Hermann Rudolf Gauss

Hermann Rudolf Gauss around 1865

Hermann Rudolf Gauss (born March 19, 1835 in Heilbronn , Württemberg , † July 5, 1868 in Basel ) was a Swiss architect .

Life

Hermann Rudolf Gauss attended the Stuttgart trade school and won various prizes while still at school. He emigrated to Basel in 1858, where he was granted citizenship on October 1, 1860. Here he worked first as a technical assistant in the construction office of the Swiss Central Railway , then as an architect. From 1866 to 1868 he was the architect of the Basel synagogue . He could not live to see the day of the inauguration on September 9, 1868.

His son Karl Otto Gauss was the Liestal pastor and historian.

Hermann Rudolf Gauss' private archive is located in the Basel-Stadt State Archives .

Individual evidence

↑ To the centenary of the Basel synagogue 1868–1968. A commemorative publication . Israelitische Gemeinde Basel, Basel 1968, p. 21 .
↑ PA 268 files concerning Hermann Gauss-Kienle (1835-1868). Architect in Basel, 1835-1969 (inventory) , catalog of the Basel-Stadt State Archives, accessed on April 5, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Gauss, Hermann Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH	March 19, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH	July 5, 1868
Place of death	Basel

[1] To the centenary of the Basel synagogue 1868–1968. A commemorative publication . Israelitische Gemeinde Basel, Basel 1968, p. 21 .

[2] PA 268 files concerning Hermann Gauss-Kienle (1835-1868). Architect in Basel, 1835-1969 (inventory) , catalog of the Basel-Stadt State Archives, accessed on April 5, 2016.