Oskar Geiges

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Inscription on the Bismarck Tower in Freiburg
Gravestone in the main cemetery in Freiburg

Oskar Geiges (born December 1, 1849 , † February 3, 1923 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German architect and building contractor.

Oskar Geiges was the son of the architect and later city builder of Freiburg Sigmund Geiges (1810–1898) and his second wife Elisabeth Stein, his half-brother was Fritz Geiges (1853–1935).

He led the architecture and construction business Oskar and Franz Geiges in Freiburg, which built numerous buildings, especially in the Wiehre district .

In 1875/77 he was the site manager for the construction of St. Stephen's Church in Bremgarten . In 1880/84 he managed the renovation of the historic department store in Freiburg as a construction manager . In a tender for the construction of a Bismarck tower on Freiburg's Schloßberg, his design won a sign of flame on the Upper Rhine! and was built by him from the end of May 1900 and inaugurated on July 28, 1900. In 1901 he designed a neo-Gothic style burial chapel for the Mitscherlich family in Freiburg's main cemetery .

Oskar Geiges was one of the founding members of the Breisgau association Schau-ins-Land in 1873 .

His son and colleague was the architect Franz Geiges (1879–1968), his grandson the architect Hans Geiges (1904–1988).

Publications

  • Wrought iron grave cross in the old cemetery in Freiburg. In: Schau in's Land 2, 1874/75, p. 32 ( digitized version ).
  • Products of old blacksmithing in Freiburg [Münster] . In: Schau in's Land 10, 1883, pp. 24–26 ( digitized version ).
  • Wrought iron grave cross on the old cemetery in Freiburg i. B. In: Schau in's Land 13, 1886/87, p. 42a ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Oskar Geiges  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZB 1903 Reiterstrasse 1; 1904 Baslerstrasse 12; 1905 Dreikönigstrasse 15/17; Joanna Flawia Figiel: Art Nouveau in Freiburg . Kore, Freiburg 1999, ISBN 3-933056-32-2 , p. 317. 324.
  2. ^ Parish Hartheim: Art history Hartheim: Bremgarten .
  3. ^ Art Nouveau in Freiburg. Book accompanying the exhibition “Art Nouveau in Freiburg”, March 2nd - May 13th 2001 in the Augustinermuseum Freiburg . Rombach, Freiburg 2011, ISBN 3-7930-9287-9 , p. 32.
  4. ↑ Look into the country. Annual booklet of the Breisgau history association Schauinsland 71, 1963, p. 7 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Violin, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and contractor
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1849
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1923
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau