Otto Jacobsen

South-east corner of the Flensburg block

South corner of the Jacobsenviertel

Otto Jacobsen (* 1882 , † 1946 in Erfurt; full name: Otto Friedrich Jacobsen ) was a German architect of the New Building .

After studying architecture at the building trade school in Eckernförde , Jacobsen initially worked as an employee of the Hamburg city ​​planning director Fritz Schumacher and came to Erfurt in 1926 . Here, social housing based on the Hamburg model became his focus (together with Karl Schneider and others). Jacobsen's buildings remained unique in Thuringia.

buildings

• Social housing " Flensburger Block " and " Hamburger Block " (1928–1930), Erfurt- Krämpfervorstadt ( Hanseviertel )
• Social housing “ Jacobsenviertel ” (1925–1928), Erfurt- Ilversgehofen
• Row of houses on the north side of Grolmannstrasse (1928), Krämpfervorstadt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flensburg and Hamburg blocks in Erfurt
2. ↑ Salvation of the Jacobsenviertel (2005) ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

literature

• Iris Engelmann, Mark Escherich, Alexander Lembke (eds.): After the Bauhaus. History and photographs of the New Building in Erfurt. Publishing house of the Bauhaus University, Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3-86068-399-6 .