Karl Poser

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Karl Poser , baptized as Ernst Carl Poser , (born June 5, 1870 in Limbach , † August 19, 1916 in Leipzig ) was a German architect .

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Karl Poser was born as the eldest son of the "certified master mason" Ernst Friedrich Poser and his wife Anna Laura Poser, née. Harzendorf born in Limbach. His grandfather was the building contractor Christoph Poser . On September 7, 1907, he married Barbara Wilhelmine Bertha, b. Germann (born October 25, 1865 in Darmstadt); the marriage remained childless. On August 19, 1916, Karl Poser died of "heart failure after an operation on the appendix".

Father and grandfather were responsible for many Limbach building projects in the second half of the 19th century. Poser was therefore familiar with construction practice from an early age. It is not yet known where he completed his training as an architect. As an architect, he followed the current technical and design developments of his time very closely, took them up and developed his own solutions from them. For example, he used the possibilities of reinforced concrete structures early on .

From 1900, Poser built numerous apartment buildings in Leipzig. In addition, Wurzen formed a special focus of activity: In 1902 a new building for the commercial school and a commercial building for the Wurzener Bank were built here . Until around 1903 he worked in an office community with the architect Adalbert Friedrich ( Friedrich and Poser, Bureau for Architecture and Construction ) and then worked independently. He took part in numerous architectural competitions and also made a name for himself through the skillful and sensitive renovation of historical buildings, e.g. B. from Schloss Flößberg near Borna. In 1905 the parish hall of the Michaeliskirche on Nordplatz in Leipzig was built with its extraordinary entrance portal, 1906–1907 the Villa Pinkau - his first single-family house . Whenever possible, Poser also designed the interior design of his buildings. According to the current state of knowledge, the establishment of the restaurant “Zur Traube” from 1908, which at that time was one of the most elegant restaurants in Leipzig, can be regarded as his most important contribution in this area.

Critics praised his ability to find “original” design aspects from conventional building projects. Poser avoided typical structural elements such as columns , pilasters or protruding cornices . Some of his facades initially appear almost flat, but then turn out to be carefully sculpted. He relied on a simple, clear structure, economical ornamentation and unusual combinations of motifs.

Towards the end of the first decade of the 20th century, his style changed significantly: Under the influence of the emerging reform architecture and homeland security architecture , the decorative and sculptural elements receded further in favor of "functional", functional designs and finally disappeared completely. His appointment to the German Werkbund, founded in 1907, corresponds to this development . At that time he was involved in planning larger residential complexes and garden city settlements (including Leipzig-Marienbrunn ). Poser benefited from his ability to organize complex buildings in a “picturesque” manner in large projects such as the Auerbach district monastery (1908–1910) or the hospital in Rabenstein near Chemnitz (1912–1913). These late buildings were still carefully constructed, but the original, architectural trait was now missing.

After 1910, the emerging neoclassicism also influenced him . The most striking example of this is the exhibition hall for hygienic building equipment at the Leipzig International Building Exhibition in 1913 . At the only building in Leipzig with which his name is popularly associated, the former administration building of the fire insurance company on Thomasring called "Runde Ecke" , he was probably only responsible for the technical construction on behalf of Hugo Licht , but not for the design.

For 1908, the studio or residential address at Äußere Hallesche Straße 7 in Leipzig-Gohlis is recorded in a directory of members of the Society for Geography in Leipzig , for 1913 the address is Burgstraße 26.

Poser was a member of the Association of German Architects .

