Julius Dicke

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Julius Dicke (born April 21, 1863 in Barmen (today a district of Wuppertal ); † July 12, 1933 in Wuppertal) was a German architect and municipal building officer . Its preserved buildings are protected as architectural monuments.

Live and act

Dick, who came from an old Unterbarmer factory owner family, first attended the Barmer Oberrealschule (today Carl-Duisberg-Gymnasium ) before studying architecture in Stuttgart. He then worked as a freelancer in Munich for several years. He entered the service of the city of Barmen on July 15, 1899 as a city architect. There, under the direction of urban planning inspector Paul Eduard Freygang , he and his colleagues Richard Fischer , W. Huxhold and Eugen Rückle were entrusted with numerous urban construction projects. Later he was appointed city architect. He retired in 1928.

From 1909, Dicke lived in the house at Oberwallstrasse 18 (today Oberwall).

Buildings (selection)

  • 1902–1903: Lichtscheider water tower (the older one) , Barmen (not preserved, demolished in 1977)
  • 1904 -0000: Hatzfelder water tower (the older one) , Barmen (no longer in function)
  • 1904 -0000: Eichenstraße elementary school, Barmen (no longer in function)
  • 1907 -0000: Fire station Am Brögel, Barmen (no longer in function)
  • 1908 -0000: Werléstraße 23 fire station, Barmen (destroyed in 1943)
  • 190? -0000: Fire station Heidter Berg, Barmen
  • 1908 -0000: Auf der Bleiche bathing establishment , Barmen-Heckinghausen
  • 1908 -0000: Extension of the Barmer secondary school, Barmen
  • 1908 -0000: Grillparzerweg pumping station, Barmen
  • 1909-1912: Kerspe dam , Kierspe, architecture elle design of the dam and its outbuildings on behalf of Stadtwerke
  • 1915 -0000: Construction supervision for the new construction of the Barmer town hall based on a design by Karl Roth
  • 1914–1915: Residential houses at Sanderstraße 12 and 14, Barmen, on behalf of the municipal hospitals for the two senior physicians Wilhelm Röpke and Eduard Koll
  • 1926–1927: Draft of the memorial plaque for the city employees who died in the First World War, Barmen (executed by the sculptor Friedrich Schluckebier the Younger )

  • Lichtscheider water tower
    (the older one)

  • Hatzfelder water tower
    (the older one)

  • Eichenstrasse elementary school

  • Fire station on the Brögel

  • Bathhouse on the bleach

  • Kerspe dam

Web links

Commons : Julius Dicke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Architects, civil engineers, master builders, property developers and their buildings in Wuppertal. Pies, Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-928441-52-3 , p. 78.
  2. ↑ a b c d Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal. Biographies of the participating artists. Born, Wuppertal 1991, ISBN 3-87093-058-6 , p. 36.
personal data
SURNAME Fat, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and municipal building officer
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1933
Place of death Wuppertal