Hermann Wahl

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The Hagenbucher before the renovation in November 2007
Martin Luther Church

Hermann Wahl (* 1902 ; † 1980 ) was a German architect and urban planner . He was significantly involved in the urban planning of the reconstruction of the old town of Heilbronn . In the competition, his design for the reconstruction was awarded third prize, and he was active in urban planning as a planning adviser and block architect. He also designed numerous buildings. His most famous works include the Martin Luther Church (1934) and the Hagenbucher building (1936), which houses the Experimenta , the science center of the Heilbronn-Franconia region.

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Urban planner and block architect

He was instrumental in the urban planning of the reconstruction of the old town in Heilbronn. On March 27, 1947, a memorandum was presented to the Heilbronn municipal council (together with a letter from the architect Richard Schumacher) that had been signed by Hermann Wahl, Richard Scheffler and Erik Beutinger as part of the Heilbronn architects' association. The architects called for a competition to plan the reconstruction of the old town. On November 11, 1947, Wahl's design was awarded third prize out of 27 submitted works for the competition that was announced later. In 1948 he formed a "planning advisory board" together with the judges and the award winners Kurt Marohn , Rudolf Gabel , Hannes Mayer and Richard Scheffler, which was supposed to help the city planning office and its board member Hans Gerber with the development of the old town planning "by evaluating the competition results".

On November 11, 1948, the municipal council decided in accordance with the construction law of August 18, 1948 with the optional provision in accordance with § 13 IV to convert plots of land and to divide the old town into different blocks, with the award winners being awarded different blocks. Hermann Wahl thus became a block architect and was responsible for the planning and construction of three blocks . The first block comprised the area between Zehentgasse, Sülmerstrasse, Lammgasse and Turmstrasse. The second is the area between Sülmerstrasse, Kaiserstrasse, Allee and Karlstrasse. The last block comprised the area between Fischergasse, Allerheiligenstrasse, Deutschhofstrasse and Kramstrasse.

Other buildings and projects

His pre-war buildings include the Martin Luther Church, inaugurated on June 17, 1934, and the Hagenbucher building from 1936. In the post-war period, he took part in a competition to design the cemetery of honor in the Köpfer on July 9, 1947, in which his design was 65 submitted works were acquired by the city for 400 Reichsmarks. During the reconstruction, he also provided designs for the new construction of a number of residential and commercial buildings in downtown Heilbronn, such as the commercial building of the Wilhelm Schweiker hardware store at Kiliansstrasse 9 on April 13, 1950. In 1953, the new extension of the “House of Crafts” was built according to his plans “Finished. Likewise, the residential and commercial building at Bahnhofstrasse 17 for Dr. Gustav Uhland on September 3, 1955 and for the four-storey commercial and residential building on the corner of Kilianstrasse and Klostergasse owned by Karl Wolf (wallpaper, linoleum and carpets) on September 17, 1955.

Other activities

Hermann Wahl was not only active as an architect, but also as a musician. On September 15, 1946, he played together with the rector Hans Elfinger on the organ at the church music performance for the benefit of the evacuees and those in need in the Catholic St. Martinus Church in Sontheim. The Catholic church choir "Cäcilia", the Protestant church choir, the choir of the Marian Congregation of Virgins and the violin teacher Berta Sigmund also took part in this concert.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heilbronn voice . October 17, 2000, No. 240, p. 13.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Alexander Renz, Susanne Schlösser: Chronicle of the city of Heilbronn. Volume VI: 1945-1951. Heilbronn 1995, pp. 124, 162, 184, 208, 383.
  3. ↑ August Abele et al.: The example - the architect and his helpers in construction - Heilbronn. Heidenheimer Verlagsanstalt, Heidenheim an der Brenz 1953, p. 4 f.
  4. ↑ Uwe Jacobi: Heilbronn, as it was. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-7700-0746-8 , p. 102.
  5. ^ Jacobi: Heilbronn - The most beautiful years? Post-war period in a German city. P. 147 f.
  6. ↑ Peter U. Quattländer: Heilbronn. Planning the reconstruction of the old town. Documentation for the exhibition of the city planning office 1994 (= small series of publications of the archive of the city of Heilbronn. Volume 28). Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1994, ISBN 3-928990-45-4 , p. 84.
  7. ^ Bernhard Lattner with texts by Joachim J. Hennze: Stille Zeitzeugen. 500 years of Heilbronn architecture. Edition Lattner, Heilbronn 2005, ISBN 3-9807729-6-9 , p. 55.
  8. ^ Bernhard Lattner with texts by Joachim J. Hennze: Stille Zeitzeugen. 500 years of Heilbronn architecture. Edition Lattner, Heilbronn 2005, ISBN 3-9807729-6-9 , p. 70.
  9. ↑ Erz .: The new hall at the “House of Crafts” will be inaugurated tomorrow. Created in the best craft tradition . In: Heilbronn voice . No. 171 , July 25, 1953, p. 3 .
  10. ↑ thu .: In the future, “urban planning flagship” for Heilbronn . In: Heilbronn voice . November 6, 1969, p. 7 .
  11. ↑ a b Alexander Renz, Susanne Schlösser: Chronicle of the city of Heilbronn. Volume VII: 1952-1957. Heilbronn 1996, pp. 290, 293.
personal data
SURNAME Choice, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and urban planner
DATE OF BIRTH 1902
DATE OF DEATH 1980