Johannes Koppe

Johannes Koppe (born June 24, 1883 in Leipzig ; died May 13, 1959 there ) was a German architect . His estate, found in 2005 and 2006, is evidence of urban development in Leipzig in the 1920s.

Life

After school and training, Johannes Koppe went into business for himself in Leipzig around 1912 and from 1913 had an architecture office that specialized in the construction of small apartments and settlements. In 1928 he received the third prize, endowed with 3,000 Reichsmarks, for a design for the Leipziger Krochsiedlung . From 1927 to 1929 Koppe was a city councilor for the Reich Party of German Middle Classes in Leipzig. At the same time he was also chairman of the Economic Association of German Architects (WDA) , and his office at Prendelstrasse 17 served as the WDA's main office.

Later he also designed industrial and commercial facilities. From 1938 the architecture office was continued in partnership with Otto Hellriegel. Koppe and Hellriegel continued the architecture of New Building in the spirit of the Bauhaus . During the construction of the Reconciliation Church in the Krochsiedlung in Leipzig, Koppe sat on the building committee.

plant

In addition to some preserved buildings (e.g. Gaedtvilla in Aue, administration building of the Saxon metal goods factory August Wellner Söhne, Aktiengesellschaft, Aue i. Sa. , Fliederhof in Leipzig), the more than 3,500 architectural drawings that were found between March 2005 and December 2006 and in need of restoration have survived .

literature

• A. Mesecke: Koppe, Johannes . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 81, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-023186-1 , p. 300.

Web links

• Leipzig City Archive - Part of the estate of Johannes Koppe - Directory No. 2.4.2.28 (PDF) (625 kB)
• Article on Koppe's share in Leipzig's urban development on zfb-stiftung.de, PDF (619 kB)
• Announcement about Johannes Koppe's participation in a committee for church building in Leipzig-Gohlis-Nord - In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung 1928, No. 31
• Announcement about a competition for the new building of a museum for arts and crafts, ethnology and regional studies in Leipzig, in which Johannes Koppe won second prize - in: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung 1924, no.43

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Koppe-Nachlassfund on die-stiftung.de ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2008 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.  
2. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, 1929 , p. 146
3. ↑ Wasmuths monthly booklet for architecture 12.1928, H. 11 (PDF; 26.0 MB) p. 521
4. ^ Main sample book 270 of the Saxon metal goods factory August Wellner Sons, Aktiengesellschaft, Aue i. Sa., p. III