Karl Möllinger
Karl Möllinger (born April 14, 1822 in Grünstadt ; † March 5, 1895 in Höxter ; also Carl Möllinger ) was a German architect and architecture teacher who founded the first Prussian building trade school in Höxter in 1864 , from which today's Ostwestfalen-Lippe University developed .
Life
Karl Möllinger was born in Grünstadt, in the Bavarian Palatinate . His parents were Jacob Moellinger and Maria née Würz. After going through the schools in Grünstadt and Germersheim , he found a job in the fortress construction in Germersheim , where he became more and more familiar with the building trade. Finally, he studied construction at the Munich Polytechnic , graduated and began working as an architect there, which he later moved to his native Palatinate.
As early as 1846, Möllinger published the books at the Roller publishing house in Munich: “Elements of the pointed arch style; systematically developed according to the most excellent architectural and artistic monuments from the heyday of the Middle Ages " and shortly thereafter " elements of the round arch style for schools and for technical purposes, as well as instructions for self-teaching for architects, sculptors, painters, stone masons, etc., along with a collection of excellent buildings and Art monuments from the Middle Ages and the most recent times ” . Both books specifically conveyed detailed practical experience, especially in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque architectural styles.
In a modern book it says about it:
“ As a counterpart to“ Elements of the Pointed Arch Style ”, Karl Möllinger published a textbook for arched architecture in the same year. The term round arch does not refer to the Romanesque world of forms, but a stylistic conglomerate of ancient, Romanesque and early Gothic elements. They show precise, purely geometrically captured drawings in elevations, sections and details. The spectrum ranges from facade elevations to [...] window and door openings, tracery, profiles, cornices and battlements, gallery and balcony grilles, etc. "
In order to increase the awareness of his creations and ideas and to be able to better influence the contemporary style, Karl Möllinger went in 1856 as a teacher at the then very renowned building trade school Friedrich Ludwig Haarmanns in Holzminden , in the Duchy of Braunschweig . He worked here until 1863, then moved to Höxter and founded his own building trade school there in 1864 . The institute opened on November 14, 1864; 94 residents of the city of Höxter had assumed financial responsibility for the private educational institution as guarantors. The Höxter building trade school was the first of its kind in what was then the Kingdom of Prussia. On April 1, 1869, the ownership of the school passed to the city of Höxter; its founder, architect Karl Möllinger, remained director until 1888. On October 1, 1876, the building trade school came under the supervision of the Prussian Ministry of Trade and Industry. Through a contract between the Kingdom of Prussia and the city of Höxter, the institution was nationalized in 1885 and was now called the Royal Prussian Building Trade School Höxter . Möllinger worked in Höxter for 24 years as director and teacher of his institute until 1888, teaching generations of students his diversity of forms. In 1891 he published the textbook with Seemann in Leipzig: “The German-Romanesque architecture in its organic development up to the end of the 12th century.” The last years of his life had to be looked after by his wife and died in Höxter in 1895.
Höxter had become Möllinger's second home and he was one of its most respected citizens. That is why a monument was erected for him there with a portrait bust, created by Ernst Habs . It was inaugurated on March 7, 1897, which was even reported in the Palatinate press at the time. In Höxter there is a Möllingerplatz and a Möllingerstraße, which are named after the Palatinate architect.
The building trade school founded by Karl Möllinger developed into a technical college and eventually became the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences . The man from Palatinate laid the foundation stone for Höxter to be a university town. After receiving their degree certificates, the university graduates traditionally go to the Karl Möllinger monument for a photo session and decorate it with a bachelor's hat. Since 2009 the “Graduate and Promotion Association Höxter” (AFV-Höxter) has been awarding a “Carl Möllinger Prize” endowed with 1,500 euros for the production of an “excellent thesis from the University of Applied Sciences in Höxter”.
Fonts
- Elements of stone construction systematically processed according to the results of practical architecture: a textbook and template work for building tradesmen, stone masons, architects, engineers and structural engineering institutions. Hall 1869 ( Paderborn University Library )
- Building construction templates from the building trade school in Höxter: Zimmerconstructionen. Höxter 1867–1877 ( Paderborn University Library )
- Form theory of the architecture of ancient Greece, mainly the "Attic school". Höxter 1880 ( ULB Münster )
literature
- Director Möllinger. For the consecration of the monument in Höxter. In: Zeitbilder , Illustrated Supplement to the Palatinate Press , No. 14 of April 18, 1897.
- Ernst Würzburger: 125 years of the Höxter building trade school. In: Yearbook 1990 Höxter district. Höxter 1989.
- Claudia Grund: German-language master works of the 19th century on neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic. A critical bibliography based on the holdings of the Eichstätt University Library. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1997.
Web links
- Photo, traditional decoration of the Karl Möllinger monument by the university graduates
- Website of the Herminia Friendship Association with a historical outline of the university and the mention of Karl Möllinger.
- On the history of the university, mentioning Möllinger and a photo of the school he founded (PDF; 1.5 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website on the tradition of the graduate assembly at the Möllinger monument ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Website on the Karl Möllinger Prize
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Möllinger, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Möllinger, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect, author, architecture teacher and school founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grünstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1895 |
| Place of death | Höxter |