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Buildings and designs

  • 1902: Apartment building at Kochstrasse 31 in Leipzig (under monument protection )
  • 1902: Wurzener Bank building in Wurzen
  • 1905: Redesign of the town church in Auerbach in the Vogtland
  • 1905: Residential building at Salzmannstrasse 11 in Leipzig-Eutritzsch (originally Turnerstrasse 11; changed)
  • 1905: Conversion of the Schreiber residential and commercial building in Wurzen, Markt 8 (changed)
  • around 1906: Design of an archway on the building of the music publisher FC Peters in Leipzig, Talstrasse 10
  • 1905: Pastorate of Michaeliskirche in Leipzig, Nordplatz 4
  • 1905: Competition design for a residential and commercial building on the Naschmarkt in Leipzig
  • 1906–1907: Residence for Emil Pinkau in Leipzig, Springerstraße 8 (today the seat of the regional notary)
  • 1906–1908: Reconstruction of Flößberg Castle near Borna
  • 1908: Bank and residential building in Oschatz, Promenade 12
  • 1908: Kurt-Eisner-Strasse 42 building in Leipzig (originally Kronprinzenstrasse 42)
  • 1908: Establishment of the restaurant "Zur Traube" in the Weinhaus Bodenstein in Leipzig, Markgrafenstraße 10 (not preserved)
  • 1908–1910 ?: District pen of the Auerbach administration in Obergöltzsch near Rodewisch , Stiftstrasse 10 (today Obergöltzsch Rodewisch Clinic , completely disfigured by renovations and extensions)
  • 1909: House with a studio for the sculptor Adolf Lehnert in Markkleeberg , Mozartstrasse 1
  • 1910 ?: Manor on Rittergut Biesen, Eilenburger Chaussee 8 in Rackwitz-Zschortau (possibly as a conversion of an older building; today heavily changed)
  • 1911: Renovation and expansion of the residential building at Moschelesstrasse 13 in Leipzig (original building 1887/1888 based on a design by Ernst Riedel, built at the same time as the neighboring house at Moschelesstrasse 11; under monument protection)
  • 1911–1913: Administration building of the Leipziger Feuerversicherungs-AG in Leipzig, Thomasring (together with Hugo Licht as well as Georg Weidenbach and Richard Tschammer ; today with a memorial museum in the "Runden Ecke" )
  • 1911: Competition design for the International Building Exhibition in Leipzig 1913 (awarded 3rd prize)
  • 1912–1913: residential buildings in the garden suburb of Marienbrunn in Leipzig, u. a. Triftweg 15–23
  • 1912–1913: District hospital of the Chemnitz administration in Rabenstein near Chemnitz , Unritzstraße 23 (today the "main building" of the DRK hospital Chemnitz-Rabenstein ; a listed building)
  • 1912 (possibly from 1909): New town hall in Regis-Breitingen
  • 1913: Exhibition building hall for hygienic building facilities at the International Building Exhibition in Leipzig 1913 (interior design of the reception room by Friedrich Voggenberger ; not preserved)
  • 1914: Housing complex Emil-Schubert-Straße 17–37 in Leipzig

  • Bank building in Wurzen, Bahnhofstrasse 16a (1902)

  • Parish hall of Michaeliskirche in Leipzig, Nordplatz 4 (1905)

  • Parish hall of the Michaeliskirche in Leipzig, Nordplatz 4, entrance portal

  • Apartment building in Leipzig, Salzmannstraße 11 (1905)

  • Villa Pinkau in Leipzig, Springerstraße 8 (1906/1907)

  • Residential and commercial building in Leipzig, Kurt-Eisner-Strasse 42 (1908)

  • Restaurant "Traube" in the Weinhaus Bodenstein in Leipzig, Markgrafenstrasse 10 (1908)

  • Conversion of the manor house to Rittergut Biesen (advertisement, around 1910)

  • above: District pen of the Auerbach i. V. in Obergöltzsch (1908–1910?) / Below: Draft for the district hospital of the Chemnitz administration in Rabenstein (1912?)

  • Hall for hygienic building equipment at the IBA Leipzig 1913

  • Residential buildings on Triftweg in the garden city of Marienbrunn in Leipzig (1912–1913; photo 2015)

Funerary monuments

  • G. Koehler tomb in Greiz
  • around 1908: Tomb for the family of the sculptor Adolf Lehnert in the south cemetery in Leipzig

literature

  • Wolf von Waldow: Leipzig, Springerstraße 8. A search for clues. In: 25 years as a freelance notary in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt. Otto Schmidt Verlag, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-504-06222-4 .

