Joseph Ebers

Joseph Ebers (* 1845 in Hildesheim ; † July 14, 1923 in Breslau ) was a German architect of historicism and from 1883 to 1921 diocesan master builder of the diocese of Breslau .

Life

Ebers studied at the Hanover Polytechnic from 1864 to 1869 , his most important teacher there was Conrad Wilhelm Hase . In 1878 he passed the master builder examination . From around 1880 to 1883 he worked as a government master builder in Salzwedel. From 1883 he was a diocesan master builder in Breslau for almost 40 years.

During his period of activity, numerous new churches were built as a result of industrialization and population growth. Ebers designed mainly neo-Gothic brick buildings in the style of the Hanover School .

A son of Joseph Ebers was the constitutional and international lawyer Godehard Josef Ebers (1880-1958), since 1919 professor at the University of Cologne and 1932/1933 its rector.

Works (selection)

Interior of St. Peter and Paul Church in Katowice

• 1882: Jahngymnasium, Salzwedel
• 1883–1885: Catholic Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Breslau
• 1885–1890: Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus, Neurode
• 1889–1892: Catholic parish church of St. Maria Magdalena, Königshütte
• 1889–1893: Catholic parish church of St. Heinrich , Breslau
• 1891–1893: Catholic St. Joseph's Church, Bernstadt
• 1894–1895: Georgianum Seminary, Breslau
• 1893–1896: St. Elisabeth Catholic Church with monastery and hospital of the Elisabeth Sisters, Breslau
• 1896: Diocesan Archives and Museum in Breslau
• 1895–1897: Franciscan monastery, Karlowitz
• 1896–1898: Ursuline High School, Karlowitz
• 1897–1898: Catholic parish church St. Bonifatius, Breslau
• 1898–1900: St. James Cathedral , Görlitz
• 1898–1902: Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul , Katowice
• 1904: Catholic Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Bad Reinerz
• 1919: Catholic Mother of God Church, Breslau

literature

• Herbert Mundhenke : The matriculation of the higher trade school, the polytechnic school and the technical university of Hanover . Hildesheim 1988–1992 (3 volumes). Registration number 4153
• Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 12, 1878, No. 45, p. 230 (Personal-Nachrichten)
• Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung , year 1892, p. 146
• Baugewerks-Zeitung , year 1900, pp. 593–594 and p. 664
• Joseph Negwer, Kurt Engelbert (ed.): History of the Breslau cathedral chapter as part of the diocesan history from the beginning of the 19th century to the end of the Second World War. Hildesheim 1964.
• Ebers, Joseph . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 31, Saur, Munich a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-598-22771-X , p. 571.

Web links

• Record on Joseph Ebers in the database of architects and artists with direct reference to Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902) , last accessed on August 12, 2011