Karl Hofferbert

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Karl Hofferbert (born June 28, 1877 in Darmstadt , † July 21, 1942 in Eisenach ; full name: Karl Wilhelm Hofferbert ) was a German architect and government master builder specializing in road and hydraulic engineering. He was urban planning director of the city of Eisenach and castle building officer of the Wartburg .

Life

Hofferbert studied architecture and became government building manager in his hometown of Darmstadt. After further professional positions as district master builder in Frankenthal and town builder in Pforzheim and Barmen , he became town building director in Eisenach in 1913. He was wounded as a soldier in World War I and transferred to Kassel as an army officer. In 1922 he became an alderman and in 1925 second mayor in Eisenach. In 1937, under National Socialism , he was forced to resign from the administrative service. After his retirement he kept the town chronicle and wrote publications on the development of Eisenach in terms of building and social history. He had been married since 1905 and had one daughter.

The Hofferbertaue district of Eisenach is named after him. Hofferbert is buried in an honorary grave in the Eisenach cemetery.

Services

Hofferbert planned and directed the regulation of the course of the Hörsel river . He distinguished himself for residential construction in Eisenach, under his direction the quarters on Tiefenbacher Allee, Michelsbach and Eichrodter Weg were created. The housing estate near the Tenkelhof bears his name today. As a castle building officer of the Wartburg, he worked on the reconstruction of the castle complex together with the mayor Fritz Janson . The construction ban zone, which exists within 500 meters of the Wartburg, goes back to him. Hofferbert was chairman of the board of directors of the Carl-Alexander-Bibliothek and the Eisenacher gas and electricity works. At times he was the municipal department head for art, theater and sports matters.

Fonts

  • The Schwind Wartburg frescos. Apparitions of their Decay and Measures to Conserve them (1928)
  • Contribution to the architectural history of the Wartburg palace . In: Wartburg-Jahrbuch 1930, pp. 37–61

swell

  • Urania cultural and educational association Gotha eV (Ed.): Eisenacher personalities . A biographical lexicon. RhinoVerlag, Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-932081-45-5 , p. 68 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sabine Landmann, Stefan Wolter, Jensen Zlotowicz: Villen in Eisenach, Rhino-Verlag Weimar 1997, ISBN 3-932081-11-0 , p. 204.
personal data
SURNAME Hofferbert, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofferbert, Karl Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer and architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1942
Place of death Eisenach