Rudolf Schmid (architect)

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Rudolf Schmid (born October 1, 1868 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † March 21, 1947 there ) was a German architect .

life and work

Kurhaus in St. Blasien (1884)

Schmid studied at the Technical University of Karlsruhe . During his studies in 1890 he became a member of the Germania Karlsruhe fraternity .

About three dozen works by Schmid of various kinds are known. For example the machine house, the water tower and the company logo of the Gütermann company in Gutach im Breisgau , the hall of the hotel and the spa in St. Blasien , as well as several department stores and commercial buildings in Lörrach and Freiburg.

Schmid also built many residential buildings, especially villas , in Freiburg with his brother and contractor Emil Schmid z. B. that of Professor Jonas Cohn . The city of Freiburg commissioned him with the redesign of the theater in the former Augustinian monastery into today's Augustinermuseum , for which he submitted facade designs and room planning. However, the First World War prevented construction. Despite the war, however, his design for the art gallery of the Kunstverein Freiburg on Friedrichring was realized.

Schmid's traditional architecture has a dominant role in Freiburg and influenced architects such as Karl Gruber , Carl Anton Meckel and Joseph Schlippe .

literature

  • N / A : Garden facilities by architect Rudolf Schmid in Freiburg im Breisgau. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 47, 1913, No. 73 (from September 10, 1913), p. 641 (text), p. 643–645 (images).
  • o. V .: On the work of the architect Rudolf Schmid, Freiburg i. Br. In: Moderne Baufformen ( ISSN  0931-4806 ), 22nd year 1923, issue #, p. #.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 611-612.
  • Maria Schüly: Individual pieces of furniture and interiors in Freiburg. Designer and manufacturer. In: City of Freiburg im Breisgau (Ed.), Saskia Durian-Ress (Red.): Art Nouveau in Freiburg. (Book accompanying the exhibition “Art Nouveau in Freiburg”, March 2 to May 13, 2001 in the Augustinermuseum Freiburg) Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001, ISBN 3-7930-9287-9 , pp. 119–165, here pp. 137–139 and Fig. 83-86.
  • Leo Schmidt : The architect Rudolf Schmid (1868-1947). In: Bürgerervereine der Wiehre (ed.): 1000 years Wiehre. Freiburg im Breisgau 2007, ISBN 978-3-923288-64-9 , pp. 167-173.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willy Nolte (Ed.): Burschenschafter Stammrolle. List of members of the German Burschenschaft according to the status of the summer semester 1934. Berlin 1934. p. 431.
  2. ^ Saskia Durian-Ress: The Augustinian Museum. History of the collections and the museum. In: City of Freiburg im Breisgau, Augustinermuseum (Hrsg.): 70 years of the Augustinermuseum. From monastery to museum. Munich 1993, pp. 29–66, here pp. 48–56, Figs. 21–25 and note 21.
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1947
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau