Julius Hoffmann (architect)

Julius Hoffmann (born April 26, 1910 - † February 24, 1975 ) was an architect from Heilbronn . The works by Julius Hoffmann described in Silent Contemporary Witnesses and Monument Topography include the Bierstorfer furniture store, which was built in 1949, the trading and commercial bank opened in 1953, and the Assenheimer car dealership in Heilbronn, which was completed in 1959 .

Life

Julius Hoffmann was born on April 26, 1910 and has lived at Luisenstrasse 13 in Heilbronn since 1936. Between 1938 and 1939 he lived at Karlstrasse 103. Julius Hoffmann had lived at Armsündersteige 14 in Heilbronn since 1950. Since 1954 he has been mentioned as an architect of the BDA and also his architecture office in Dammstrasse 83 in Heilbronn. Likewise for 1958. In 1961 he was also named as a freelance architect and at that time lived at Armsündersteige 36 in Heilbronn. Likewise in the years 1964 and 1968. Julius Hoffmann was last occupied in Heilbronn for 1975, where he lived at Alexanderstraße 27, without his architectural office at Dammstraße 83 being mentioned in the Heilbronn address book. He died on February 24, 1975 in Heilbronn and was buried in the main cemetery there.

Works

In the monument topography , the former furniture store Bierstorfer is first mentioned as a work by the architect Julius Hoffmann. This architecture is an example of the "traditional construction" of the 1950s in Heilbronn. Another work of the architect Julius Hoffmann's loud silence witnesses , the four-storey building of the former Trade and Commerce Bank in Franconian shell limestone on the avenue 11 to 1953. Finally, the Grade II listed former is dealership Assenheimer on Stuttgarter Strasse 2 in Heilbronn to name, which, according to the monument topography and also according to silent witnesses, was designed according to plans by Julius Hoffmann and completed in 1959.

The former furniture store Bierstorfer (1949)
The former trading and commercial bank at Allee 11 (1953)
The former Assenheimer car dealership (Mercedes-Benz agency) at Stuttgarter Strasse 2 (2008)
The former Assenheimer car dealership (Mercedes-Benz agency) at Stuttgarter Strasse 2 (2008)

Individual evidence

↑ Family advertisements in the Heilbronner Voice of Wednesday, February 26, 1975, No. 47, p. 25
↑ Article in the Heilbronner Voice of September 3, 1998 by (hoef): Hidden gem. Wüba building classified as a cultural monument

" The former trading and industrial bank [...] has now been included in the final list of cultural monuments by the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office for scientific and artistic reasons [...] The interior of the house is based on designs by the well-known Heilbronn architect Julius Hoffmann on the occasion of the move [...] have been redesigned. This redesign in the Baroque style [...] was a typical feature of the early phase of post-war reconstruction in Württemberg, founded by Paul Schmitthenner's school in Stuttgart . "
^ Address book of the city of Heilbronn am Neckar 1936 (anniversary edition 1836–1936), p. 85 II
^ Address book of the city of Heilbronn am Neckar 1938/1939, p. 102 II
^ Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1950, p. 70
^ Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1954, p. 87
^ Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1954, p. 104
^ Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1961, p. 105
^ Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1964, p. 109
^ Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1968, p. 52
↑ Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1975, p. 100
^ Julius Fekete , Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Naumann: Stadtkreis Heilbronn . (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Volume I.5.). Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3 , pp. 58 . :

“ The construction activity in Heilbronn in the post-war period was by no means solely committed to modern architecture. This is shown, for example, by the Bierstorfer furniture store, built in 1949 according to the designs of Julius Hoffmann in traditional construction [...] "
^ Bernhard Lattner with texts by Joachim J. Hennze: Stille Zeitzeugen. 500 years of Heilbronn architecture . Edition Lattner, Heilbronn 2005, ISBN 3-9807729-6-9 . P. 77:

“ Hoffmann erected the sober, transverse four-storey building in Franconian shell limestone, the horizontal row of windows is broken through by an asymmetrically laid out portal on the avenue side and an undivided wall surface on Kaiserstraße. In the corner solution, the building refers to the Dresdner Bank von Schmitthenner opposite . "

