Otto Warth
Otto Warth (* 21st November 1845 in Limbach , Pfalz, † 5. November 1918 in Karlsruhe ) was a German architect and university lecturer (professor) at the Technical University of Karlsruhe .
Life
Warth studied architecture at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic from 1863 to 1867 (since 1865: Karlsruhe Technical University). In 1867 he got a job as an assistant at the Baden military construction office and in 1869 he became an assistant at the Technical University of Karlsruhe, where he then worked as an assistant teacher from 1875 until he was appointed professor in 1878. He held this teaching post until 1911, and one of his students was the architect Hermann Billing .
Awards
- Awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
- 1911: Award of the Commander's Cross, Second Class, of the Grand Ducal Baden Order of the Zähringer Löwen
- 1911: Awarded the title "Secret Senior Building Councilor"
Buildings and designs
- 1872–1875: Malsch fountain in Karlsruhe (with Heinrich Lang and Karl Friedrich Moest , awarded a gold medal at the Munich art exhibition in 1876, removed in 1963)
- 1879–1893: College building, zoological institute and other buildings of the “Kaiser Wilhelm University” Strasbourg
- 1885: Competition design for the building of the arts and crafts school, the building trade school and the administrative authority in Leipzig (carried out 1887–1890 by the Saxon state building administration)
Fonts
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Gustav Adolf Breymann , Heinrich Lang , Otto Warth, Otto Königer (edit.): General building construction theory with special reference to building construction. (3 volumes) - Volume 3: The constructions in iron. 1902.
- as reprint : Schäfer, Hannover 2002, ISBN 978-3-88746-316-8 .
- Otto Warth: The college building of the Kaiser Wilhelms University in Strasbourg . Kraemer, Kehl 1885, digitized .
literature
- Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 1911, p. 413
Web links
- Projects by Otto Warth in the Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin
- Otto Warth in the Southwest German Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering
Individual evidence
- ↑ Various . In: Heinz Schmitt (Ed.): Monuments, fountains and free sculptures in Karlsruhe 1715-1945 . 2nd Edition. tape 7 . Karlsruhe 1989, ISBN 3-7617-0264-7 , pp. 686 (publications of the Karlsruhe City Archives). , P. 93
- ↑ General building history of universities: 19th century on the pages of the Art History Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warth, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Limbach , Palatinate |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1918 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |