Karl Friederich

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Karl Friederich (born April 8, 1885 in Strasbourg , † September 17, 1944 in Ulm ) was a German engineer and from 1925 to 1944 master builder in Ulm.

In 1929 he received his doctorate from the Technical University of Karlsruhe . His dissertation The development of stone from the 11th to the 18th century is still considered a standard work on the history of stone processing . In it he put forward the thesis that stonemasons' marks were attached to stacks of blocks to indicate which work had already been paid for.

Publications (selection)

  • The development of stone working from the 11th to the 18th century. Filser, Augsburg 1932.
  • The main tower of Kilian's Church in Heilbronn (= publications of the Heilbronn Historical Society. Vol. 17). Adelmann, Heilbronn 1934.
  • The Ulm Minster. Text by master builder Karl Friedrich and 32 pictures. The Iron Hammer, Königstein im Taunus 1935.
  • The minster in Ulm (= guide to major architectural monuments . Vol. 32). German art publisher, Berlin 1944.
  • The Kilian's Church in Heilbronn a. N. (= Guide to major architectural monuments. Vol. 49). German art publisher, Berlin 1944.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friederich, Karl , personal database of the state bibliography of Baden-Württemberg , accessed on November 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Hans Eugen Specker, Reinhard Wortmann (ed.): 600 years of Ulm Minster. Festschrift. Kohlhammer, Ulm 1977, p. 4.
  3. ^ Title entry of the dissertation , online catalog, Südwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund , accessed on November 4, 2017.
  4. ^ Hessian yearbook for national history. Volume 55 (2006), p. 267.
personal data
SURNAME Friederich, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer, master builder in Ulm
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1944
Place of death Ulm