Julius Lenhartz

Julius Lenhartz (born November 6, 1839 in Ladbergen , † December 29, 1926 in Hamm ) was a German architect and building contractor . He lived and worked in Hamm, his most important building project was the Hammer Synagogue from 1868.

family

Julius Lenhartz's father Gustav Lenhartz was born in Halbach near Lüttringhausen and later attended the Academic Gymnasium in Hamm . During this time he lived with the widow of the Higher Regional Court Councilor Terlinden, who was on her mother's side a descendant of the noble barons von Strünkede , and whose daughter Charlotte became his wife on July 18, 1837. In 1830 Gustav Lenhartz passed his final exam at the Hammer Gymnasium with the grade “very good” and studied theology at the University of Halle , the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . After his military service as a one-year volunteer at the Fusilier - Battalion of the 15th Infantry Regiment in Bielefeld had graduated, he worked as a tutor of Freiherr von Forstner and was elected in December 1836 Protestant pastor in Ladbergen.

Julius had an older sister named Adelheid and a younger brother named Gustav. The mother died in June 1843 after the birth of the youngest brother Theodor, who drowned at the age of 1 ½ years. Gustav Lenhartz married Sophie Möllenhof in August 1845, a friend of his first wife and daughter of the Hammer Higher Regional Court Councilor Möllenhof. This marriage produced five more children.

In 1865 Julius Lenhartz married Elise Herbrecht in Unna .

Life

Julius Lenhartz's penchant for architecture arose at the age of fourteen. He witnessed the construction of the new church in Ladbergen and was allowed to help the builders with their work. Finally, he completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and carpenter . In 1864 Julius Lenhartz started his own business as a building contractor in Hamm, his mother's hometown. On March 15, 1886, he entered the St. John's Lodge "Zum hellen Licht" . He soon gained a good reputation and was also considered an expert in sacred architecture.

For this reason, the synagogue community of Hamm selected him in March 1868 for the new building of the synagogue on Weststrasse. The board of the synagogue community Hamm, represented by Messrs. Löb, Cahn and Spanier, signed a so-called “Enterprise Contract” with Julius Lenhartz. Lenhartz was supposed to tear down the old synagogue building and build a new synagogue on the parcels owned by the municipality, Corridor V No. 442 and No. 443, whereby the courtyard behind the school and community building at what was then Kleine Weststraße 5 was to be used. According to his signature, Lenhartz drew and designed the draft for a new Hamm synagogue on February 22, 1868. Lenhartz carried out the work on time so that the synagogue could be inaugurated on August 22, 1868. It was his most important building project.

When a volunteer fire brigade was to be founded in 1877 , Lenhartz was one of the first to enter. Between 1890 and 1894 he held the post of captain. He is proven to be an honorary member of the Westenfeldmark shooting club founded in 1879. In 1899 he worked as a partner in the Lenhartz & Fiik construction company and also as a royal lottery collector.

Julius Lenhartz died on December 29, 1926 at the age of 87 in Hamm.

literature

• Andreas Skopnik: "Open the gates of justice". Construction and demolition of the New Synagogue in Hamm 1868–1938. Westfälischer Anzeiger, Hamm 1995, ISBN 3-924966-07-9 .
• Andreas von Scheven: Julius Lenhartz designed the building plan for the synagogue. In: Heimatblätter. History, culture and customs in Hamm and Westphalia , part 2, January 2008, reprinted in: Our Westphalia 2008, p. 53.

Web links

Hamm Wiki: "Julius Lenhartz"

Individual evidence

1. ^ Private genealogy page on the von Strünkede family with mention of Conradine Ottonette Terlinden, Charlotte Lenhartz, Gustav Lenhartz and Julius Lenhartz, last accessed on September 24, 2010