Julius Zeissig

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Ernst Julius Zeißig (* 29. April 1855 in Olbersdorf at Zittau ; † 18th March 1930 in Leipzig ) was a German architect of Historicism , in particular in the neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic , and later style in the Art Nouveau style built. He became known for his church buildings .

Career

Grave of the architect Julius Zeißig in the south cemetery in Leipzig

Zeißig was born near Zittau and attended the Zittau building trade school . He then worked for the Vienna construction company. This was followed by three years of training with August Friedrich Viehweger in Leipzig and studying architecture with Hermann Nicolai at the Dresden Art Academy . In 1882 he set up an architecture office in Leipzig. He was based on the Eisenach regulative , resorted to the Renaissance at the turn of the century and later also adapted Art Nouveau . Before the First World War he retired. Zeißig died in 1930 and was buried in the Leipzig Südfriedhof (in the VII. Section). On his tombstone is a relief of the Luther Church in Leipzig. He was a member of the Leipzig Masonic Lodge Balduin zur Linde .

Buildings (selection)

Luther Church in Leipzig (2009)
Parish church Herz Jesu in Plauen (2014)

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Hocquel: Leipzig - Architecture from the Romanesque to the present . Passage-Verlag Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-932900-54-5
  2. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia
personal data
SURNAME Zeißig, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zeißig, Ernst Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Olbersdorf
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1930
Place of death Leipzig