Johann Mathias von Holst
Johann Mathias von Holst (also Johann Matthias von Holst ; born October 4, 1839 in Fellin ; † April 8, 1905 in Charlottenburg ) was a Baltic German architect .
Life
Johann Mathias von Holst visited as the son of pastor Valentin von Holst (1808–1860) and Marie von Holst b. Lenz (1812–1886) founded the Schmidt'sche Anstalt in Neu-Tennasilm in Fellin, founded by the father of the musician Hans Schmidt , and passed the school leaving examination there in 1857. He studied from 1858 to 1861 at the Polytechnic School in Hanover with Conrad Wilhelm Hase and until 1862 at the Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum Zürich . In the winter semester of 1861/62 he became a member of Teutonia Zurich, later the Corps Frisia Karlsruhe . In the summer semester of 1862 he was one of the founders of the Baltica Zurich, the later Corps Baltica Danzig .
He then worked in chronological order in the architectural offices of Christian Friedrich von Leins in Stuttgart and Heinrich Ferstel in Vienna . After another three-year stay in his hometown and working as an architect in Riga , after 1876 he worked from Charlottenburg for the Berlin-Hamburg real estate company as technical director. After the liquidation and founding of the successor company Baugesellschaft Bellevue , he remained technical director and was involved in numerous construction projects from 1882 to 1887 at the Zaar and von Holst architects' office, which was run jointly with Carl Zaar .
He was buried on April 21, 1905.
Memberships
He was a member of the Baltika Landsmannschaft in Zurich and a member of the Berlin Artists' Association .
plant
- 1866: Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Paul in Fellin (Livonia)
In the architects Zaar and von Holst
- 1882: Competition draft (motto "Fortuna in concordia") for the new building of the town hall in Wiesbaden (not executed)
- 1883–1884: Grand Hôtel Alexanderplatz in Berlin , Alexanderstraße 46–48 / Alte Schützenstraße (in collaboration with Wilhelm Martens ; not preserved)
- 1884/1885: competition design (motto "dividend") for the development of the western section of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße in Berlin-Mitte (awarded one of two 2nd prizes)
- 1885: Competition draft for the Imperial Court in Leipzig (participation not guaranteed)
- 1886: Competition draft (motto "Halt 'Maß") for the regional committee building in Strasbourg (Alsace) (recommended for purchase)
- 1886–1888: Town hall in Oldenburg (Oldenburg) , Markt 1 (construction management by Franz Noack , Franz Wilhelm Adams , CJ Krito and Hermann Ramien )
and undated:
- City villa in Berlin, Lessingstraße 56 (today 51)
- City villa in Berlin, Lessingstraße 57 (today 52)
- House in Berlin, Klopstockstrasse 43
- Double house in Berlin, Klopstockstrasse 44/45
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Johann Mathias von Holst. In: BBLD - Baltic biografisches Lexikon digital
- Data record on Johann Matthias von Holst in the database architects and artists with direct reference to Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902) , last accessed on February 23, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Nehlep (ed.): Album Academicum the Corps Baltica Borussia Gdansk 1860-1970. Berlin 1973.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holst, Johann Mathias von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holst, Matthias von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fellin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1905 |
| Place of death | Charlottenburg |