Rudolf Jäger (architect)

Rudolf Jäger (back) together with Bernhard Hopp (front) at the Jacobi Tower inauguration in 1961

Rudolf Jäger (born August 9, 1903 in Altona ; † April 24, 1978 in Hamburg ) was a German architect . He must not be confused with the Austrian architect Rudolf Jäger , who worked in Vienna at the turn of the century.

Life

Jäger studied from 1924 to 1928 at the Technical University of Stuttgart and the Technical University of Berlin . After that he was u. a. worked in the construction department of the Württemberg Ministry of Finance in Stuttgart and in the office of the Hamburg architects Carl Bensel and Johann Kamps . From 1930 he worked in a shared office with Bernhard Hopp , after his death from 1962 with Johannes Gries. He specialized in building churches and is assigned to the Stuttgart School .

Jäger has been involved in the Protestant church since his youth. He already participated in the Altona Confession in January 1933 and in 1934 took part in the Barmen Confession Synod of the Confessing Church .

Luther Church in Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel

Christ Church Flensburg - Mürwik

plant

Most of the work was carried out together with Bernhard Hopp .

• 1934–1935: Fischerkirche Born a. Darß
• 1936–1937: Luther Church in Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel
• 1937–1938: Reconstruction of the Lukaskirche in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
• 1937–1938: Evangelical Johanneskirche Bockum-Hövel
• 1938: Maria Magdalenen Church in Hamburg- Klein Borstel
• 1938: St. Nicolaus in Hamburg-Alsterdorf (renovation)
• 1939: Friedenskirche in Hamburg-Berne , Lienaustraße
• 1946–1956: Participation in the construction of the Grindel high-rise buildings in Hamburg
• 1948–1949: Chapel in Sonneberg-Hönbach (together with Viktor Koch)
• 1949: Advent Church in Hamburg-Schnelsen (together with Otto Bartning )
• 1949–1950: Reconstruction of the Christian Church in Hamburg-Ottensen
• 1950: Advent church of the Westphalian Diakonissenanstalt in Münster
• 1950–1957: Reconstruction of the St. Katharinen Church in Hamburg
• 1951–1962: Reconstruction of the St. Jacobi Church in Hamburg
• 1952–1955 Christophorus Church in Hamburg-Hummelsbüttel (supplemented by the parish hall in 1966)
• 1953–1955: Christ Church in Hamburg-Wandsbek
• 1955–1956: Philippus Church in Hamburg-Horn
• 1956: Renovation and redesign of the St. Stephanus Church in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel , Lutterothstraße 98
• 1957: Redesign of the memorial at the forest cemetery in Aumühle
• 1957–1958: St. Matthew's Church in Münster (Westphalia)
• 1957–1958: Christ Church in Flensburg - Mürwik
• 1958–1960: St. Marien Church in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf
• 1959–1961: Lufthansa maintenance hall 3 at Hamburg Airport (together with Georg Petry, Hannsgeorg Beckert, Otto Apel and Alfred Mehmel )
• 1961–1962: Spire of the Paulus Church in Hamm
• 1962: Reconstruction of the Easter church in Hamburg-Eilbek
• 1962: Design for the St. Thomas Church in Hamburg-Bramfeld

literature

• Ralf Lange: Hamburg. Reconstruction and re-planning 1943-1963. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein im Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-4610-2 . (including a short biography)
• Volkwin Marg, Reiner Schröder: Architecture in Hamburg since 1900. Junius-Verlag, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-88506-206-2 .

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Jäger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl H. Hoffmann: Rudolf Jäger. In: Hamburg Architecture Archive. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
2. ↑ Lutherkirche Wellingsbüttel ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2015 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. 
3. ↑ Friedenskirche in Hamburg-Berne ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Chapel in Sonneberg-Hönbach
5. ↑ Advent Church Schnelsen ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ St .Jacobi  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Ev.-luth. Christophorus parish in Hamburg-Hummelsbüttel
8. ↑ Philippus Church in Hamburg-Horn ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2013 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. 
9. ^ Lutz Wilde (arrangement): City of Flensburg. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein , volume 2.) Wachholtz, Neumünster 2001, ISBN 3-529-02521-6 , p. 524.
10. ↑ Lufthansa maintenance hall on structurae.de
11. ↑ Thomaskirche Bramfeld ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2013 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.