Otto Schnock
Otto Schnock (born June 11, 1865 ; † January 9, 1922 ) was a German building contractor and architect as well as a local politician in Wilmersdorf .
Life
Schnock completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and carpenter and had lived in the house at Knesebeckstrasse 85 since the first half of the 1890s. From 1908 he lived in Berlin-Halensee , Kurfürstendamm 130. Schnock was born with Elisabeth. Toebelmann (born June 13, 1872; † June 12, 1958) married, a daughter of the architect Georg Toebelmann . Together with his father-in-law, he set up the asylum for the homeless “Die Wiesenburg”, Wiesenstrasse 55 in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, for the Berlin Asylum Association for the homeless 1895–1896 .
After the municipality of Deutsch Wilmersdorf left the Teltow district in 1906 and received town charter, Schnock became an unpaid town councilor. He remained Wilmersdorf City Councilor until Wilmersdorf was incorporated into Greater Berlin on October 1, 1920.
Schnock was heavily involved in the construction of the Protestant Hochmeisterkirche , of which he was a member of the church building association. He was able to broker the purchase of the building site at a relatively low price, designed the church and took care of the construction.
Schnock was buried in the Wilmersdorf cemetery in grid square B 11. His grave is adorned with a relief signed “VE Schmidt 1922”.
buildings
- 1893–1894: residential and commercial building Goethestrasse 71 in Berlin-Charlottenburg (under monument protection )
- 1895–1896: "Wiesenburg" homeless shelter for the Berlin Asylum Association for the homeless , Wiesenstrasse 55 in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen (under monument protection)
- 1897–1898: residential and commercial building Kurfürstendamm 213 in Berlin-Charlottenburg (under monument protection)
- 1900–1901: Residential and commercial building at Kurfürstendamm 130 on Henriettenplatz in Berlin-Halensee
- 1902–1903: residential and commercial building Kurfürstendamm 196 / 196a in Berlin-Charlottenburg (destroyed)
- 1908–1910: Protestant Hochmeisterkirche in Berlin-Halensee (under monument protection)
- 1909–1911: residential and commercial building at Kurfürstendamm 69 in Berlin-Charlottenburg (modified 1964/1965, listed)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The city of Wilmersdorf and its parliament
- ↑ Ev. Hochmeistergemeinde prehistory of church construction accessed on July 30, 2015
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- ↑ Birgit Jochens, Sonja Miltenberger: From house to house on Kurfürstendamm . History and stories about Berlin's first boulevard. Ed .: Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin. text.verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-938414-31-6 , pp. 184 .
- ↑ Birgit Jochens, Sonja Miltenberger: From house to house on Kurfürstendamm . History and stories about Berlin's first boulevard. Ed .: Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin. text.verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-938414-31-6 , pp. 132 .
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schnock, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German building contractor and architect, local politician in (Berlin-) Wilmersdorf |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1865 |
DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1922 |