Karl Wiener (architect)
Karl Ernst Wiener (born May 12, 1879 in Burtscheid , † March 20, 1929 in Mannheim ) was a German architect who was particularly active in industrial construction.
Life
After completing his training, Wiener settled in Mannheim as a freelance architect in 1907 at the latest , and in 1909 he was a member of the Mannheim branch of the Association of German Architects (BDA).
In 1907 Wiener's drafts for an unspecified workers' settlement in Mannheim were published in the specialist press. His clubhouse for the Mannheim rowing club Amicitia , which was designed around 1913, is at least partially preserved ; it is located on the Neckar near the telecommunications tower . Before 1917 he built various buildings for the Schütte-Lanz airship yard in Mannheim-Rheinau. 1921–1923, the large coal-fired power station of Großkraftwerk Mannheim AG with a neoclassical facade design was built in Mannheim , which was completely replaced by newer buildings over the decades (see Großkraftwerk Mannheim ). He also carried out the building of a fuel factory in the Waldhof pulp mill complex in Mannheim-Waldhof , which had a monumental, decorative facade.
Beyond his sphere of activity in Mannheim and the surrounding area, Wiener became known for the architectural design of a "family of bridges" consisting of three railway bridges over the Rhine: the " Hindenburg Bridge " near Rüdesheim (1913–1915), the "Kronprinzenbrücke" and " Kronprinz-Wilhelm-Brücke " near Urmitz (1916–1918) and the “ Ludendorff Bridge ” in Remagen (1916–1919), which went down in history in March 1945 as the “Bridge of Remagen”.
As early as 1912 - possibly as part of a competition and probably in close cooperation with the Mannheim-based construction company Grün & Bilfinger - the designs for these three bridges were created, which were planned and built solely for strategic military reasons. Wiener was responsible for the architectural design of the massive components, i.e. the fore bridges, abutments, pillars and bridge towers. The fact that these three bridges were praised as particularly successful in the trade press is primarily due to the shape of the steel bridge girders, which was developed from the structural requirements.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death register StA Mannheim, No. 799/1929
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiener, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiener, Karl Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burtscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1929 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |