Karl Wilhelm Drewitz
Karl Wilhelm Louis Drewitz (born January 19, 1806 in Thorn ; † June 2, 1888 in Breslau ) was a German architect and Prussian construction clerk who worked in Berlin .
Life
After attending grammar school in Thorn, Drewitz did an apprenticeship as a surveyor , including building a fort in Thorn, which he completed in 1825 with the surveyor's examination in Marienwerder . Then he continued to work in fortress construction. From 1827 to 1831 he studied at the Berlin Building Academy and passed the master builder examination in May 1831. In 1832 he was accepted into the Prussian civil service. His area of responsibility included in particular the design of military buildings in the construction department of the War Ministry. In 1835 he became a master builder, in 1842 a building inspector, in 1850 a building officer and in January 1854 a member of the technical building deputation. He had been a member of the Berlin Architects' Association since 1828, and was its chairman from 1844 to 1856. After his transfer to Erfurt in 1856, Wilhelm Drewitz worked there as a government and building advisor to the government, from 1868 as a secret councilor. 1880 retired and moved to Breslau.
architecture
Drewitz's work follows the style of the Schinkel School . Due to the relocation of the military presence from Potsdam to Berlin under King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In the capital, the barracks he built follow the models of Ludwig Persius . Typical of Drewitz's military buildings was the use of the "Norman" style, which was then understood as "Norman", with decorative battlements and ashlar plaster, as well as the execution of buildings with unadorned raw brick facades.
buildings
Berlin
- 1840–1842: Front building and hall building "Therbuschsche Resource for Entertainment" Oranienburger Str. 18 (not preserved)
- 1846–1848: Conversion of the Palais Happe Leipziger Strasse / corner of Wilhelmstrasse to the War Ministry based on a preliminary draft by August Stüler (not preserved) and construction management Garde-Ulanen-Kaserne, Invalidenstrasse, based on a preliminary draft by August Stüler and a draft by Ferdinand Fleischinger (not preserved)
- 1847–1848: Landwehr armory in Königgrätzer Strasse (not preserved)
- 1850 Central Military Gymnasium Scharnhorststrasse (not preserved)
- 1850–1853: Garrison hospital, Scharnhorststraße (under monument protection)
- 1851–1853: Guard Dragoon barracks based on a design by Ferdinand Fleischinger, Belle-Alliance-Straße 6 (today Mehringdamm 20–28; listed)
- 1853: Parade house in Invalidenpark (not preserved)
- 1853–1854: House at Schiffbauerdamm 40 / corner of Karlstrasse and the guard building on Unterbaum (not preserved)
- 1855–1858: New Marstall at Charlottenburg Palace , Spandauer Damm (today the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection )
Erfurt
- 1851–1854 and from 1856 head of the reconstruction of the Erfurt Cathedral with the new construction of the spiers
literature
- EK Wittlich: Drewitz, Wilhelm Louis . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 29, Saur, Munich a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-598-22769-8 , p. 419.
- Uwe Kieling: Berlin building officials and state architects in the 19th century. Pp. 20-21, Berlin 1986.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Architectural monument Scharnhorststrasse 13-14, Garrison-Lazarett I, main building, 1850-53 by Ferdinand Fleischinger, Karl Wilhelm Drewitz and Albrecht Becker
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drewitz, Karl Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drewitz, Wilhelm Louis (name variant) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and Prussian building officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thorn |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1888 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |