Ludwig Schupmann

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Parish Church of St. Johannes in Allagen, designed by Schupmann in 1887
Water tower in Colmar, designed by Ludwig Schupmann in 1883

Ludwig Schupmann (* 23. January 1851 in Geseke , † 2. October 1920 ibid; Complete name: Ludwig Ignaz Schupmann ) was a German architect and university lecturer , the outside of his professional activity as a designer of telescopes emerged. He became known for the Schupmann candelabra he designed and the Schupmann Medial telescope he designed .

Life

Design of the Schupmann candelabra from 1888
Replica of the Schupmann candelabra on Unter den Linden (picture from 2006)

Schupmann studied architecture at the Technical University of Aachen . After graduating, he mainly dealt with the design of public buildings, where he received numerous awards and in 1881 he was appointed government builder. Because of his talents and acquired knowledge since April 1881, he received Karl Bethge (1847-1900) and others on June 17, 1882, a travel bonus of 1,800 marks. The purpose was to enable a longer study trip to perfect the training.

In 1887 Schupmann won a Berlin competition for the design of representative arc lamp candelabra that were named after him.

In 1889 Schupmann was appointed full professor of structural engineering at the Technical University of Aachen and later named a secret building officer. After his appointment to the university he did not take part in competitions with one exception.

His nephew was the Westphalian homeland researcher Josef Lappe .

Buildings and designs

Schupmann candelabra

In 1882, the electric street lighting on Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Strasse was put into operation in Berlin . The company Siemens & Halske delivered a total of 36 carbon arc lamps .

In November 1887, the city of Berlin announced a limited competition for the design of ornate arc lamp candelabra for the Unter den Linden boulevard , which Ludwig Schupmann won. A total of 104 lamps were with a mounting height of 8 m for this design built and in 1888, Unter den Linden , on the Pariser Platz , on the Opera Square and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße placed later by their Creator as Schupmann candelabra were named .

Before the Olympic Games in 1936, the Schupmann candelabra on Unter den Linden were replaced by so-called Biedermeier lamps. Only a few Schupmann candelabras have survived on Pariser Platz and Opernplatz. After the Second World War, a large part of Berlin's jewelry candelabra was badly damaged or destroyed. They had to be dismantled and replaced with simple modern lamps. Replicas of the single-flame Schupmann candelabra were erected on Pariser Platz in 1992 and Unter den Linden in 1998. A little later, replicas of two-flame Schupmann candelabra were erected on Pariser Platz and the square in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

Astronomy and Telescope Development

In addition to architecture, Schupmann was particularly interested in astronomy and the technology of telescopes. He worked intensively on improving telescopes . To do this, he devised a correction system that compensated for the color errors of the lenses .

Schupmann intended to manufacture large telescopes with lens openings of more than 1 m for professional use in observatories , but this could not be realized. Although Schupmann Medial telescopes with openings of up to 38.5 cm were manufactured with excellent imaging properties - the moon observer Philipp Fauth used such a device - this type of telescope could not establish itself. From 1911 - with the commissioning of a 1.5 m telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory - the reflectors ( mirror telescopes ) began their triumphant advance.

In the USA , however, there are still real fan communities of amateur astronomers who build Schupmann media themselves. The devices are particularly suitable for observing the planets and the moon .

A crater on the moon was named in Schupmann's memory . On the initiative of the American Schupmann fan community, the asteroid 1990BC1 was named " (5779) Schupmann " in December 2007 .

Fonts

  • The medial telescopes. A new construction for large astronomical instruments. BG Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1899.
  • Architectural drafts, made by students of the Royal Technical University of Aachen under the direction of L. Schupmann. 48 collotype sheets. Komm.- Verlag der Mayer'schen Buchhandlung, Aachen 1903.

literature

  • Edgar Lüüs: The Schupmanns. Geseker Heimatblätter No. 21, 1973, pp. 57-61.
  • Edgar Lüüs: Secret building officer Professor Ludwig Schupmann from Geseke. Architect and inventor. (= Amounts on the history of the city of Geseke, Volume 12). Geseke 2002.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Appointment as government builder. Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , May 28, 1881, p. 73, accessed on December 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ Granting of travel premiums to government Bamneister and government building supervisor in Prussia. Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, July 1, 1882, p. 225, accessed on December 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Max Schmid-Burgk : Ludwig Schupmann †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung . Volume 41, No. 16 (February 23, 1921), p. 99 f.
  4. ^ Directory of the award-winning competition designs for the Schinkel Prize. In: Weekly of the Berlin Architects' Association. 6th year 1911, No. 10 (from March 11, 1911), p. 54, accessed on January 11, 2020.
  5. ^ The competition for drafts for the new Reichstag building. I. (The winning designs). In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. July 1, 1882, p. 229 ff, accessed on January 5, 2020.
  6. ^ The competition for drafts for the new Reichstag building. III. (Design by L. Schupmann, floor plan of the main floor and division of the rooms). In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. July 15, 1882, p. 251, accessed January 5, 2020.
  7. ^ The competition for drafts for the new Reichstag building. IV. (Description of L. Schupmann's draft) In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. July 22, 1882, p. 263, accessed January 5, 2020.
  8. ↑ Extraordinary monthly task ... high reservoir (water tower). In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. January 27, 1883, p. 38, accessed January 7, 2020.
  9. ↑ First prize for the design: high reservoir (water tower) of the city water pipeline in Colmar. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. March 24, 1883, p. 109, accessed January 7, 2020.
  10. ^ Ludwig Schupmann: Competition Museum Island, Berlin. In: Architekturmuseum der Technische Universität Berlin , accessed on January 11, 2020.
  11. ^ Paul Küster: The price application for general designs for the development of the Museum Island Berlin. (VI. Part) In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. May 24, 1884, p. 209, accessed January 7, 2020.
  12. ^ Ludwig Schupmann: Town Hall, Nauen. Monthly competition August 1885. In: Architekturmuseum der Technische Universität Berlin , accessed on January 11, 2020.
  13. ^ History of our parish church. In: Allagen.de , accessed on January 5, 2020.
  14. ↑ Personalities of the railway industry, railway technology and the art of railway construction - engineers, architects, builders. (Script 0-9 / 2017), p. 30, accessed on January 4, 2020.
  15. ↑ Historical floor plans. In: reiff-museum.rwth-aachen.de , accessed on January 5, 2020.
  16. ^ Herbert Liman: More light . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-7759-0429-8 , pp. 31 .
  17. ↑ Competition result: light carriers for electric street lighting. Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 8, No. 1, January 1, 1888, pp. 7–8, accessed on December 29, 2019.
  18. ^ Ludwig Schupmann: Light carrier for electric street lighting in Berlin. Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 8, No. 18, May 5, 1888, pp. 195–196 (picture already on page 194), accessed on December 29, 2019.
  19. ^ The electric lighting of the street "Unter den Linden" and the Kaiser Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin. Polytechnisches Journal , 1888, Volume 269, pp. 418-420, accessed December 31, 2019.
  20. ^ Herbert Liman: More light . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-7759-0429-8 , pp. 36, 84, 86 .
  21. ↑ ddrbildarchiv.de
  22. ↑ archiv.berliner-zeitung.de
  23. ↑ Book review. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , August 17, 1904, No. 66, p. 415 , accessed on January 5, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Schupmann, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, university professor and designer of telescopes
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Geseke
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1920
Place of death Geseke