Max Wöhler

Max Wöhler (born October 1, 1860 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † July 24, 1922 in Düsseldorf ) was a German architect .

Life

Wöhler's studio

Max Wöhler studied at the Hanover Polytechnic under Conrad Wilhelm Hase . He headed the Düsseldorf branch office of the Berlin architects Heinrich Kayser and Karl von Großheim , founded in 1890 , who were among the most renowned architects in Germany at the time and who designed above all representative upper-class villas and apartment buildings. In 1899, he became a partner in the office, making him an independent and freelance architect. The business relationship with Kayser and von Großheim ended in 1909, but Wöhler apparently had already built buildings based on his own designs before this point in time. In addition to his work as an architect, Wöhler also taught as a lecturer for home decor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1909 . Max Wöhler was a member of the Association of German Architects (BDA); around 1919 he was a member of the board of the BDA local group in Düsseldorf.

Wöhler had been a city councilor in Düsseldorf (for the Liberal Party or DNVP) since 1908 and a member of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament since 1921 .

plant

Residential building at Goltsteinstrasse 16 in Düsseldorf

Buildings and designs

In the authorship of Kayser and von Großheim (selection)

1892–1893 Franz Haniel's house , on the corner property at Hofgartenstrasse 1 / Goltsteinstrasse , Düsseldorf (removed)
1894–1895: Essmann's commercial buildings , block perimeter building on the corner of Königsallee, Graf-Adolf-Strasse and Hüttenstrasse, Düsseldorf (houses at Graf-Adolf-Strasse 11 and 15 have been preserved, since 2010 a listed building)

1896–1897: Niederrheinische Bank building , Schadowplatz 14, Düsseldorf (under monument protection since 1982)

before 1899: Carl Rudolf Poensgen house , Jägerhofstraße 7, Düsseldorf (sold)

1899: House at Goltsteinstrasse 16 , Düsseldorf (under monument protection since 1982)

1900–1901: House, Humboldtstrasse 15 , Düsseldorf-Düsseltal

1901–1902: Parkhotel , Corneliusplatz 1, Düsseldorf (preserved with changes)

1902–1904: Villa Cords, Marienburger Strasse 9, Cologne-Marienburg (broken off 1936/37)

1906: House at Goltsteinstrasse 24–25, Düsseldorf (under monument protection since 1982)

In own authorship (incomplete)

Bergfeld Hunting Lodge (1977)

1900: Bergfeld Castle near Eisenschmitt (Vulkaneifel)
before 1904: own atelier in Düsseldorf, Rochusstraße 45 (not preserved)
1910–1911: House at Malkastenstrasse 1, Düsseldorf-Pempelfort (changed in 1948, listed as a historical monument since 1982)
1910–1911: House for the industrialist Ernst Poensgen , Malkastenstraße 11, Düsseldorf-Pempelfort (under monument protection since 1984)
1912: Competition draft for a development plan "Greater Düsseldorf" (together with Ernst Stahl and G. Langen, awarded 3rd prize)
1912–1913: Reconstruction of Garath Castle in Düsseldorf-Garath, Garather Schlossallee 19 (under monument protection since 1983)

Fonts

Inns and hotels. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin / Leipzig 1911. (= Göschen Collection, Building Library. )
- Volume I: The components and furnishings of the inn. (= Band 525)
- Volume II: The Different Types of Guest Houses. (= Band 526)

literature

Wolfram Hagspiel : Berlin splendor in cities on the Rhine. In: polis , 11th year 2000, no. 1, p. 44ff.

Web links

Commons : Max Wöhler - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Silke Wilms, Clemens von Looz-Corswarem: Düsseldorf city council 1878-1933. City Archives Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 1992/1993. (online as a PDF file with approx. 224 KB)
^ House at Schadowplatz 14 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
↑ House Goltsteinstrasse 16 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
^ Wolfram Hagspiel : Cologne. Marienburg. Buildings and architects of a villa suburb . (= Stadtspuren, Denkmäler in Köln , Volume 8.) 2 volumes, JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7616-1147-1 , Volume I, pp. 453–455.
↑ ^a ^b Photos of the residential buildings on Malkastenstrasse at www.deutsches-architektur-forum.de , last accessed on January 26, 2011
↑ House Malkastenstrasse 1 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
↑ House Malkastenstrasse 11 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
↑ Neudeutsche Bauzeitung , year 1912, no. 38, pp. 563-582.
↑ Berliner Architekturwelt , 15th year 1911/1912, no. 6 (from September 1912), p. 255.
↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 32, 1912, No. 63 (from August 3, 1912), p. 405.
↑ Garath Castle in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation

personal data
SURNAME	Wöhler, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect, city councilor in Düsseldorf
DATE OF BIRTH	October 1, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt (Oder)
DATE OF DEATH	July 24, 1922
Place of death	Dusseldorf

[1] Silke Wilms, Clemens von Looz-Corswarem: Düsseldorf city council 1878-1933. City Archives Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 1992/1993. (online as a PDF file with approx. 224 KB)

[2] House at Schadowplatz 14 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation

[3] House Goltsteinstrasse 16 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation

[4] Wolfram Hagspiel : Cologne. Marienburg. Buildings and architects of a villa suburb . (= Stadtspuren, Denkmäler in Köln , Volume 8.) 2 volumes, JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7616-1147-1 , Volume I, pp. 453–455.

[DAF-5] Photos of the residential buildings on Malkastenstrasse at www.deutsches-architektur-forum.de , last accessed on January 26, 2011

[6] House Malkastenstrasse 1 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation

[7] House Malkastenstrasse 11 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation

[8] Neudeutsche Bauzeitung , year 1912, no. 38, pp. 563-582.

[9] Berliner Architekturwelt , 15th year 1911/1912, no. 6 (from September 1912), p. 255.

[10] Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 32, 1912, No. 63 (from August 3, 1912), p. 405.

[11] Garath Castle in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation