Kunz Nierade
Kunz Nierade (born November 7, 1901 in Wohlau (Silesia) , † December 2, 1976 in Berlin ) was a German architect who worked in the GDR and was best known for building the Leipzig Opera House .
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Kunz Nierade was born in 1901 in Wohlau (Silesia) as the son of court secretary Max Nierade and his wife Elise. After completing high school in Waldenburg and completing an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, Nierade studied from October 1921 to July 1925 at the State Trade Academy in Chemnitz . From 1925 he worked in architecture offices in Chemnitz and Braunschweig . In 1929 Nierade married his wife Annalize. In 1931 he joined the NSDAP . In April 1932 he moved to Leipzig, where he worked as a private architect from September 1933 and became a member of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts . In Leipzig he planned and supervised, among other things, the construction of the suburban small settlement Portitz . During the Second World War , Nierade worked from 1941 to 1944 for authorities as a project engineer in occupied Polish territory, for example in Litzmannstadt , Kalisch and Posen . From October 1944 he worked again in Leipzig, where he supervised the repair of civilian buildings damaged by the air war.
After the war he took part in various competitions. A first prize went Kunz Nierade 1949 for his competition entry for the design of Bach -Gruft in Leipzig's St. Thomas Church . Ten years after the completion of the crypt with the bronze grave slab, it was relocated to the choir room for renovation work while retaining the slab. The design for the Westfriedhof in Leipzig was partially realized in 1950.
From the beginning of the 1950s, Nierade worked at the Institute for Building Construction and Urban Development at the Ministry for Construction in Berlin and then in the master class at the German Building Academy . Under the direction of Hanns Hopp, Kunz Nierade was involved in the design and construction of the German University for Physical Culture in Leipzig. From 1954 to 1958 he was responsible for the construction management of Stalinallee .
In 1954, Nierade and Kurt Hemmerling were commissioned to plan the new Leipzig Opera, which was inaugurated on October 8, 1960. The opera house was the first new theater building in the GDR and at the same time its most important social building of the late 1950s. The architect received the national prize of the GDR 2nd class for his work . The building exemplifies the turning away from socialist classicism , which still dominates the designs, and the move towards a new modern architecture.
After completing the opera construction, Nierade moved to Berlin in 1961. In the VEB Berlin project, he contributed to the construction of the Foreign Ministry with, however, unrealized proposals . 1964 to 1966 the external renovation of the Komische Oper was carried out according to his plans.
After his retirement, Nierade was involved in an advisory role in setting up the Karl Liebknecht Forum in Potsdam . Individual elements of the facility, which is no longer preserved at the original location, were set up in connection with the Federal Horticultural Show 2001 in the newly created pleasure garden .
Buildings (selection)
- 1951–1958: German University for Physical Culture and Sport in Leipzig
- 1954–1960: Opera house in Leipzig
- 1964–1966: Remodeling of the Komische Oper in Berlin
- 1967–1969: advisory work on the conception of the Karl Liebknecht Forum in Potsdam
Fonts
- Planning and design of the new Leipzig Opera House. In: Festschrift for the opening of the new Leipzig Opera House. Leipzig 1960.
- Thoughts and explanations on the new Leipzig Opera House. In: DA , year 1961, No. 2, p. 61 ff.
literature
- Holger Barth, Thomas Topfstedt (eds.): From building artist to complex designer. Architects in the GDR. (Documentation of an IRS collection of biographical data) Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS), Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-934669-00-X , p. 167 f.
- Anett Müller: "It's art when it's no longer an experiment" The architect Kunz Nierade (1901–1976) . In: Leipziger Blätter 2011 , No. 59, pp. 38–40.
- Short biography for: Nierade, Kunz . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Dr. Anett Müller, Gaby Kirchhof: Kunz Nierade - The Architect. (PDF (5.0 MB)) Leipzig City Archives, 2011, accessed on December 16, 2014 .
Web links
- Kunz Nierade. In: arch INFORM .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nierade, Kunz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wohlau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd December 1976 |
| Place of death | Berlin |