Jakob Henkenhaf

Synagogue in Bruchsal (with Friedrich Ebert )

Jakob Henkenhaf (born August 7, 1855 in Grünwettersbach , Grand Duchy of Baden ; † January 11, 1927 in Heidelberg , Republic of Baden ) was a German architect .

Villa Oskar von Bülow Gaisbergstrasse 81 in Heidelberg, design and implementation by Jakob Henkenhaf, photograph from the years 1895 and 1907

Life

Jakob Henkenhaf was a student of Josef Durm . From 1875 to 1914, Henkenhaf worked together with Friedrich Ebert in the “Henkenhaf & Ebert” architectural group in Heidelberg, nationwide in Württemberg and in Amsterdam on the planning and implementation of large, partly public building projects.

Jakob Henkenhaf's center of life was Heidelberg . Henkenhaf found his final resting place in the Heidelberg mountain cemetery in the family grave. As Tomb big serves menhir of granite , adorned with an oval of black granite into which the survival data of Jacob Henkenhaf and other family members are engraved. The tomb is located in the (Section Y).

buildings

1880–1881: Synagogue in Bruchsal by Jakob Henkenhaf with Friedrich Ebert (architect)
1884–85 and 1886–87 Kurhaus Scheveningen by Jakob Henkenhaf with Friedrich Ebert architect
1893–1894: Villa Oskar von Bülow at Gaisbergstrasse 81 in Heidelberg based on plans by Jakob Henkenhaf
1900–1901: Residential and banking house at Hauptstrasse 126 in Heidelberg for the Oberrheinische Bank Heidelberg by Jakob Henkenhaf with Friedrich Ebert Architekt
1901–1903: Heidelberg City Hall by Jakob Henkenhaf with Friedrich Ebert (architect)

Gallery buildings

Kurhaus Hotel Scheveningen built with Friedrich Ebert 1884–85, reconstruction after a fire in 1886–87
Stadthalle Heidelberg built according to plans by Jakob Henkenhaf and Friedrich Ebert 1901–1903
Universitätsplatz Heidelberg corner building, built 1900–1901 based on a design by Jakob Henkenhaf and Friedrich Ebert
Villa Oskar von Bülow Gaisbergstrasse 81 in Heidelberg, built 1893–1894, based on plans by Jakob Henkenhaf, photo 2009
Steps to Villa Oskar von Bülow at Gaisbergstrasse 81 in Heidelberg, photo 2009

Grave complex Bergfriedhof Heidelberg

Tomb of the Henkenhaf family in the Heidelberg mountain cemetery (Section Y)
Detail, plaque with the carved names of the family members who rest here

literature

Dagmar Hartmann: Henkenhaf and Ebert. Architects of the town hall in Heidelberg and the Kurhaus in Scheveningen. Dissertation University of Heidelberg 2001 online ; Verlag Regionalkultur, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-89735-255-9 .

Individual evidence

^ Source, Heidelberg Cemetery Office , Steigerweg

Web links

Commons : Jakob Henkenhaf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Henkenhaf, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	August 7, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH	Grünwettersbach
DATE OF DEATH	January 11, 1927
Place of death	Heidelberg

[1] Source, Heidelberg Cemetery Office , Steigerweg