Johann Merzenich

Johann Maria Joseph Merzenich (born December 6, 1840 in Cologne , † March 8, 1913 in Berlin ) was a German architect , construction clerk and professor at the Technical University in Charlottenburg .

Life

Origin and education

The Catholic Johann Merzenich was born as the son of the innkeeper Olivier Nicolaus Joseph Merzenich and his wife Theresia Maria Walburga, geb. Castles born. After attending the Friedrich-Wilhelm Gymnasium in Cologne, which he left in the fall of 1859 after taking his school- leaving examination , he joined the office of Julius Carl Raschdorff , who was then second city ​​architect for the city of Cologne , in order to complete his eleven-year construction . He then attended the Berlin Building Academy until he passed his first state examination in 1863. He then worked as a site manager until 1869 under Friedrich Adler and Heinrich Strack . During this period he took part in the 1866 Schinkel Competition of the Architects and Engineers Association in Berlin . In 1869 he submitted his first prize-winning design for a main Protestant church for his master builder examination, which he successfully passed on February 20, 1870. After Merzenich had already participated in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 , he was a reserve officer in the units involved in the Franco-German War . After the war he took over the construction management and drafting of several large buildings in Berlin before he was employed as an unskilled worker under Wilhelm Salzenberg in the Ministry of Public Works from 1874 to 1876 .

Career

In 1876, at the age of 36, the builder Johann Merzenich joined the administration of the Royal Museums . Until his retirement in 1906, he remained in this position - apart from his appointment as building inspector. He was in charge of the building structure and repeatedly carried out his own designs. In addition to his main activity, he initially worked as an assistant to professors Johann Eduard Jacobsthal and August Hermann Spielberg at the Bauakademie. Later he lectured independently at the Technical University in Charlottenburg , where his former instructor Raschdorff had taught since 1878. The award of the title of professor in 1895 was a recognition of his teaching activities. In an obituary, Merzenich is praised as "a master drawer and a master of color".

Buildings and designs

• 1863–1864: Berlin, Christ Church in Königgrätzer Strasse, site manager under Friedrich Adler
• 1866: -9999Berlin, Schinkel Prize of the Berlin Architects and Engineers Association for his design of a main Protestant church
• until 1869: –9Berlin, Nationalgalerie , site manager under Heinrich Strack
• 1872: Berlin , Reichstag , participation in the first architectural competition-9999
• before 1875: –9Berlin, Stettiner Bahnhof , drafting for the reconstruction of the Berlin-Stettiner-Eisenbahn
• 1872–1874: Berlin, Reich Chancellery , construction management for the expansion under Wilhelm von Mörner
• 1889–1891: Berlin-Charlottenburg , plaster molding shop of the Royal Museums
• 1892: -9999Berlin, Museum Island , warehouse building for the finds from Olympia

Awards

• 1890: Characterized as a building officer
• 1895: Awarded the title of professor by the Prussian King
• 1906: Royal Prussian Crown Order III. class

literature

• M .: Johann Merzenich †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung . 33rd Volume, 1913, No. 24 (from March 26, 1913), p. 164 ( full text ).

Web links

• Designs and projects by Johann Merzenich in the holdings of the Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin

Individual evidence

1. ^ Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen, civil status archive Rhineland, civil status register, regional court district Cologne, registry office Cologne, births, no. 2559/1840.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} M .: Johann Merzenich †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung . 33rd volume, 1913, No. 24 (from March 26, 1913), p. 164. ( full text ).
3. ↑ Karl Beckmann (ed.): The state Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium and Realgymnasium in Cologne. 1825-1925. Hundred years of German cultural work on the Rhine. Festschrift for the centenary of the institution on October 18 and 19, 1925. Verlag der Universitätsbuchhandlung Oskar Müller, Cologne 1925, p. 50.
4. ^ ^{A b} Eva Börsch-Supan : Berlin architecture after Schinkel. 1840-1870. (Studies on 19th Century Art, Volume 25) Prestel Verlag , Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7913-0050-4
5. ↑ German construction newspaper . 4th year, 1870, No. 8 (from February 24, 1870), p. 64.
6. ↑ Michael S. Cullen: The Reichstag. Houses of Parliament. Monument. Symbol. be.bra Verlag, Berlin 2nd edition 1999, ISBN 3-930863-65-0 , p. 366.
7. ^ Journal of Construction . 43rd year, 1893, Statistical Evidence, p. 84 f.
8. ↑ Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, Volume 45, 1895, Statistical Verifications, p. 106 f.
9. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 10, 1890, No. 24 (from June 14, 1890), p. 237.
10. ↑ German construction newspaper. Volume 24, 1890, No. 49 (from June 18, 1890), p. 296.
11. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 15, 1895, No. 16 (from April 20, 1895), p. 161.
12. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 26, 1906, No. 89 (from November 3, 1906), p. 567.