Leonhard Ritter (architect)

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"Katharinenstift" , Bad Kissingen
"Saalbau" , Bad Kissingen

Leonhard Ritter (born October 30, 1878 in Eyb (Ansbach) , † March 7, 1938 in Bad Kissingen ) was a German architect .

Life

Ritter studied at the building trade school in Nuremberg and at the Technical University of Darmstadt . After employment at the Landbauamt Nürnberg and the Stadtbauamt Würzburg and Bad Kissingen, he went into business for himself as an architect in 1908. In this context, he created numerous properties, including in Aschaffenburg (Main Canal, Zoll-Werfthalle) and Bad Kissingen, many of which are now listed.

In connection with the plan of a publishing house shortly after the First World War to depict knights alongside other architects in a series of "Buildings executed by architects NN", photos of works by Ritter were made. In the end, Ritter decided against printing, but created a photo album with the photos he had taken that lasted until a few years before his death. However, some of the buildings designed by Ritter are missing, such as the property at Bismarckstraße 2 in Bad Kissingen.

In addition to his work as an architect, Ritter also worked as a building expert for the state fire insurance and from 1919 as a sworn appraiser at the Bad Kissingen district court. Ritter was a member of the Bad Kissingen city council from 1930 to 1933 and was also active in the church council and church choir of the Protestant church as well as in the singers' association.

Ritter had two sons.

In 1938, Ritter died of a heart attack at the age of 59 and was buried in the Bad Kissingen park cemetery. After the Second World War , the house of the Ritter family on Bad Kissinger Prinzregentenstrasse was confiscated by the US Army, with many items from the Ritter family being lost.

Buildings (selection)

  • 1907: Conversion of the "Gambrinus" inn (across from Marktplatz 11 , Bad Kissingen)
  • 1908: "Zechentmayer" house renovation (Weidgasse 22, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1908: Conversion "Trost" ( Bachstrasse 3 , Bad Kissingen)
  • 1908/09: New building "Wegemer" (Kapellenstrasse 37, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1908/09: "Grom" renovation ( Schönbornstrasse 37 , Bad Kissingen)
  • 1908-10: Conversions and additions to the "Quellenhof" ( Rosenstrasse 13 , Bad Kissingen)
  • 1910: Ramsthal school building
  • 1910: "Katharinenstift" ( Salinenstrasse 30 , Bad Kissingen)
  • 1910: Oberthulba school building
  • 1910/11: Reconstruction of the Dr. Dietz ( Schloßstraße 6 , Bad Kissingen)
  • 1910: Extension of the residential and commercial building "Bäuchle" (Spitalgasse 10, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1911: New building "Hempel" (Steinstrasse 20, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1911: Conversion “Dr. Wahle "(Kapellenstrasse 7, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1911: New building "Kaiser & Pabst" (corner of Spitalgasse / Bachstraße, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1911/12: Kurvilla "Winterstein" (Pfaffstrasse 5–11, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1912: House with brewery "Hofmann" ( Maßbach , Poppenlauer district )
  • 1912: House “Dr. Steinbach "( Bismarckstrasse 56 , Bad Kissingen)
  • 1912: "Brand" house ( Bad Bocklet , Steinach district )
  • 1912: Club home Turngemeinde Bad Kissingen, "Saalbau" ( Landwehrstraße 2 , Bad Kissingen)
  • 1913: "Happ" house, (Bibrastraße 5, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1913/14: Conversion and expansion of the residential building into a "Schweizerhaus" (Bismarckstrasse 2, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1914: Parsonage Wasserlosen
  • 1921: Renovation of the "Fitz" house ( Marktplatz 21 , Bad Kissingen)
  • 1924/25: Construction management of the Schlachthof Bad Kissingen (next to city master builder Hans Hußlein)
  • 1926: Civil servants' residence (Friedrich-Abert-Straße 10, Münnerstadt )
  • 1926: Reconstruction of the children's sanatorium in Bad Kissingen (Salinenstraße 32, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1927: "Schmitt" house (Friedrich-Abert-Straße 4, Münnerstadt)
  • 1928: "Schick" house (Erhardstrasse 28, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1928: House “Dr. Kraft "(Theresienstraße 29, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1928: Hotel and inn "Grom" (Bachstrasse 2, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1931: Conversion of the "Löwengasthaus" ( Hauptstrasse 99 , Maßbach, Poppenlauer district)
  • 1932: Renovation of the "Boxberger" house ( Untere Marktstrasse 12 , Bad Kissingen)

literature

  • Obituary in the Saale-Zeitung of March 7, 1938
  • Werner Eberth : Buildings carried out by the architect Ritter , Theresienbrunnen-Verlag, Bad Kissingen, 1996
personal data
SURNAME Ritter, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Eyb (Ansbach)
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1938
Place of death Bad Kissingen