Julius Flügge

Julius Flügge (born March 18, 1843 in Kiel , † September 2, 1920 in Essen ) was a German architect of historicism , especially the neo-Gothic . He was particularly known for his church buildings, buildings based on his designs were mainly built in the Ruhr area .

Life

Flügge studied with Georg Gottlob Ungewitter at the Higher Trade School in Kassel and completed his training at the Cologne Dombauhütte, among other places . Initially working from Cologne, he went to Essen in 1869 and worked there as a self-employed, freelance architect, initially from 1870 to 1876 in partnership with Peter Zindel , later with Carl Nordmann .

His drafts for Protestant churches corresponded in their conception to the Eisenach regulation of 1861.

Work (selection)

Buildings and drafts (incomplete)

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  Friedenskirche in Essen-Steele

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  Memorial Church of the Protestation in Speyer

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  Kreuzkirche in Herne

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  Inn and hostel for home in Essen (around 1900)

• Competition design 1864, execution 1866–1872: Evangelical Pauluskirche in Essen, III. Hagen / Vereinstrasse (destroyed in the war)
• 1868: Draft for the restoration and expansion of the Willibrordi Cathedral in Wesel (not executed)
• 1869: Competition design for the New Town Hall in Dortmund (together with J. Marchand, Cologne) (1st prize)
• 1871–1872: Protestant Peace Church in Essen-Steele, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße 37 (under monument protection)
• 1872: Design for the Catholic parish church of St. Gertrudis in Essen, Viehofer Platz (based on a design modified by August Rincklake )
• 1872–1875: Protestant Kreuzkirche in Herne , An der Kreuzkirche (together with Peter Zindel)
• before 1880: Design for the Evangelical Luther Church in Castrop , Biesenkamp / Am Bennertor (together with Peter Zindel, executed 1880–1881 by Gerhard August Fischer )
• Competition design 1884, execution 1893–1904: Memorial Church of the Protestation in Speyer (together with Carl Nordmann)
• 1886: Competition design for the Catholic parish church of St. Maximilian in Munich (1st prize, not executed)
• 1887–1888: Gasthaus and hostel zur Heimat (original building of today's Hotel Essener Hof ) in Essen, Bachstrasse / Teichstrasse (several times rebuilt, increased and expanded)
• 1887–1890: Protestant church (later called Alte Kirche ) in (Essen-) Altenessen, Altenessener Straße 423 (under monument protection)

Fonts (selection)

• The use of medieval construction forms, namely the Gothic style, for new Protestant churches. In: Kölner Domblatt , No. 247 (1847).

literature

• Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 54, 1920, No. 77 (from September 25, 1920), p. 380.
• Thomas Parent: Churches in the Ruhr area 1850–1935. Ardey, Münster 1993.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Life data after entry in the historical register of architects archthek , accessed on February 8, 2011
2. ^ "L.": The inauguration of the Willibrordikirche in Wesel. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 16, 1896, No. 33 (from August 15, 1896) (online) , p. 371 f. - Flügge's design was discarded because it was too expensive. From 1882 the cathedral was rebuilt according to plans by the Prussian state building authorities.
3. ↑ Anniversary exhibition of the Kgl. Academy of the Arts in the State Exhibition Building in Berlin 1886, p. 285
4. ^ Draft for St. Maximilians Church in Munich. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 21, 1887, No. 1 (from January 1, 1887), p. 1 (text), p. 5 (floor plan and section).
5. ↑ Kölner Domblatt  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.