Otto Herrnring

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Otto Herrnring (born August 22, 1858 in East Prussia ; † May 11, 1921 in Berlin ) was a German architect and construction clerk in Berlin. He is best known for the construction of numerous school buildings in Berlin-Wilmersdorf .

Life

Otto Herrnring was born as the son of Ferdinand Herrnring and his wife Wilhelmine.

In 1883, Herrnring began his studies at the TU Berlin . In 1884/1885 he was elected first chairman of the German Technical Student Union in Berlin , which also made him a member of the Technical University's committee. In 1888, as committee chairman, led the ceremony for the university's relocation to the new building in Berlin-Charlottenburg after the unification of the building and trade academy .

He was later transferred to Opole as a government builder ( Assessor ) , but soon returned to Berlin.

On November 24, 1891, he married his wife Margarethe Steindamm, with whom they had their only child, Helmuth, on January 6, 1895.

In 1896 he became a councilor for municipal development in Wilmersdorf, and in 1907, after being granted town charter, he became a councilor for municipal planning . After the formation of Greater Berlin in 1920, he also belonged to the district office of Wilmersdorf in this function.

On December 13, 1904, he was awarded the 4th grade Red Eagle Order.

On May 11, 1921 Otto Herrnring succumbed to the consequences of a stroke.

plant

Herrnring mainly designed and built school buildings in Wilmersdorf. This includes:

  • the Birger-Forell-Schule
  • 1905–1907 the Goethe School (Realgymnasium II, Münstersche Straße),
  • today's Cäcilien - and Johann Peter-Hebel-Schule ,
  • the Otto von Guericke School ,
  • the First and Second Community School in Wilmersdorf
  • 1903–1904 the Victoria-Luise-Gymnasium
  • 1908 the German grammar school in Lodz (Poland)
  • 1909 the Fichte-Gymnasium
  • 1910–1912 the upper secondary school in Wilmersdorf
  • 1911 the fourth community school in Wilmersdorf
  • 1913–1914 the second Real Reform High School
  • 1913–1916 the Wilmersdorf Higher Girls' School
  • The construction of the Wilmersdorf crematorium (together with Walter Bettenstedt ; opened in 1922 and closed for incinerations in 1990)
  • the chapel on the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf

The realization of the Our Father Church in Wilmersdorf is also worth highlighting . These are other listed buildings by Herrnring in BerlinToilet house at Preußen-Park and thatAdministration building on Ludwigkirchplatz .

literature

  • Berliner Lokalanzeiger, morning edition of May 13, 1921, 1st supplement.
  • Academic sheets, 36th year 1921, ed. from the association Kyffhäuser, Weber, Munich.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FamilySearch. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Johann-Peter-Hebel-Grundschule (Ed.): Festschrift for 100 years of school buildings 1910-2010 . (16 p.).
  3. ↑ Architectural monument of the Goethe School
  4. ↑ Architectural monument of the Cecilia School
  5. ↑ Architectural monument 1st community school
  6. ↑ Architectural monument 2nd community school
  7. ↑ Victoria-Luise-Gymnasium monument
  8. ↑ Monument spruce high school
  9. ↑ Architectural monument Oberrealschule Wilmersdorf
  10. ↑ Architectural monument of the 4th community school
  11. ↑ Architectural monument of the Real Reform High School
  12. ↑ Architectural monument Higher Girls' School
  13. ↑ Architectural monument crematorium Wilmersdorf
  14. ↑ Homepage of the “Foundation Environment” on the Stahnsdorf cemetery  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.stiftung-historische-friedhoefe.de  
personal data
SURNAME Herrnring, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and municipal building officer
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1921
Place of death Berlin