Johann Robert Mende

Johann Robert Mende (born May 3, 1824 in Brieg ; † August 23, 1899 in Altona ) was a German architect and construction officer . He was the town planning officer of Liegnitz and Breslau .

Life

Wolff and JR Mende: Cemetery chapel at the Liegnitz municipal cemetery

Cemetery chapel at the Breslau – Gräbschen II municipal cemetery

Evangelical Higher Civic School in Wroclaw

Johann Robert Mende first worked in Lauban and was elected on October 1, 1867 by the city council of Liegnitz to the post of town planning councilor and member of the magistrate. On May 13 or May 26, 1873 he was called to Breslau, where the city council had offered him a similar position. He was sworn in on August 8 and remained in office for a twelve-year term. At the same time there was Ferdinand Alexander Kaumann, a second town planning officer who was previously responsible for the areas on the right of the Oder ; When Mendes took office, the competencies were reallocated. Since then, Kaumann has mainly been responsible for civil engineering, hydraulic engineering and bridge construction, while Mende has been responsible for structural engineering.

After the end of the term of office, Mende ran again for election, but was still subject to the preliminary decision Richard Eger and Richard Plüddemann , who eventually became his successor. From 1886 Mende took over the management of the city's building police as a building inspector . In 1893, at the age of 69, he retired.

As an architect, Mende was one of Schinkel's late imitators and was a fan of the arched style throughout his life . The first half of his term in office in Wroclaw fell into the start-up crisis . During this time, the change in municipal architecture from plastered to brick facades finally took place. Already at the end of the 19th century his work was attested to be bad taste and an architectural fiasco ( Karl Masner ).

Work (selection)

• 1868–1869: Cemetery chapel in the municipal cemetery in Liegnitz (together with building inspector Wolff).
• 1876–1877: Evangelical Higher Civic School on Vorwerkstraße in Breslau (now Primary School No. 2, ul. Komuny Paryskiej)
• 1876–1877: School on Matthiasstrasse in Breslau (now ul. Bolesława Drobnera 5 )
• 1877–1878: Royal Trade School on the Lehmdamm in Breslau (now ul. Bolesława Prusa ; destroyed in 1945)
• 1880: Cemetery chapel in the Gräbschen II municipal cemetery in Breslau
• from 1881: Psychiatric clinic on Einbaumstrasse in Breslau (now ul.Józefa Ignacego Kraszewskiego ; modified by Richard Plüddemann during the execution )
• 1881–1882: Elementary school on Lohestrasse in Breslau (now grammar school No. 17, ul. Ślężna 22-24 , corner of ul. Dyrekcyjna ; obtained with later extensions by Richard Plüddemann (gym from 1890) and Plüddemann with Heinrich Froböse and Karl Klimm ( Northwest wing from 1895))

literature

• Werner Elsner: Liegnitzer town history (1242-1912). Liegnitz city history from its beginnings to the end of the Oertel period . Weber Verlag, Lorch (Württemberg) 1971, ISBN 3-87888-016-2 , p. 64 .
• Agnieszka Gryglewska: Budynki wrocławskich szkół epoki wilhelmińskiej . In: Jerzy Rozpędowski (ed.): Architektura Wrocławia . Gmach. Tom 4. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej, Wrocław 1998, ISBN 83-7085-393-5 , p. 220-228 .
• Agnieszka Gryglewska: Architektura Wrocławia XIX-XX wieku w twórczości Richarda Plüddemanna . Oficyna Wydawnicza PWr, Wrocław 1999, ISBN 83-7085-386-2 , p. 20 and p. 31 .
• Jerzy Ilkosz: The plans for the Breslau crematorium . In: Eckhard Grunewald (ed.): Reports and research . tape 4 . R. Oldenbourg, 1996, ISSN  0945-2362 , pp. 135 .
• Halina Okólska: Nadburmistrzowie i inni urzędnicy Magistratu Wrocławia 1808-1933 . Oficyna Wydawniczo-Reklamowa Hanna Wolska, Wrocław 2007, ISBN 978-83-60885-28-4 , p. 50-51 ( wroc.pl [PDF]).

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Markgraf: Breslauer Stadtbuch containing the Rathslinie from 1287 on ... In: Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae . tape 11 . Breslau 1882, p. 141 ( poznan.pl [accessed May 30, 2012]).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Ilkosz, The plans ... , s. 135
3. ↑ Okólska, Nadburmistrzowie ... , p. 51.
4. ↑ Legnica - History of the City. (No longer available online.) In: Legnica - oficjalny portal miasta. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012 ; accessed on March 10, 2012 : "1869 (...) on November 21 - inauguration of the cemetery chapel, which was built by JR Mende based on a modified design by Wolff" Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

predecessor	Office	successor
Carl Johann Christian Zimmermann	Wroclaw City Planning Council (building construction) 1873–1885	Richard Plüddemann