Karl Doflein

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Karl Wilhelm Theodor Doflein , often Carl Doflein , (born April 26, 1852 in Wörrstadt , † April 21, 1944 in Bad Blankenburg ) was a German architect of historicism . He particularly emerged in the field of Protestant church building .

Life

Doflein was born in 1852 as the son of Karl Doflein, supplementary judge at the Grand Ducal Hessian Peace Court in Wörrstadt, and his wife Wilhelmine. He was married to Amanda, b. Schmitt, both lived when Dofleins died at the age of almost 92 in the “Silentarium” retirement home in Bad Blankenburg .

No details have survived about Doflein's youth and schooling. With regard to his professional training, he is referred to as a student of Carl Schäfer in Kassel and Franz Schmitz in Cologne , with both of whom he may have gained initial experience in church building. From 1878 to 1888 he worked in the building management of the Reichspost under August Kind and was involved in the construction of various post offices in major German cities. He later worked as a freelance architect in Berlin .

Work (excerpt)

literature

Web links

Commons : Buildings by Karl Doflein  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Full name according to the birth certificate ( digital copy )
  2. a b Written information from the Bad Blankenburg city administration, January 20, 2011 ( digital copy )
  3. Other sources cite life data from 1856–1943, such as GND 1116618907 (referring to AKL online ) and the German Biographical Archive (DBA). Query date: June 3, 2017.
  4. ^ Draft for the parish church of St. Sturmius in Rinteln in the holdings of the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin
  5. ^ Karl Doflein: The new district house in Prenzlau. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Vol. 9, 1889, No. 13, March 30, 1889, pp. 115–117.
  6. ^ Draft for the Kreisstandsehaus in Prenzlau in the holdings of the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin
  7. ^ A b Peter Fromann: A Prussian renovated crypt of the Wittelsbacher. In: Pfälzischer Merkur , May 7, 2011
  8. The Protestant Church in Nünschweiler. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 37, 1917, No. 66, August 15, 1917, pp. 417-420.
  9. Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 43, 1909, No. 19, March 6, 1909, pp. 121–124.