Jan Fryderyk Heurich

Jan Fryderyk Heurich (also called Jan Heurich the Younger , Polish: Jan Heurich młodszy ; * July 16, 1873 in Warsaw ; † December 11, 1925 ibid) was a Polish architect who mainly worked in Warsaw. From 1920 to 1921 he was Polish Minister of Culture.

Life

Heurich was a son of the architect Jan Kacper Heurich (who is therefore also called Jan Heurich the Elder ). In 1889 he graduated from the secondary school W. Górski in Warsaw and in the same year entered the II Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg . From 1890 he attended the Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts . With the help of a state scholarship, he then traveled to Western Europe.

In autumn 1900 Heurich then took up residence in Warsaw. From 1900 to 1903 he taught at various Warsaw schools ( architecture school , technical school “Wawelberg and Rotwand” and Free Polish University ). Heurich was one of the re-founders of the Warsaw School of Fine Arts and from 1913 to 1918 he was chairman of the Architecture Commission (Koło Architektów) of the Warsaw Association of Technicians (Warszawskie Stowarzyszenie Techników). During the First World War he was active in the Central Citizens Committee (Centralny Komitet Obywatelski), the Central Welfare Council (Rada Główna Opiekuńcza) and the City Council (Rada Miejska).

Heurich was director of the National Reconstruction Committee (Komitet Odbudowy Kraju) of the Provisional State Council (Tymczasowa Rada Stanu) and a member of the Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts (Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych). In 1915 he initiated the establishment of a faculty of architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology . From 1919 he served as State Secretary and from 1920 to 1921 he was head of the Ministry of Culture and Art (Ministerstwo Kultury i Sztuki).

In 1925, Heurich was a member of the founding committee of the journal "Architektura i Budownictwo", along with other prominent architects (Karol Jankowski, Juliusz Kłos, Zdzisław Mączeński and Tadeusz Stryjeński).

Heurich was buried in the Evangelical Augsburg cemetery in Warsaw.

Buildings (selection)

Heurich was a representative of the architectural style of historicism and early modernism . In addition to many public buildings in Warsaw, he also designed rural residences and churches.

• Tomb of the Temler family in the Protestant cemetery in Warsaw (1907)
• Krasiński building on Plac Małachowskiego , Warsaw, also called “Heurichowska” (1907–1910)
• Laboratories of the Scientific Society (Towarzystwo Naukowe) on Ulica Śniadeckich (1912)
• Building of the Cooperative Bank ( Bank Towarzystw Spółdzielczych ), Warsaw, also known as the “House among the Eagles” (1912–1917)
• Hygiene Society building ( Towarzystwo Higieniczne ) at 31 Karowa Street , Warsaw
• Warsaw City Library , 26 Koszykowa Street , Warsaw
• Reconstruction of the Handelsbank (Bank Handlowy), Ulica Traugutta 7/9 , Warsaw
• III. Municipal high school for boys, Warsaw
• possibly Reconstruction of the train station in Skierniewice in the English Gothic style
• Reconstruction of the country residence in Koźminek

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  Cooperative bank

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  Commercial bank

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  Krasiński House

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  Hygiene society

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  Municipal library

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  Skierniewice railway station

Web links

Commons : Jan Heurich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• CV and buildings at Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish)

References and comments

1. ↑ Karol Jankowski (1868–1928) was a Polish architect and university professor
2. ↑ Juliusz Kłos (1881-1933) was a Polish architect, architectural historian and university professor
3. ↑ according to Information on a reprint of the first year ( memento of the original from July 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Architrend.pl (in Polish)