Richard Steche

Richard Steche, around 1890

Richard Steche (born February 17, 1837 in Leipzig , † January 3, 1893 in Niederlößnitz ; full name: Franz Richard Steche ) was a German architect , art historian and preservationist ; he is considered the founder of the Saxon inventory work .

Life

He was the son of the Leipzig lawyer Albert Steche and his wife, the singer Lidy Steche , born. Angermann. After graduation in 1856 at the Leipzig Thomas School Steche began studying at the Baugewerkenschule Dresden. From 1859 to 1861 he studied architecture at the Berlin Bauakademie and then made his first practical experience in the studios of Heinrich Strack and Richard Lucae .

In 1863 he found a job as an architect at the Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway . He planned the new station buildings in Oertzenhof and Neubrandenburg and in 1864 the renovations of the historic village churches of Lübbersdorf and Sadelkow .

Steche returned to Dresden as an architect in 1867. His largest project from here was the Eilenburg train station in Leipzig- Reudnitz in the years 1874–1876. In 1875 he was the initiator of the trade history exhibition in Dresden.

In 1877 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on Hans von Dehn-Rothfelser at the University of Leipzig and in 1878 his habilitation . He became a private lecturer in the history of technical arts at the Dresden Polytechnic ; at the same time he was a lecturer at the local arts and crafts school.

Richard Steche's tomb in the Kötzschenbroda churchyard

Richard Steche was from 1880 professor for the history of technical arts and practical aesthetics at the Dresden Polytechnic (today: Technical University of Dresden) and second director of the Royal Saxon Antiquities Association (from 1878). In addition to his successful work as an architect, Steche became known as the first inventor of the art monuments of Saxony with his 15-volume work Descriptive Presentation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony .

He spent the last years of his life in Niederlößnitz , where he died of tuberculosis in 1893. His tomb with the portrait relief of Heinrich Epler is in the churchyard of the Friedenskirche in Kötzschenbroda , where he was buried on January 6, 1893 in the presence of an illustrious mourners, although the churchyard had actually been closed since the renovation in 1884.

His Saxon inventory work was continued by the art historian Cornelius Gurlitt from 1894.

A commemorative plaque was affixed to his home at Winzerstraße 37, named "Pug House" by his daughter Lidy after the family dog, on the 115th anniversary of his death in 2008.

Richard Steche was the brother of Otto Steche (1834–1908), who was also buried in Kötzschenbroda , and co-owner of the Heine & Co. company founded with Carl Heine in 1859 for the manufacture of essential oils and artificial fragrances.

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Richard Steche's “Pug House”, 2008

The commemorative plaque for Steche's “Pug House”, 2008

• Hans von Dehn-Rothfelser. A contribution to the art history of Saxony. Blochmann, Dresden 1877 (see dissertation, University of Leipzig 1877)
• On the history of the book cover in Saxony. 1878
• The buildings, technical and industrial facilities of Dresden. Dresden 1878
• Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony .
  Volume 1–15:
  • 1: Pirna, 1882 ( digitized version )
  • 2: Dippoldiswalde, 1883 ( digitized version )
  • 3: Freiberg, 1884 ( digitized version )
  • 4: Annaberg, 1885 ( digitized version )
  • 5: Marienberg, 1885 ( digitized version )
  • 6: Flöha, 1886 ( digitized version )
  • 7: Chemnitz, 1886 ( digitized version )
  • 8: Schwarzenberg, 1887 ( digitized version )
  • 9: Auerbach, 1888 ( digitized version )
  • 10: Oelsnitz, 1888 ( digitized version )
  • 11: Plauen, 1888 ( digitized version )
  • 12: Zwickau, 1889 ( Zwickau )
  • 13: Glauchau, 1890 ( digitized version )
  • 14: Rochlitz, 1890 ( digitized )
  • 15: Borna, 1891 ( digitized version )

buildings

• Eilenburger Bahnhof in Leipzig- Reudnitz , 1874–1876

literature

• Manfred Altner: Richard Steche. A man of passionate zeal. In: Manfred Altner: Saxon life pictures. Radebeul 2001, pp. 21-23.
• association for monument preservation and new building radebeul (ed.): Contributions to the urban culture of the city of Radebeul. (1997 ff.)
  - in particular the article by Richard Steche (1837–1893). A pioneer in the preservation of monuments in Saxony. By F. Andert, Th. Gerlach and Th. Hänsel, ibid., 2007.
• Frank Andert: The architect and art historian Richard Steche. In: Preview and Review, monthly issue for Radebeul and the surrounding area , 18th year 2007, issue 1, pp. 2–5, and issue 2, pp. 4–8.
• Hermann Arthur Lier :  Steche, Franz Richard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 537-539.
• Hermann Arthur Lier: Richard Steche. A necrology. In: New Archive for Saxon History and Archeology , Volume 14 (1893), pp. 125–137.
• Heinrich Magirius : History of the preservation of monuments. Saxony. From the beginning to the new beginning in 1945. Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1989.

Web links

Commons : Richard Steche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Richard Steche  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Richard Steche in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dorit Petschel : 175 years of TU Dresden. Volume 3: The professors of the TU Dresden 1828–2003. Edited on behalf of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin , Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02503-8 , p. 931 ( limited preview in Google book search).
2. ↑ Heine & Co. AG, factories of essential oils and fragrances, Leipzig ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.