Otto Lüer

Otto Lüer (born June 4, 1865 in Bruchhausen ; † February 12, 1947 in Bad Pyrmont ) was a German architect .

Life

Lüer was the brother of Kurt Lüer and Hermann Lüer and the son of the actuary Georg Christian Ludwig Lüer and Sophie Caroline Marie , née Jansen . His uncle was the architect Wilhelm Lüer.

Lüer studied architecture at the Technical University of Hanover from 1883 to 1888 and then worked as an architect in Hanover , since 1932 in Bad Pyrmont. He had been a member of the Hannoversche Bauhütte since 1886 . He built churches, villas and monuments in the neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style , the latter often together with the Hanoverian sculptor Karl Gundelach .

Work (selection)

Markuskirche in Hanover-List

Nazareth Church in Hanover-Südstadt

1896: Holzmarkt fountain in Hanover (with Karl Gundelach)
1898: Memorial courtyard on the old St. Nikolai cemetery in Hanover (not preserved)
Grave monument of the Beindorf family from Hanover made of Lasa marble
1900–1901: Villa Schlikker in Osnabrück , Heger-Tor-Wall 27
1902: Hölty memorial on the old St. Nikolai cemetery in Hanover (with Karl Gundelach) - listed
1902–1906: St. Mark's Church in Hannover-List - a listed building
1903–1904: Landsberg Castle was converted for August Thyssen
1905–1907: Nazareth Church in Hanover-Südstadt - a listed building
Urban hall construction in Celle
1916: Monument to Conrad Wilhelm Hase at the Künstlerhaus in Hanover, Sophienstrasse (with Karl Gundelach) - a listed building

literature

Lüer, Otto . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929, p. 449 .
Günther Kokkelink , Monika Lemke-Kokkelink : Architecture in Northern Germany. Architecture and handicrafts of the Hanover School 1850–1900. Schlueter, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-87706-538-4 , p. 546 f. (Biography and work) u.ö.
Helmut Knocke : Lüer, (3) Otto. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 240 ( books.google.de ).
Helmut Knocke: Lüer, (3) Otto. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 417.

Web links

Commons : Otto Lüer - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Helmut Knocke: Lüer, (3) Otto. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon. P. 240.
^ Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoß: Lüer, Kurt. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 459 ( digitized version ).
^ The St. Markus Church in Hanover, architect: Otto Lüer in Hanover. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung . 42nd volume, issue 20. Verlag Deutsche Bauzeitung, Berlin March 7, 1908, p. 121–125 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Landsberg Castle on the Ruhr . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung . Volume 40, Issue 28. Verlag Deutsche Bauzeitung, Berlin April 7, 1906, p. 191–196 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Lüer, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bruchhausen
DATE OF DEATH	February 12, 1947
Place of death	Bad Pyrmont

[HBL-1] Helmut Knocke: Lüer, (3) Otto. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon. P. 240.

[2] Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoß: Lüer, Kurt. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 459 ( digitized version ).

[3] The St. Markus Church in Hanover, architect: Otto Lüer in Hanover. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung . 42nd volume, issue 20. Verlag Deutsche Bauzeitung, Berlin March 7, 1908, p. 121–125 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] Landsberg Castle on the Ruhr . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung . Volume 40, Issue 28. Verlag Deutsche Bauzeitung, Berlin April 7, 1906, p. 191–196 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).