Web links

Commons : Karl Poser  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quoted from baptism and death registers, parish registers Limbach
  2. ↑ cf. Lists of the State Monuments Office of Saxony
  3. ↑ cf. Building file Villa Pinkau
  4. ↑ Der Profanbau , Volume 4, 1908, Supplement No. 2, p. 5.
  5. ↑ Der Profanbau , 2nd year 1906, p. 7 f.
  6. ↑ Der Profanbau , 4th year 1908, p. 51 f.
  7. ↑ This presentation follows the publication by Wolf von Waldow.
  8. ↑ Memoirs of the lawyer Rudolf Mothes Litigation between Karl Posers and Hugo Licht ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abstrakt.lib-ebook.com
  9. ^ Announcements of the Society for Geography in Leipzig , year 1908 (list of members) , last accessed on 23 August 2012
  10. ↑ List of members of the German Werkbund 1913
  11. ↑ contemporary illustration of the house at Kochstrasse 31 , last accessed on 23 August 2012
  12. ^ German builder award 2005 for the restoration of the house at Kochstrasse 31 as a owner-occupier project , last accessed on 23 August 2012
  13. ↑ contemporary illustration of the building , last accessed on 23 August 2012
  14. ^ Der Profanbau , 1st year 1905, No. 15, pp. 239–242.
  15. ↑ Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie, Volume 1: Die Ephorie Auerbach together with a report on the school conditions in the inspection district Auerbach. Leipzig 1905, column 24 f. ( Sp. 19–50 online as a PDF document with approx. 5 MB )  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rororo-selb.de  
  16. ↑ Der Profanbau , 2nd year 1906, issue 1, p. 7 f.
  17. ↑ Der Profanbau , 2nd year 1906, issue 1, p. 9.
  18. ^ Edvard Grieg - Leipzig memorial and meeting place. In: Sächsische Immobilienzeitung from May 6, 2009 , last accessed on August 22, 2018
  19. ↑ Information on the portal
  20. ^ Der Profanbau , 2nd year 1906, issue 2, pp. 61–63.
  21. ↑ Construction file
  22. ^ Matthias Donath : Castles in Leipzig and the surrounding area. Meißen 2013, p. 136 f.
  23. ↑ List of monuments of the State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony
  24. ↑ Der Profanbau , 4th year 1908, p. 51 f.
  25. ↑ Der Profanbau , Volume 4, 1908, Supplement No. 2, p. 5.
  26. ↑ Neudeutsche Bauzeitung , 9th year 1913, p. 365.
  27. ^ Andreas Höhn: Bismarcklehnert from Mozartstrasse. For the 150th birthday of the sculptor. In: Markkleeberger Stadtnachrichten , edition 8/2012, p. 11. ( online as PDF document with 340 kB)
  28. ^ Matthias Donath: Castles and mansions in northern Saxony. Edition Sächsische Zeitung 2014, p. 31.
  29. ↑ Prospectus for the house at Moschelesstraße 13 of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Grundbesitz AG (online as a PDF document with 4.37 MB) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dgg-ag.de
  30. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 31, 1911, No. 87 (from October 28, 1911) ( digitized version ), p. 540.
  31. ↑ Neudeutsche Bauzeitung , 9th year 1913, p. 365.
  32. ↑ cf. List of cultural monuments in Chemnitz-Rabenstein
  33. ^ Neudeutsche Bauzeitung , 9th year 1913, p. 393.
  34. ↑ International construction exhibition with side exhibitions in Leipzig 1913 (overview of buildings) , last accessed on October 11, 2019
  35. ↑ List of monuments of the Office for Monument Preservation Leipzig
  36. ^ Contemporary publication of the Koehler grave in the holdings of the Architekturmuseum der Technische Universität Berlin , accessed on August 23, 2012
  37. ^ Contemporary publication of the Lehnert grave in the holdings of the Architekturmuseum der Technische Universität Berlin, last accessed on 23 August 2012
  38. ↑ Grabmal Lehnert as work of art of the month December 2010 on the website of the Paul-Benndorf-Gesellschaft ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 23, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.paul-benndorf-gesellschaft.de
  39. ↑ on the restoration of the Lehnert grave on the occasion of the 150th birthday of Adolf Lehnert (2012) on the website of the Paul Benndorf Society ( memento of the original from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 23, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.paul-benndorf-gesellschaft.de
personal data
SURNAME Poser, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poser, Ernst Carl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Limbach
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1916
Place of death Leipzig