Otto Sohre

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Otto Sohre

Otto Sohre (born April 19, 1853 in Lommatzsch ; † July 10, 1926 in Berlin ) was a German architect and builder of the late 19th century in Berlin. Some of his buildings have been preserved and are under monument protection .

Life

O. Sohre tomb

After attending school in his hometown in 1867, the son of the Lommatzsch carpenter Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Sohre started an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Reudnitz and then studied at the Royal Building School Leipzig (a predecessor of today's University of Technology, Economics and Culture Leipzig ).

At the age of 29 he settled in Berlin as a self-employed master builder. In the address book he traded as Architect, Maurer- u. Zimmermstr, Exec. v. Buildings j. Art, general company .

For many years Otto Sohre was chairman and honorary chairman of the German war club "King Albert of Saxony" in Berlin. In this position he took part in the state funerals of the Saxon kings Albert (1902) and Georg (1904). He was also a first class knight of the Order of Albrecht .

On May 5, 1884, Sohre was accepted into the Masonic lodge to the three golden keys , which is also evidenced by his hereditary burial adorned with compasses, square and two sphinxes on the east wall of the old Luisenstadt cemetery . Otto von Stülpnagel , military commander in France, was his son-in-law.

buildings

Kurfürstendamm 30 around 1900
Oranienstrasse 191 / Heinrichplatz
  • 1885–1886: Apartment building Winterfeldtstrasse 31
  • 1886: Apartment building Oranienstraße 192 (at Heinrichplatz)
  • 1886–1888: Apartment building Oranienstraße 191 (on Heinrichplatz)
  • 1887: Apartment building Goltzstraße 24 / Winterfeldtstraße 45
  • 1892: Apartment building at Kurfürstendamm 30, temporarily owned by the former real estate entrepreneur Jürgen Schneider , who extensively renovated it
  • 1898/99 A. Tidemann Nachf. Department store, Kronenstraße 28 together with Fritz A. Wanckel and Otto Rieth (facade design)
  • Blisse residential building on Stralauer Platz
  • Residential building on Hohenzollernstrasse
  • Storage facilities and new factories on Mühlenstrasse

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sohre, Otto . In: New address book for Berlin and its suburbs , 1896, part 1, p. 1034.
  2. ↑ freimaurer-wiki.de
  3. ↑ Monument database Berlin, Obj. 09066741
  4. ↑ Monument database Berlin, Obj. 09030900
  5. ↑ Monument database Berlin, Obj. 09030901
  6. ↑ Monument database Berlin, Obj. 09066472
  7. ↑ motzbuch.de (PDF)
  8. ↑ Monument database Berlin, Obj. 09020718
  9. ↑ bildindex.de
personal data
SURNAME Sohre, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sohre, Otto Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, builder and contractor
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Lommatzsch
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1926
Place of death Berlin