Ludwig Winter (architect)
Ludwig Winter (born January 22, 1843 in Braunschweig ; † May 6, 1930 ibid) was a German architect of historicism ; he worked for a long time as a town planner in Braunschweig. Winter's designs mainly show the styles of neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance . He also led the recreated reconstruction of important medieval buildings, such as Dankwarderode Castle .
Professional background
Winter studied architecture in Braunschweig until 1863, after which he initially worked as an assistant technician in the new construction of the Braunschweig Palace, which burned out in 1865 . In 1869 he completed a degree in Gothic with master builder Friedrich von Schmidt in Vienna . From 1870 he was a building manager and assistant to Carl Tappe, Braunschweig City Planning Council . In 1877 Ludwig Winter was appointed city architect . In 1881 he became a town planning officer in Braunschweig, and in 1909 he became a secret building officer. In 1915 he retired.
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Work in Braunschweig
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The late-classicist local planning plan from 1882 by Ludwig Winter largely determined the form of urban expansion in Braunschweig until 1914. This includes the “Ring”, a belt with a chessboard-like system of streets and squares around the historic city center of Braunschweig and its multi-lane ring road , the Braunschweiger Ring .
- 1873/1877: Restoration of the Magni Church
- 1874: Design of the Heinrichsbrunnen on Hagenmarkt in an early Gothic style
- 1879: Slaughterhouse on Hamburger Strasse and school on Okerstrasse
- 1881: School on Bültenweg
- 1884: Restaurant building in the city park
- 1885: School building at Leonhardstraße 12 (former secondary school / orientation level Leonhardstraße; current branch of the Wilhelm-Gymnasium)
- 1887: Chapel and morgue of the Braunschweig main cemetery on Helmstedter Strasse
- 1887/1889: Dankwarderode Castle
- 1888/1889: Villa Gerloff on Löwenwall in the forms of the Italian Renaissance
- 1894/1900: Braunschweig town hall , new building in the form of high Gothic
- 1901/1905: St. John's Church
- 1901/1906: Paulikirche
- 1915: Crematorium of the city cemetery
A street in Braunschweig was named after Ludwig Winter.
Fonts
- Dankwarderode Castle in Braunschweig. Results of the building history investigations carried out on behalf of the city council. Meyer, Braunschweig 1883. ( DNB 968715818 )
- The fountain on the old town market in Braunschweig. Kampe, Braunschweig 1913. ( DNB 361894643 )
literature
- Stephanie Borrmann: Ludwig Winter. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries. Hahn, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , pp. 661-662.
- Monika Lemke-Kokkelink : Ludwig Winter (January 22, 1843 - May 6, 1930). City planning officer and architect of historicism in Braunschweig. Catalog for the exhibition on the occasion of the 150th birthday in the Braunschweiger Rathaus from October 12 to November 12, 1993. In: Braunschweiger Werkstücke. Volume 86, Braunschweig 1993.
Web links
- The town hall in Braunschweig on vernetztes-gedaechtnis.de
- Church “St. Pauli ”in Braunschweig on newsclick.de
- Dankwarderode Castle on burgen.de
- Design of the “Centralfriedhof” in Braunschweig on braunschweig-evangelisch.de
- Literature by and about Ludwig Winter in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Winter Strasse on stadtplan.braunschweig.de
- ^ At the main cemetery in Braunschweig on Helmstedter Strasse
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Winter, Ludwig |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect of historicism and city councilor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1843 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1930 |
Place of death | Braunschweig |