Robert Curjel
Robert Curjel (born December 17, 1859 in St. Gallen , † August 18, 1925 in Emmetten ) was a German architect.
Live and act
Robert Curjel is the son of Hartwig Curjel and Julie (née Gutmann). Born as a Dane, Curjel was naturalized in the German Empire in the 1870s. He studied at the Technical University of Karlsruhe with Josef Durm , Heinrich Lang and Otto Warth and at the Technical University of Munich with Friedrich von Thiersch . He then worked first in Wiesbaden , where he met Karl Moser . After a two-year stay in Berlin , where he worked for Hans Grisebach , in 1888 he and Moser founded the architectural association “Curjel and Moser” in Karlsruhe , which existed until 1915. From 1916 Robert Curjel worked for the Badischer Baubund .
With his wife Marie Curjel (née Hermann) he had a daughter Gertrud (* March 5, 1893, † February 1943 in Auschwitz concentration camp , mother of Wolfgang Lüttke ), and a son Hans (* May 1, 1896, † January 3 1974, art historian, conductor, director, theater director and publicist who was able to emigrate to Switzerland in 1933.). Marie Curjel which, like he was Jewish, committed in Karlsruhe because of the threat of deportation on April 27, 1940 suicide .
Buildings (selection)
- 1892-1893: ev.-ref. Johanneskirche in Bern
- 1897–1900: Protestant Christ Church in Karlsruhe , Weststadt, Mühlburger Tor
- 1898–1901: Veit L. Homburger bank (later Südwestdeutsche Landesbank) in Karlsruhe, Karlstrasse
- 1898-1901: ev.-ref. Pauluskirche in Basel , Steinring
- 1899–1900: Villa Langmatt for Jenny and Sidney W. Brown in Baden (Switzerland)
- 1901–1902: Reichsbank branch in Bad Kreuznach , Mühlenstrasse
- 1901–1904: ev. Johanniskirche with rectory in Mannheim-Lindenhof
- 1902–1905: ev.-ref. Pauluskirche in Bern
- 1903–1904: Reichsbank office in Darmstadt , Kasinostraße
- 1904–1905: Reichsbank office in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Rheinuferstraße
- 1904–1905: Baumann house in Baden (Switzerland), Mellingerstrasse
- 1904–1906: Reichsbank branch in Lahr / Black Forest , Luisenstrasse
- 1906-1908: Cath. Parish Church of St. Anton Zurich
- 1905–1907: Protestant garrison church with rectory (later called Petrus Church ) in Kiel -Wik, Weimarer Strasse
- 1905–1907: Protestant Luther Church with rectory in Karlsruhe, Oststadt, Durlacher Allee
- 1906–1908: Reichsbank branch in Bruchsal , Amalienstraße
- 1907–1910: Administration building of the Evangelical Church in Baden in Karlsruhe, Blumenstrasse
- 1908–1909: Reichsbank branch in Pforzheim , Emilienstraße
- 1908–1911: Hämmerle factory owners' villa in Dornbirn , in Oberdorf
- 1909: Evangelical Nicolaikirche in Frankfurt am Main , Rhönstrasse
- 1910: Kunsthaus Zurich
- 1910–1913: Badischer Bahnhof in Basel
- 1911–1913: H. & C. Tietz department store in Karlsruhe, Kaiserstraße
- 1911–1914: Main building of the University of Zurich
- 1912–1913: Bank building of the General Aargau Savings Fund in Aarau , Bahnhofstrasse
- 1912-1914: Cath. Parish Church of St. Josef Zurich
- 1913: Administration building of the general local health insurance fund in Karlsruhe, Gartenstrasse
- 1914: Bassermann house in Mannheim, Oststadt, Bassermannstrasse
- 1914–1915: Exhibition hall and concert hall in Karlsruhe, on the fairground
such as
- New administration building for the engine factory in Oberursel (Taunus) 1910–1912
- ev. Christ Church in Oberursel (Taunus) 1913–1914
- Administration building of the construction trade association in Karlsruhe
literature
- Isabelle Rucki, Dorothee Huber (Hrsg.): Architects lexicon of Switzerland. 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, p. 137.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrike Wendland: Hans Curjel . In: Biographical handbook of German-speaking art historians in exile. Life and work of the scientists persecuted and expelled under National Socialism. Part 1: A – K. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11339-0 , pp. 107-111.
Web links
- Andrea Weibel : Curjel, Robert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Robert Curjel. In: arch INFORM .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Curjel, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1925 |
| Place of death | Emmetten |