Ottilie. Wortmann (1845–1916) married; both had five children together, including the lawyer Oskar Stübben .

Stübben had a significant influence on the urban development of Cologne in the late 19th century. According to his plans, after the eight-kilometer-long medieval city ​​wall was demolished, the new town was rebuilt and structures such as the Hahnentorburg , Eigelsteintorburg and the Bayenturm were restored. He designed the magnificent Cologne Ringboulevard and suggested that it be named after German ruling families. His own house, Hohenzollernring 56, was one of the first, but also one of the narrowest to be built here. In 1880 Stübben and Karl Henrici worked out a proposal for the construction of the Rheinauhafen . The Port Reform Commission , founded in 1884, was headed by Stübben and supported the plans for the port construction, which was completed in 1898. On May 14, 1891, Stübben was elected by the Cologne city ​​council for 6 years as an unpaid councilor "in recognition of his services in relation to the expansion of the city" . However, the district committee refused to approve the planned bonus of 50,000 marks .

At the end of 1890 Stübben's fundamental publication Der Städtebau appeared as the ninth volume of the Architecture Manual . At that time, apart from Reinhard Baumeister's urban extensions (published in 1876), there was no corresponding publication on the problems of urban development. Stübben's publication appeared in three editions (1890, 1907, 1924).

Josef Stübben was consulted in many cities in Germany and abroad. Buildings and districts were built, restored and changed according to his urban development plans. He won many competitions and received numerous awards for his work.

Honors

In February 1904 Stubben was from the Technical University of Karlsruhe , the honorary doctorate conferred (Dr.-Ing Eh..); Reinhard Baumeister taught there as the founder of German urban planning. On February 10, 1925, at the request of Josef Brix and Felix Genzmer , Stübben also received an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical and Scientific Faculty of the University of Münster . He was also an honorary member of the architects' associations in Cologne, Aachen and Paris . A memorial plaque on the Hahnentorburg in Cologne, created by the Austrian sculptor Wolfgang Wallner , commemorates Stübben. A street in Dortmund and Münster is named after him. In Berlin a street and a memorial plaque commemorate him. In his place of birth, Hülchrath , Stübben was erected a memorial on Sebastianusplatz.

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Urban planning (selection)

In the German Empire

Abroad

Buildings in Cologne

Memorial plaque on the Hahnentorburg , Cologne

Fonts

  • 1890: Urban planning in the handbook of architecture
  • 1895: The construction of cities, past and present
  • 1896: Hygiene in urban development
  • 1902: The importance of building codes and city plans for housing
  • 1912: From English town planning
  • 1915: From French urban planning

literature

  • Oliver Karnau: Hermann Josef Stübben. Urban planning 1876–1930. Vieweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1996, ISBN 3-528-08110-4 .

Web links

Commons : Josef Stübben  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. in Festschrift for the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Realgymnasium on May 28, 1838, p. 125 , year of departure 1863: Josef Stübben
  2. The Black Ring. Membership directory. Darmstadt 1930, p. 40.
  3. ^ Joseph Stübben: The Weser Bridge at Fürstenberg . In: magazine for practical architecture , 37th year 1877, p. 139 f.
  4. ^ Peter Fuchs: Chronicle of the history of the city of Cologne. Volume 2, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7743-0261-8 , p. 160.
  5. Max Bär : From the history of the city of Koblenz. 1814/1914 , Krabbensche Buchdruckerei, Koblenz, 1922. p. 169.