Hermann Wentzel (architect)
Hermann Heinrich Alexander Wentzel (born October 30, 1820 in Berlin ; † June 14, 1889 there ) was a German architect .
Life
His father was a brickmaker and determined that his son, despite his extraordinary artistic talent, should complete an apprenticeship as a bricklayer at the age of 14. After the journeyman's examination he became an employee of Friedrich August Stüler . He successfully made drawings for him, which earned him the name Stüler's pencil . 1844–1846 he built the St. Matthew Church in Berlin designed by Stüler . From 1850 to 1851 he was in Stockholm on behalf of Stülers , where he directed the construction of the Swedish National Museum . From 1851 to 1872 he worked as an architect and art director for Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands in The Hague through Stüler's agency . On his behalf, Hermann Wentzel carried out his main structural work from 1863 to 1866, the renovation of Muskau Castle . He succeeded in perfectly integrating older parts of the castle building, taking into account the scenic park.
He acquired the property at Friedrichstrasse 79a, on the corner of Französische Strasse in Berlin, and designed the late classicist department store with a cast iron skeleton structure that was built between 1862 and 1863 . This last surviving building of its kind in Berlin was demolished in 1995. When Friedrichstrasse was expanded into a main shopping street in 1872, he was able to sell the property for 2 million marks, which led to financial security. He has since worked as a private architect and received in 1873 by Kaiser Wilhelm I. the title of Royal Baurath .
Wentzel was married to Maria Elisabeth Wentzel-Heckmann , (called Elise) geb. Heckmann (1833–1914), the youngest daughter of the entrepreneur Carl Justus Heckmann . The marriage remained childless. Wentzel built a large stately city palace at Victoriastraße 27 from 1879–1881.
In 1885 Wentzel commissioned the sculptor Fritz Schaper to create a bust for his tomb. When he died on June 14, 1889, his wife had the tomb built according to his plans in the Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin.
After the death of her husband, Elise Wentzel established a foundation in 1894 with a capital of 1.5 million marks for the benefit of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and was made an honorary member of the academy on March 20, 1900 at the instigation of Theodor Mommsen . Today the foundation bears the name Hermann und Elise nee Heckmann Wentzel Foundation , beneficiary is the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , p. 4
- ↑ a b Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 14, 1894, No. 38A (from September 26, 1894), p. 412 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Frank Eberhardt: From craftsman to large industrialist. A still determined Carl Justus Heckmann's path . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 12, 1999, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 4–13 ( luise-berlin.de ). Extract from an unnamed publication
- ↑ as the third woman after: 1776 Katharina II. And 1794 Duchess Juliane Giovane, born. Freiin v. Mudersbach . See: Theresa Wobbe : Women in academia and science. Places of work and research practices 1700-2000. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2002, p. 2. See also: Session reports 1900 of the Academy - Internet Archive
- ↑ Information on the foundation , pages of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences; accessed on January 30, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wentzel, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wentzel, Hermann Heinrich Alexander (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1889 |
| Place of death | Berlin |