Rudolf Wilhelm Verheyen

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Rudolf Wilhelm Verheyen (born August 1, 1878 in Essen-Borbeck , † 1915 fallen near Verdun ) was a German architect . He lived and worked in Düsseldorf , where he worked alongside other architects such as B. Hermann vom Endt was involved in the “actual boom in the city of Düsseldorf between 1900 and 1914”. Verheyen was a member of the Association of German Architects .

Buildings and designs

Art Nouveau house at Belsenstrasse 33

In 1902, Verheyen built the now listed residential buildings in Oberkassel , Belsenstrasse 33 and - together with Adam Becker - Cheruskerstrasse 61. From 1904 at the latest, he worked in partnership with Julius Stobbe ( Verheyen and Stobbe office ). The Church of the Resurrection in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel is one of the most famous works of this partnership .

  • 1904–1905: House at Achenbachstrasse 28 in Düsseldorf-Düsseltal (under monument protection since 1984)
  • 1904–1905: House Morsestrasse 12 in Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt (under monument protection since 1986)
  • 1905–1906: House Johannes Knubel Wildenbruchstrasse 28 in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection since 1988)
  • 1906–1908: Reform high school in Essen-Altenessen , Stankeitstraße
  • 1909: Competition design (motto "Red Cross") for a Catholic church in Uerdingen (awarded 3rd prize and not carried out)
  • 1913–1914: Evangelical Church of the Resurrection in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection since 1983)
  • 1914: Competition draft (password "Imperator II") for a Kaiser Wilhelm monument in Neuss (together with the Düsseldorf sculptor Rudolf Zieseniß (* 1883), awarded 4th prize and not executed)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen Wiener: Introduction to the architectural history of Düsseldorf. In: Roland Kanz, Jürgen Wiener (eds.): Architectural guide Düsseldorf. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01232-3 , p. XVI.
  2. Belsenstrasse 33 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
  3. Cheruskerstraße 61 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
  4. Achenbachstrasse 28 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
  5. Morsestraße 12 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
  6. Wildenbruchstrasse 28 in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
  7. Christoph Wilmer: For more than a thousand years. Altenessen makes history. Essen 1993.
  8. Die christliche Kunst , monthly for all areas of Christian art and art history , 5th year 1908/1909, p. 290 (communication of the competition result).
  9. Roland Kanz, Jürgen Wiener (ed.): Architectural Guide Düsseldorf. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01232-3 , p. 140.
  10. Wasmuths monthly books for architecture , year 1914, p. 44 (communication of the competition result).