Rudolf Otto von Knüpffer

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Rudolf Otto von Knüpffer (February 20th * . Jul / 4. March  1831 greg. In small Marien , † July 10 jul. / 23. July  1900 greg. In Reval ) was a Baltic German architect .

life and work

Rudolf Otto was a son of Pastor Georg Magnus Knüpffer and Anna, geb. of white. He completed his architecture studies at the building school in Saint Petersburg in 1852 . From 1860 to 1878 he was the architect of the Estonia Governorate . During this time he worked temporarily as a Reval city architect. He was also a government engineer at this time and was awarded the Order of Vladimir IV class. The associated ennoblement was confirmed again in 1871. In 1862 he had married Wilhelmine von Krusenstern, a daughter of the polar explorer Paul Theodor von Krusenstern .

Von Knüpffer is particularly known for the renovation and conversion of the houses in Reval's old town in the historicist style that he led. In addition, he realized numerous important architectural projects in the governorate and future Estonian capital.

architecture

The most important buildings by Knüpffers are

  • Industrial facilities of the gas factory in Reval (1865)
  • Baltic train station in Reval (from 1870)
  • Revler main fire station, Vana Viru tänav 4 (1873)
  • House, Koidula 2 in Catherinenthal (1879)
  • Building in Reval Lehmstrasse 1 (1881)
  • F. Wiegand factory (from 1883, today: Tallinn, Põhja puiestee 21, today AS Ilmarine )
  • Building, today: Tallinn, Estonia puiestee 8 (1895, today Tallinn City Library)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Nikolaikirche in Hungerburg (1897–1900; destroyed in 1944)
  • Workers' housing for the Balti Puuvillavabrik cotton factory , today: Tallinn, Sitsi tänav 11 (executed 1901–1905)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 170.
personal data
SURNAME Knüpffer, Rudolf Otto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Little Marien
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1900
Place of death Reval