Josef Franke

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Holy Cross Church in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf
Holy Cross Church in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf, detail
Josef Franke's house in Gelsenkirchen

Josef Franke (born March 12, 1876 in Wattenscheid , today Bochum , † January 16, 1944 in Gelsenkirchen ) was a German architect . He created sacred and secular buildings , especially in the Ruhr area , and there especially in Gelsenkirchen. In the 1920s he mainly worked in the style of brick expressionism .

Life

After finishing school, Franke studied at the Höxter building trade school . He then became a guest student at the Technical University of Charlottenburg . After completing his apprenticeship, he first worked at the municipal building construction office in Cologne , and later in Freiburg im Breisgau in the architecture office of Max Meckel and Carl Anton Meckel . In 1904 he went in Gelsenkirchen independently . Franke's second house, built in 1909, is in Gelsenkirchen at Robert-Koch-Strasse 18 . Since the 1980s, Franke's work has been rediscovered in Gelsenkirchen and processed through exhibitions and publications. His daughter was the interior designer and artist Margarete Franke .

Architectural style

Many of Franke's buildings are attributed to so-called brick expressionism, which was widespread in Germany in the 1920s. Franke's work is characterized by the use of red to brown bricks and their setting in decorative bandages, patterns and design elements on facades . The play with the rough, angular stones gives the buildings a special charm, which is expressed in a carefully balanced overall composition and its details. It is characterized by the use of rhythmic area divisions and, in many cases, the figure of the triangle .

buildings

(in selection)

  • 1903: Johann Franke's house in Wattenscheid, Parkstrasse (under monument protection)
  • 1904–1905: Residential and commercial buildings in Königsberg (East Prussia) , Schloss Freiheit / Münzplatz (destroyed)
  • 1906: Gebr. Wilhelms bank in Gelsenkirchen (destroyed)
  • 1908–1909: Dionysianum high school in Rheine , Anton-Führer-Straße 2
  • 1908–1909: Commercial and residential building for Gustav Pokorny and Albert Gompertz in Gelsenkirchen, Bahnhofstrasse 22 (destroyed in 1944).
  • 1908-1909: Cath. Church of the Heart of Jesus in Wattenscheid-Sevinghausen, Sevinghauser Weg (changed) location
  • 1909-1910: two residential buildings with office space for himself and his family and Franz Jansen in Gelsenkirchen-Altstadt, Robert-Koch-Straße 18/20 (destroyed one in 1944, a listed building) location
  • 1909-1910: Cath. Church of the Heart of Jesus in Bochum -Werne, Boltestrasse location
  • 1910-1911: cath. St. Peter high school church in Rheine, Schleupestrasse location
  • 1911: House for the doctor Otto Müller in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf, Ückendorfer Straße 213 (changed)
  • 1911–1912: House for General Director Eugen Hegeler in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf, Bochumer Straße 207 (under monument protection)
  • 1912-1914: Cath. Church of St. Michael in Dortmund , Westerbleichstrasse (changed inside) location
  • 1912-1914: Cath. Church of St. Michael in Bottrop- Batenbrock , Glückaufstrasse location
  • 1913: House for the doctor Gustav Schipper in Bottrop, Humboldtstrasse 7 (under monument protection)
  • 1913-1914: cath. Church of St. Johannes Baptist in Wattenscheid-Leithe, Kemnastraße location
  • 1914–1915: Cath. Parish Church of St. Joseph in Duisburg - Aldenrade , Kolpingstraße (listed building) 8 position
  • 1914-1919: cath. Church of St. Joseph in Bottrop-Batenbrock, (supplemented Tower in the 1920s after a design of another architect) In Flaßviertel location
  • 1921–1922: House for the doctor Gustav Sproedt in Bottrop, Rechtsstrasse 5 (under monument protection)
  • 1924–1925: House for the painter Andreas Wilhelm Ballin in Gelsenkirchen-Bulmke, Elisenstraße (under monument protection)
  • 1924–1926: cath. Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Gelsenkirchen-Haverkamp, ​​Magdalenenstraße 47 (changed inside) location
  • 1925-1926: tram depot of BOGESTRA in Gelsenkirchen Center, High Street 55-59
  • 1926: Housing development, so-called "Siedlung Blumendelle", in Gelsenkirchen-Schalke, Blumendelle 26/28 / Liebfrauenstrasse 43–55
  • 1926–1927: House for the lawyer Josef Nuphaus in Bottrop, Luise-Hensel-Straße 6 (under monument protection)
  • 1927–1928: cath. Church of Christ the King in Gladbeck -Schultendorf, Schultenstrasse location
  • 1927–1929: cath. Church of the Heart of Jesus in Bottrop-Mitte, Brauerstraße Lage
  • 1927–1929: cath. Church of Christ the King in Oer-Erkenschwick , Klein-Erkenschwicker Strasse location
  • 1927–1929: cath. Church Holy Cross with residential and commercial building in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf , Bochum street 113-117 (church itself # 115;. A listed building since 2007 without use) location
  • 1927–1929: cath. St. Ludgerus Church in Bottrop- Fuhlenbrock , Birkenstrasse location
  • 1928: "Ring-Eck" residential and commercial building in Gelsenkirchen-Mitte, Ringstrasse 93 / Weberstrasse 72/74
  • 1928–1929: cath. Church of St. Marien in Moers -Hochstrasse, Königsberger Strasse (under monument protection) location
  • 1928–1930: House for the doctor Hermann Mertens in Bottrop, Rechtsstrasse 3
  • 1929–1930: “Lyzeum Aloysianum”, today “ Ricarda-Huch-Gymnasium ” in Gelsenkirchen, Schultestraße 50
  • 1929–1931: cath. Church of St. Elisabeth in Rheine, Windthorststrasse location
  • 1929-1930, 1935-1938: cath. Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Recklinghausen-South, Antoniusstraße 12 (listed building; 2003 remodeled inside) position
  • 1932–1933: cath. St. Marien Church in Waltrop , Riphausstrasse location
  • 1934–1935: cath. Church of St. Josef in Gladbeck - Rentfort location
  • 1936: cath. Chapel St. Hubertus in the hunting lodge near Fleckenberg (Sauerland)
  • 1937–1938: cath. Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and rectory in Rheine, Robertstrasse 25, location

  • Residential and commercial building development in Königsberg

  • Gymnasium Dionysianum in Rheine, main portal

  • St. Josef, Duisburg-Aldenrade

  • Residence for Andreas Ballin in Gelsenkirchen-Bulmke

  • Tram depot in Gelsenkirchen

  • Ring-Eck in Gelsenkirchen

  • Christ the King Church in Oer-Erkenschwick

  • St. Hubertus Chapel in the hunting lodge

literature

  • Maria Wegener: The architect Josef Franke from Gelsenkirchen. Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn 1989.
  • Architektur-Kolloquium Bochum (Ed.): Josef Franke - 163 designs for the 20th century. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 1999, ISBN 3-88474-776-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Franke, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Wattenscheid
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1944
Place of death Gelsenkirchen