Rudolf Schlick

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Rudolf Schlick (born May 22, 1903 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ; † December 3, 1988 in Würzburg ) was a German architect and construction clerk .

Falkenhaus with Lady Chapel and market stalls

Schlick studied architecture from 1922 to 1926 at the Technical University of Munich under Theodor Fischer and German Bestelmeyer . From 1926 to 1929 he then worked as a construction referendar in the construction department of the Speyer Post Office and in 1929 at the Landbauamt in Munich. In 1929 he passed the state examination to become a government master builder in Munich and then worked for a short time in the architectural office of Ott and Timmermann in Bochum (1930) and as a design architect for the construction company Liebergsell and Lehmann in Munich (1930-1931). He then headed the urban planning department in Würzburg from February 1931 to November 1933 . On December 1, 1933, he took over the management of the building police department with the departments for monument protection , cityscape beautification and cemetery art. In 1935 he was appointed municipal building officer and, in early 1939, headed the municipal building department. In fact, he could only work in this position for a short time. On August 24, 1939, he was drafted into the military and remained in various positions with the troops until the end of the war.

After the war, he worked in various functions in the reconstruction of the destroyed cities in Bavaria. Among other things, he was responsible for the reconstruction of the rococo facade of the Falkenhaus in Würzburg, which was praised as exemplary . Schlick distanced himself from National Socialism by pointing out that a park he had planned in Würzburg had been criticized by the city administration as a "Jewish-Asian element". In his trial chamber proceedings , he was classified in the group of followers.

On August 1, 1948, Schlick resumed his work for the city of Würzburg as head of the city's structural engineering department. In 1952, he was appointed municipal building officer. In 1956 he became head of the building construction department with the building construction and urban planning office as well as building supervision. In 1958 he became the city's building director and, in 1963, the city's senior building director. In May 1968 he was retired with the award of the Silver City Plaque. One of his most important buildings is the Mozart School in Würzburg, a model building from the 1950s, with an elegant, spacious auditorium which, thanks to its separate entrance, can also be used for non-school performances in the evenings.

Heiner Reitberger wrote about Schlick's achievements for the reconstruction that he wanted to keep the city manageable and to preserve as many emotions and memories of the old Würzburg as possible for the citizens. He closes with praise: "What Schlick cannot be thanked enough for is his relentless, often bitter, sometimes futile struggle to preserve and revitalize beautiful ruins".

Work (selection)

  • 1949: Reconstruction of the town hall in Würzburg
  • 1950–1951: Reconstruction of the falcon house in Würzburg
  • 1955–1957: Mozart School in Würzburg (murals by Curd Lessig , Ludwig Martin, Oskar Martin-Amorbach ; sculptures by Franz Martin and Helmuth Weber)
  • 1960: Mönchberg elementary school in Würzburg
  • 1960–1961: Apartment block on Rottendorfstrasse in Würzburg

literature

  • Suse Schmuck: The Mozart School. (Booklets for Würzburg, Book 1), 3rd revised and expanded edition, Würzburg 2012. ISBN 3-926916-22-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Main-Post dated December 6, 1988: Retired Stadtbaudirektor Rudolf Schlick has died
  2. ^ Winfried Nerdinger: Architecture of the child prodigies. Awakening and displacement in Bavaria 1945–1960. Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg 2005, p. 34.
  3. ^ State Archives Würzburg: Spruchkammer Würzburg 9651 (Rudolf Schlick). Minutes of the public meeting, December 2, 1947; Ruling of the Würzburg III Chamber of Justice, December 2, 1947; The complaint of October 3, 1947 called for Schlick to be classified in the group of the incriminated, but concluded with the statement "However, no activism could be proven by the investigations."
  4. ^ Würzburg City Archives: Rudolf Schlick's Biographical Portfolio
  5. ^ Entry on the Mozart School in the WürzburgWiki
  6. ↑ Main-Post of May 21, 1968: His field of work was Würzburg for many decades.
personal data
SURNAME Schlick, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1988
Place of death Wurzburg