Otto Dietze (architect)

Otto Dietze (born July 1, 1833 or 1832 in Chemnitz ; † October 17, 1890 in Riga ) was a German architect who built many buildings in Jelgava (German: Mitau ) in the 1860s and 1870s , after he was the first there in 1863 City architect was appointed.

With the city architect of Riga, Johann Daniel Felsko , Otto Dietze planned the new city center of Riga after the city fortifications were demolished .

buildings

Postcard with the Great Synagogue in Jelgava, early 20th century

Great synagogue in Jelgava , built in the 1860s and destroyed by the German occupiers during World War II
Bridge over the Venta near Kuldīga .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Mitau / Jelgava in the online encyclopedia on the culture and history of Germans in Eastern Europe , accessed on August 15, 2019
^ Felsko, Johann Daniel. In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition, Volume 3 (Einstein – Görner), KG Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-25033-9 , p. 274. ( limited preview on Google Books )
↑ https://www.zudusilatvija.lv/objects/object/16684/

personal data
SURNAME	Dietze, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect in Latvia
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH	October 17, 1890
Place of death	Riga

[ome-1] Mitau / Jelgava in the online encyclopedia on the culture and history of Germans in Eastern Europe , accessed on August 15, 2019

[2] Felsko, Johann Daniel. In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition, Volume 3 (Einstein – Görner), KG Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-25033-9 , p. 274. ( limited preview on Google Books )

[3] ttps://www.zudusilatvija.lv/objects/object/16684/