Leopold Schweitzer

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Bell tower of the parish church of St. Mauritius Kärlich by Leopold Schweitzer from 1903

Leopold Schweitzer (born June 1, 1871 in Polch ; † March 24, 1937 in Cologne ) was a German architect .

Life

In 1900 he left the civil service as a government architect ( assessor in public construction) and joined the office of the architect Lambert von Fisenne as a junior partner .

In 1910 the architect Jacob Koerfer founded the open trading company "Schweitzer & Koerfer" with him . They designed and built mainly luxury apartments and villas until the company was dissolved in 1918.

Buildings (selection)

Commercial building Spichernstrasse 55 in Cologne, together with Jacob Koerfer
  • 1901–1903: Catholic parish church St. Bartholomäus in Kail ( Eifel )
  • 1901–1903: Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Koblenz- Pfaffendorf
  • 1903: Bell tower of the Catholic parish church St. Mauritius in Mülheim-Kärlich , Kirchstrasse
  • 1907: Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Baptist in Hunolstein
  • 1907–1909: Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist Burgbrohl
  • around 1913: Spichernstrasse 55 office building in Cologne (Neustadt-Nord)
  • around 1917: Agrippinaufer 8 house in Cologne (Neustadt-Süd)

literature

  • Klemens Klemmer: Jacob Koerfer (1875–1930). An architect between tradition and modernity. (= Contributions to Art History , Volume 13.) Scaneg, Munich 1987.

Individual evidence

  1. Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 20, 1900, No. 7 (from January 27, 1900) online , p. 37.