^ Bernhard Lattner with texts by Joachim J. Hennze: Stille Zeitzeugen. 500 years of Heilbronn architecture . Edition Lattner, Heilbronn 2005, ISBN 3-9807729-6-9 . P. 72:

“In 1959, the architect Julius Hoffmann came up with a dominant building for the Assenheimer car dealership: Directly on the road to Stuttgart rises next to a low, transverse wing, a six-story high-rise building with a facade delimited by bold side walls [...] "

^ Julius Fekete , Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Naumann: Stadtkreis Heilbronn . (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Volume I.5.). Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3 , pp. 127 . :

“ [...] Built in 1959 for the Assenheimer car dealership based on designs by Julius Hoffmann (Mercedes-Benz agency). The dominant urban development location on Silcherplatz is taken into account by the office tower, which is designed like a landmark; with the rounded and glazed corner facade of the maintenance hall and the resumption of the pane motif as well as the advertising on the western corner store. The light-flooded exhibition hall shows colored relief images on the walls with vehicles from Mercedes-Benz, columns and skirting boards with colored mosaics, ceilings with sophisticated lighting [...] "

personal data
SURNAME	Hoffmann, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1910
DATE OF DEATH	February 24, 1975

[1] Family advertisements in the Heilbronner Voice of Wednesday, February 26, 1975, No. 47, p. 25

[2] Article in the Heilbronner Voice of September 3, 1998 by (hoef): Hidden gem. Wüba building classified as a cultural monument

" The former trading and industrial bank [...] has now been included in the final list of cultural monuments by the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office for scientific and artistic reasons [...] The interior of the house is based on designs by the well-known Heilbronn architect Julius Hoffmann on the occasion of the move [...] have been redesigned. This redesign in the Baroque style [...] was a typical feature of the early phase of post-war reconstruction in Württemberg, founded by Paul Schmitthenner's school in Stuttgart . "

[3] Address book of the city of Heilbronn am Neckar 1936 (anniversary edition 1836–1936), p. 85 II

[4] Address book of the city of Heilbronn am Neckar 1938/1939, p. 102 II

[5] Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1950, p. 70

[6] Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1954, p. 87

[7] Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1954, p. 104

[8] Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1961, p. 105

[9] Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1964, p. 109

[10] Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1968, p. 52

[11] Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1975, p. 100

[12] Julius Fekete , Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Naumann: Stadtkreis Heilbronn . (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Volume I.5.). Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3 , pp. 58 . :

“ The construction activity in Heilbronn in the post-war period was by no means solely committed to modern architecture. This is shown, for example, by the Bierstorfer furniture store, built in 1949 according to the designs of Julius Hoffmann in traditional construction [...] "

[13] Bernhard Lattner with texts by Joachim J. Hennze: Stille Zeitzeugen. 500 years of Heilbronn architecture . Edition Lattner, Heilbronn 2005, ISBN 3-9807729-6-9 . P. 77:

“ Hoffmann erected the sober, transverse four-storey building in Franconian shell limestone, the horizontal row of windows is broken through by an asymmetrically laid out portal on the avenue side and an undivided wall surface on Kaiserstraße. In the corner solution, the building refers to the Dresdner Bank von Schmitthenner opposite . "

[14] Bernhard Lattner with texts by Joachim J. Hennze: Stille Zeitzeugen. 500 years of Heilbronn architecture . Edition Lattner, Heilbronn 2005, ISBN 3-9807729-6-9 . P. 72:

“In 1959, the architect Julius Hoffmann came up with a dominant building for the Assenheimer car dealership: Directly on the road to Stuttgart rises next to a low, transverse wing, a six-story high-rise building with a facade delimited by bold side walls [...] "

[15] Julius Fekete , Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Naumann: Stadtkreis Heilbronn . (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Volume I.5.). Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3 , pp. 127 . :

“ [...] Built in 1959 for the Assenheimer car dealership based on designs by Julius Hoffmann (Mercedes-Benz agency). The dominant urban development location on Silcherplatz is taken into account by the office tower, which is designed like a landmark; with the rounded and glazed corner facade of the maintenance hall and the resumption of the pane motif as well as the advertising on the western corner store. The light-flooded exhibition hall shows colored relief images on the walls with vehicles from Mercedes-Benz, columns and skirting boards with colored mosaics, ceilings with sophisticated lighting [...] "