Hermann Weideli

Evangelical Reformed Church, Wallisellen, built 1907–1908 by Hermann Weideli and Robert Bischoff

Villa Raichle, Egelshofen, Kreuzlingen, built in 1915 by Hermann Weideli and Eugen Kressibuch

Schoolhouse Emmishofen, Kreuzlingen, built 1915–1916 by Hermann Weideli and Eugen Kressibuch

Zum Froschauer office building, Zurich-Wiedikon, built in 1923 by Hermann Weideli

Hirslanden Clinic , Zurich, built 1930–1932 by Hermann Weideli

Hermann Weideli (born January 14, 1877 in Oberhofen (today the municipality of Lengwil ) near Kreuzlingen , † October 3, 1964 in Schiers ) was a Swiss architect .

life and work

Hermann Weideli was born as the son of master carpenter Jakob Weideli and his wife Barbara on January 14, 1877 in Oberhofen near Kreuzlingen ( Canton Thurgau , Switzerland ). Originally, he was supposed to join his father's company, but did an apprenticeship as a draftsman with Gustav Gull in Zurich from 1894 to 1898 .

Weideli began his first job with the architect Jakob Rehfuss and then worked at the Zurich building department. Then he moved to “ Pflegehard & Haefeli ” and worked in Hong Kong before he worked for Hermann Billing in Mannheim for a year in 1904 . In 1905, Weideli, who married Ida Mast in 1909, went into business for himself in two places with different partners: After winning the competition, the joint architecture office “ Bischoff and Weideli ” opened with Robert Bischoff (1876–1920) and he moved to Zurich. In the same year, Hermann Weideli and Eugen Kressibuch took over the Kreuzlingen office of the late architect Wilhelm Martin-Imhof (1842–1905) and continued it under the name “Weideli & Kressibuch” as an offshoot of the Zurich office. After Kressibuch's death in 1923, Weideli continued the Kreuzlingen architecture office with Karl Eberli as “Weideli & Eberli”.

After the early death of his business partner Robert Bischoff in 1920, Hermann Weideli took over the joint architecture office in Zurich. In 1943 he then merged with his son Hans Weideli. In addition to the construction of many schools, factories, business and private houses, Weidelis also focused on interior design. He was also involved with the Haefeli Moser Steiger architectural office in the prestigious construction of the Zurich Cantonal Hospital from 1943 to 1945. In 1951, Weideli's son Hans took over his father's office.

Hermann Weideli was a member of the Schweizer Heimatschutz (SHS) and was one of the first members of the Federation of Swiss Architects (BSA) when it was founded in 1908. He died on October 3rd, 1964 in Schiers ( Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland ).

Works (selection)

Building	Street / place	place	Year of construction:
Evangelical Reformed Church Spiez		Spiez	1905-1907
Riedtli school house		Zurich	1906-1908
Villa Estoril	Gaissbergstrasse 30	Kreuzlingen	1907
Evangelical Reformed Church Wallisellen		Wallisellen	1907-1908
Roman Catholic St. Anna Chapel		Zurich	1909-1911
"Usterhof"	Bellevue Square	Zurich	1909-1911
"Denzler houses"	Rämistrasse	Zurich	1909-1911
Interior design of the “Odeon” café on the ground floor of the “Denzlerhäuser”		Zurich	1911
Glockenhof ("Gloggi")	Sihlstrasse / St. Annagasse	Zurich	1911
Villa Raichle	Schützenstrasse 33/35	Kreuzlingen	1915
To merchants	Nüschelerstrasse 15 / Pelikanstrasse 18 / Talacker 34	Zurich	1909-1915
Schoolhouse Emmishofen	Bernrainstrasse 13	Kreuzlingen ( Emmishofen district )	1915-1916
Zum Froschauer office building (with printing for Orell Füssli )	Idastrasse 28 / Gertrudstrasse 37	Zurich-Wiedikon	1923
Hirslanden Clinic		Zurich	1930-1932
Zurich Cantonal Hospital (since 1977 University Hospital Zurich )		Zurich	1943-1945

literature

• Peter Erni, Alfons Raimann: The art monuments of the canton of Thurgau. Volume VII: The District of Kreuzlingen I, The City of Kreuzlingen. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2009, ISBN 978-3-906131-90-0 . P. 51 ff .;
• HTW Chur (Ed.): Anchored in the center of Zurich - 100 years of the Glockenhof Zurich. Theological Publishing House, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-290-17585-6 , p. 58 f. ( books.google.ch digitized version).
• Susanne Schrödter: Bischoff and Weideli. In: Isabelle Rucki, Dorothee Huber (Hrsg.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 62 f.
• NN: Hermann Weideli (Nekrolog) . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 82 , no. 46 , 1964, pp. 812 f . ( e-periodica.ch ).

Web links

• Hermann Weideli. In: arch INFORM .
• Regula Michel: Weideli, Hermann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .