Philipp Johann Berdellé

Philipp Johann Berdellé (born February 14, 1838 in Mainz ; † July 10, 1903 there ) was a German architect who designed a number of public buildings in Darmstadt and Mainz. He was a typical representative of the architecture of historicism .

Mainz Central Station around 1885

Former headquarters of the bank for trade and industry in Darmstadt

Career

Philipp Johann Berdellé was employed by the Mainz Railway Directorate and retired at the end of 1900. He died on July 10, 1903 and is buried in the main cemetery in Mainz .

plant

The former building of the bank for trade and industry, which is adjacent to the Ludwigsbahnhof in Darmstadt and built between 1873 and 1875 . Above all, the corner facade of the bank is based on the architecture of Gottfried Semper (central pavilion for the Dresden Zwinger ). The facade sculptures by Valentin (1837–1920) and Heinrich Barth were based on models by August Drach. The building has not been used as a bank building since 1932; after the Second World War it was increased by two more floors.
Evangelical parish church in Zotzenbach (1874–1877)
Ludwigsbahnhof in Darmstadt, opened in 1875
Lenneberg Tower in the Lenneberg Forest between Mainz and Budenheim in the neo-Gothic style (1878–1880)
Entrance building of Mainz main station , opened in 1884, which is kept in the neo-renaissance style, but also has baroque and classicist elements, at the same time:
Entrance building of the Mainzer Südbahnhof (today: Bahnhof Mainz Römisches Theater ), which, however, was demolished in 2006, despite a listed building , except for one facade.
Administration building of the Mainz Railway Directorate from 1888 , which was destroyed in the Second World War.

In addition, residential buildings designed by him have been preserved in the old town of Mainz . These include Fischtorplatz 23 and Lauterenstrasse 48.

Web links

Commons : Philipp Johann Berdellé - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Philipp Berdellé in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database

Individual evidence

^ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Hrsg.): Collection of the published official gazettes from December 29, 1900. Volume 4, No. 60. Personalnachrichten, p. 461.

personal data
SURNAME	Berdellé, Philipp Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mainz
DATE OF DEATH	July 10, 1903
Place of death	Mainz

[1] Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Hrsg.): Collection of the published official gazettes from December 29, 1900. Volume 4, No. 60. Personalnachrichten, p. 461.