Hugo Althoff

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Hugo Althoff (born June 18, 1884 in Ostbevern , Warendorf district ; † 1960 ; full name: Bartholomäus Hugo Maria Althoff ) was a German civil engineer , urban planner and Christian-democratic politician ( German Center Party ).

Life

Hugo Althoff was born as the fifth of eight children of farmer Heinrich Wilhelm Schulze-Althoff (1840–1913), who came from a Schulzen family, and his wife Maria Theresia (née Pöhler, * 1854). Thanks to a scholarship that was donated by the local pastor, he attended the Warendorfer high school . After graduating from high school, he began studying civil engineering at the Technical University of Danzig and was a member of the Pruthenia student association . After graduating, he lived in Erfurt , and in 1915 received his doctorate in Dresden as a doctor of engineering (Dr.-Ing.). His dissertation on the capacity of roads was postponed in 1916. Althoff then took part in the First World War. From a shrapnel hit his nose was seriously injured and he lost his right eye. As a result, he wore an eye patch .

Between 1919 and 1923 Althoff worked in Marienburg as town planning officer ( building department ) and second mayor (under Bernhard Pawelcik ). Later he was appointed to the city planning officer in Frankfurt an der Oder . Between 1926 and March 29, 1929 he held a similar position in Breslau . In contrast to his predecessor Max Berg , Althoff tended to support pragmatic, albeit modern, solutions, as his buildings in Breslau prove. At that time he was a member of the Reichsforschungsgesellschaft für Wirtschaftlichkeit im Bau- und Wohnungswesen eV, where he worked with Walter Gropius , among others .

Hugo Althoff and Josef Gesing: “Hindenburg School” (now “Erich-Kästner-Grundschule”) in Frankfurt on the Oder
Hugo Althoff, Max Schirmer, Bruno Buschmann and Wilhelm Anders: “Friedrich-Ebert-Schule” (now elementary school no. 45) in Breslau

For the next four and a half years he was Senator of the Free City of Danzig . Between December 18, 1928 and January 9, 1931 he was Senator for Construction in Senate Sahm III and then until May 30, 1933 Senator for Public Works and Commerce in Senate Ziehm .

After the seizure of power by the Nazis , he was forced to resign and he was retired . As a pensioner, he ran a shop with arts and crafts. In the summer of 1944, after the Stauffenberg assassination attempt , he was arrested and taken to the Stutthof concentration camp , as he was in contact with Carl Friedrich Goerdeler during his tenure as senator . However, he was released after about six weeks. After Sopot was captured by the Red Army , he stayed in his house for a few months and was later expelled to Berlin .

Private

Althoff married in 1912 in the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Langfuhr . He had three sons: Klaus (* 1914, † 1988), Wolfgang (* 1917) and Günter (* September 20, 1920, † May 30, 1999).

During his time as a senator in Danzig and then until 1945 he lived in Sopot on Delbrückallee (today ulica Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie ).

plant

Buildings (incomplete)

  • "Hindenburg School" (today "Erich Kästner Primary School") in Frankfurt an der Oder, completed in 1927 (with Josef Gesing )
  • "Friedrich-Ebert-Schule" (today elementary school no. 45) at Kuckucksweg 1 ( ulica Rafała Krajewskiego 1 ) in Breslau, 1928 (with Max Schirmer, Bruno Buschmann and Wilhelm Anders)
  • Vocational school for girls (today the United Telecommunications School) on Clausewitzstrasse ( ulica Józefa Haukego-Bosaka ) in Breslau, 1929–1930 (with Carl Zoller)
  • Gate buildings of the Oswitzer Friedhof in Breslau

Fonts (incomplete)

  • The width of the street depending on the traffic. Berlin 1916.
  • Newer versions of high-rise buildings in lightweight concrete. Charlottenburg 1929.
  • Settlement work in the Free City of Danzig 1920–1930. Gdansk 1929.
  • Poland's economic policy and Gdansk. Gdansk 1931.

literature

  • Wanda Kononowicz: Wrocław. Kierunki rozwoju urbanistycznego w okresie międzywojennym. Oficyna Wydawnicza PWr, Wrocław 1997, ISBN 83-7085-288-2 .
  • Jerzy Ilkosz and Beate Störtkuhl (eds.): Wieżowce Wrocławia 1919–1932. Archiwum Budowlane miasta Wrocławia, Wrocław 1997, ISBN 83-908067-0-3 .

Web links

Commons : Hugo Althoff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the church book No. 14 of the Ambrosius Church in Ostbevern. Accessed March 8, 2009.
  2. ↑ Waltraud Voss : From Dresden into the world . Accessed March 8, 2009.
  3. ^ TU Dresden: List of PhD students at the TH Dresden 1900-1945 . Accessed March 8, 2009.
  4. ^ Memoirs of Günter Althoff. Accessed March 8, 2009.
predecessor Office successor
Max Berg Wroclaw City Planning Council (building construction)
1926–1929 		Fritz Behrendt
personal data
SURNAME Althoff, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Althoff, Bartholomäus Hugo Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer, urban planner and politician (center)
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostbevern , Warendorf district
DATE OF DEATH 1960