Ludwig Brockmann

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Ludwig Brockmann (born July 2, 1847 in Berlin , † February 17, 1921 in Cologne ) was a German architect .

Life

The building of the Provinzial-Disconto-Gesellschaft Hannover on Georgstrasse , built by Brockmann on behalf of Max Jacob Frensdorff from 1873 to 1874 , here already with the signature Conrad Bühring and the warming hall titled by the court photographer Albert Meyer

Ludwig Brockmann was born in 1847 in the capital of what was then the Kingdom of Prussia . After attending school, he first studied architecture in his hometown of Berlin and also in Hanover at the Polytechnic School there , where Conrad Wilhelm Hase was teaching at the time .

From the year the German Empire was proclaimed , Brockmann lived in Hanover from 1871 to 1882, and during the so-called " Gründerzeit " he worked for the Hannoversche Baugesellschaft , headed by the architect and building contractor Ferdinand Wallbrecht , which, for example, later built the one designed by Brockmann called " House of Bühring " carried out.

Brockmann joined the Hanover Architects and Engineers Association in 1873 .

After Hanover, Brockmann worked in Cologne as an architect and real estate appraiser based there . He died in Lindenthal in the 19th or 20th century . The architect Ernst Friedrich Brockmann was able to provide information on the biography of the deceased .

Works (if known)

  • 1873–1874: Hanover, Georgstraße 38 (former house number 16, later also house number 24): Design of the residential and commercial building for the Provinzial-Disconto-Gesellschaft ; Construction carried out by the Hanover Construction Company by the architect Ferdinand Wallbrecht. The building, built in the neo-Renaissance style, was temporarily named Haus Frensdorff / Bühring , from 1879 also only known by the simple name “Haus Bühring”, later also as “Opernkonditorei”. It was damaged by aerial bombs during the air raids on Hanover in World War II . Modern upper floors were then built over the preserved ground floor.
  • 1875:
    • Hanover, Bödekerstraße 11 at the corner of Volgersweg 35 (formerly Bödekerstraße 93 and 94 at the corner of Volgersweg 36): Construction of a three-part group of houses in the arched style . These have been preserved in their basic substance - for example in the form of the old portal columns - but were given modern cladding in the 1970s.
    • Hanover, Georgsplatz 8 (former address Große Aegidienstraße 34 at the corner of Georgsplatz): Construction of a residential and commercial building with a “Wiener Café” facing the square. The café was converted into the “ Brauergildehaus ” restaurant in 1907 by the architect Max Küster . The entire building has not been preserved.
  • 1884 (inauguration date): Cologne, St.-Apern-Straße 29–31 House of God and teachers' seminar for the synagogue community of Adaß Jeschurun , design of the buildings.

literature

  • Theodor Unger (arrangement): The arts and crafts exhibition of the Hanoverian architects and engineers association at the general commercial exhibition of the province of Hanover for 1878. Special catalog , edited on behalf of the association commission, catalog on the contributions of the architects to the Provinzial - Trade exhibition 1878, general trade exhibition of the province of Hanover: [Hanau], 1878
  • Günther Kokkelink , Monika Lemke-Kokkelink : Architecture in Northern Germany. Architecture and handicrafts of the Hanover School 1850–1900. Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Hanover 1998, ISBN 3-87706-538-4 , p. 520

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Brockmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ When Reinhard Glaß (sd) researched in the second decade of the 21st century, Brockmann's name was not found in the Hanover student lists.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfram Hagspiel : Cologne and its Jewish architects . JP Bachem, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-7616-2294-0 , p. 442 .
  2. ↑ oV : Brockmann, Ludwig in the database Niedersächsische people (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxon State Library [no date], as last accessed on July 11, 2017
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Reinhard Glaß: Ludolff, Ferdinand Friedrich Heinrich in the database architects and artists with direct reference to Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902) [undated], last accessed on July 11, 2017
  4. ↑ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Georgstraße , in Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek (ed.): Hannover. Art and Culture Lexicon (HKuKL), new edition, 4th, updated and expanded edition, Springe: zu Klampen, 2007, ISBN 978-3-934920-53-8 , pp. 120f .; here: p. 120
  5. ^ Wolfram Hagspiel : Cologne and its Jewish architects . JP Bachem, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-7616-2294-0 , p. 414 .
personal data
SURNAME Brockmann, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1921
Place of death Cologne