Johann Georg Wolff

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Johann Georg Wolff (born March 7, 1789 in Trier ; † August 31, 1861 ) was a German architect and master city architect in Trier.

Life

Wolff first became a district building manager, later a building inspector and finally a city architect. He held this office until 1848.

He was a student of Schinkel and is an advocate of Prussian classicism , which he also represented in his home town of Trier. Traces of this attitude can also be found in buildings that were not planned by Wolff himself, but were created during the time of his office as city architect in Trier. One example is Mayor Wilhelm von Haw's Villa Weißhaus .

Buildings

One of his buildings is the casino building on Trier Kornmarkt (1824/25), which was originally the seat of the Trier Reading Society and was rebuilt after it was destroyed in World War II. Until 1999 it served as a casino for the French soldiers, after which it was renovated and converted into a commercial building.

Wolff also built the main customs office on Johanniterufer 1–3, the Royal Prussian Prison (1832/33), which today serves as the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum, and the parish church of St. Michael in Bollendorf .

The cemetery portal at the Feldport at the main cemetery in Trier-Nord was not preserved. It was built in 1832 and demolished in 1870 because the cemetery had to be expanded. In 1922 an article by Wilhelm Schäfer appeared in the magazine “Kur-Trier” with an illustration by Theo Sternberg about the gate. According to Schäfer, whose description is considered to be more precise than Sternberg's drawing, the gate was designed as a three-arched triumphal arch with the statues of John the Baptist and St. Bruno on the side passages. They came from the Church of St. Maximin in Trier or from a Charterhouse and were already considered lost by Schäfer. The two side passages of the portal served the cemetery visitors in everyday life as access, the larger main arch was intended for burials.

The Trier cattle market fountain, built in 1825, was also demolished. The building was about eight meters high, made of sandstone and symbolized livestock and agriculture. In 1898 it was dismantled. At least four lion figures from this fountain have been preserved; one is in the inner courtyard of Dagstuhl Castle , two serve as fountain figures at Liebig Castle in Gondorf and one can be seen again in Trier today. It is on Ostallee.

  • French casino

  • The cattle market fountain

  • Dagstuhl Castle, in the foreground the lion figure from the Viehmarktbrunnen

  • Wolff's design of the cemetery portal An der Feldport

  • St. Michael in Bollendorf

literature

  • Gerd Boskamp: Johann Georg Wolff - a Trier builder of classicism. In: Richard Hüttel and Elisabeth Dühr (eds.): Classicism in Trier. Trier 1994, pp. 15-17.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ building. In: Museum am Dom Trier. Bishopric of Animals, accessed February 27, 2016 .
  2. ^ Entry on Weißhaus in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 27, 2016.
  3. ^ French casino, Trier. ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) on "kugelerde.de"
  4. ^ Karl-August Heise: Neighbors of the cathedral - monasteries and artistic town planning. In: Auguste-Viktoria-Gymnasium Trier: 350 years of education and training. December 9, 2003, archived from the original on March 6, 2016 ; accessed on February 27, 2016 .
  5. ^ Entry on Planned cemetery portal An der Feldport in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 27, 2016.
  6. ↑ The story. In: The Trier main cemetery. Stephan Moll, archived from the original on February 27, 2016 ; Retrieved February 27, 2016 (commercial website).
  7. ↑ The Dagstuhl Lion and its three siblings. Dagstuhl Castle, accessed on February 27, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Wolff, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and master builder
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1861