Rudolf Zahn

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Rudolf Zahn (born April 25, 1875 in Kassel ; † March 10, 1916 in front of Verdun am Toten Mann ) was a German architect .

Life

Rudolf Zahn initially studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 1894 he became a member of the Corps Rhenania Bonn . He then studied architecture in Karlsruhe, Dresden and Berlin. After completing his studies, he initially worked as an employee “in two important Berlin studios” , namely with Otto March and Ernst von Ihne . In 1902 he started his own business as an architect in Berlin-Charlottenburg .

Zahn was one of the well-known architects of his time. He successfully participated in several architectural competitions.

At the First World War dental attended the militia as a captain. He fell on the Dead Man in 1916 in the fighting off Verdun.

Awards

  • 1909: Appointment to the ducal Saxon court building officer
  • 1914: Knight's Cross 2nd class of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order , 1914
  • Late 1914 / early 1915: Appointment to the Grand Ducal Oldenburg Building Council
  • Iron Cross 2nd class

Buildings and designs

Carisch House, Berlin-Schöneberg
Coburg Natural History Museum
  • 1905: Competition design for the Clausewitz monument in Breslau (awarded 1st prize, not executed)
  • 1905–1906: Residential and commercial building in Berlin-Tiergarten, Potsdamer Straße 116 (original house number 45, with restaurant "Zum Fürsten Bülow"; a listed building)
  • around 1906: The Zahn family is buried in Kassel
  • 1906–1907: House of the Society for Patriotic Culture in Breslau, An der Matthiasunst (based on a winning competition design; used by the Medical Academy Wrocław after 1945)
  • 1906–1907: Clubhouse of the Bonner Eisclub in Bonn-Kessenich (based on a winning competition design)
  • 1907–1908: Residential and commercial building for the coffee wholesaler Carl Richard Schmidt , called Carisch-Haus , in Berlin-Schöneberg, Potsdamer Straße 144 (originally house number 60, around 1909 also residence of Rudolf Zahn; under monument protection)
  • 1908: House for the businessman Wilhelm Quantmeyer in Berlin-Dahlem, Podbielskiallee 14-18
  • 1908: Manor on the Mühlrädlitz manor , Lower Silesia
  • around 1908: workers' colony in Ammendorf near Halle (Saale)
  • 1908–1909: Commercial building for the Hartwig & Vogel AG branch , known as Tell-Haus , in Berlin, Am Spittelmarkt 15 (destroyed)
  • 1908–1909: Ibach-Haus in Berlin-Tiergarten, Pohlstrasse 58 (originally Steglitzer Strasse 27; front building destroyed)
  • around 1909: Clubhouse of the Sailing Association 1903 Berlin e. V. in Berlin-Nikolassee, Wannseebadweg 40 (not preserved)
  • 1910: House for the manufacturer H. Reichmann in Berlin-Charlottenburg-Westend, Lindenallee 40
  • 1911: House for Hans Richter in Berlin-Charlottenburg-Westend, Ulmenallee 30
  • 1911: Martin Flatow's house in Berlin-Grunewald, Siemensstrasse 28 (destroyed)
  • 1912–1914: Coburg Natural History Museum
  • around 1914: Villa for Dr. Bröcking in Düsseldorf
  • around 1914: Villa for M. Shaposhnikov in Moscow

literature

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Zahn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Zahn (1875) on bildindex.de.
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists. 1910, "26", p. 464.
  3. ↑ a b c Zahn, Rudolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 384-385 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Berlin architecture world . 11th year 1908/1909, issue 1 (April 1908), pp. 2–20.
  5. ↑ a b Berlin architecture world. 17th year 1914/1915, issue 10–11 (January / February 1915), p. 412 ( opus.kobv.de PDF).
  6. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung . 34th year 1914, No. 19 (from March 7, 1914), p. 157 ( digital.zlb.de ).
  7. ↑ a b c Berlin architecture world. 9th year 1906/1907, issue 2 (May 1906), pp. 55–58 ( opus.kobv.de PDF).
  8. ↑ House Potsdamer Strasse 116 in the Berlin State Monument List
  9. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 26, 1906, No. 17 (from February 24, 1906), p. 116 ( digital.zlb.de ).
  10. ↑ Carisch-Haus in the Berlin State Monument List
  11. ↑ Builder for Berlin: Rudolph Zahn. In: Berliner Morgenpost . March 10, 2004 ( morgenpost.de ).
  12. ↑ a b c Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin (ed.): Single-family houses. (= Berlin and its buildings . Part IV, Volume C.) Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-433-00665-2 .
  13. ↑ German construction newspaper . 43rd year 1909, No. 7, February 23, 1909, p. 41 ff.
  14. ↑ German construction newspaper. 42nd year 1908, No. 15, February 19, 1908, p. 96.
  15. ↑ Florian Speer : Pianos and grand pianos from the Wupperthale. Instrument making in the Wupper region and the Lower Rhine during the 19th century using the example of the organ and piano building family Ibach. Dissertation, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, 2000, p. 251. ( uni-wuppertal.de full text).
  16. ↑ Berlin architecture world. 13th year 1910/1911, issue 1 (April 1910), p. 10 f.
  17. ↑ Berlin architecture world. 17th year 1914/1915, issue 9 (December 1914), p. 353 f.
  18. ↑ Berlin architecture world. 18th year 1915/1916, issue 11/12 (February / March 1916), p. 430 f.
  19. ↑ a b c Berlin architecture world. 17th year 1914/1915, issue 1 (April 1914), plate in front of p. 1, p. 4–9, plate in front of p. 29 ( opus.kobv.de PDF).
personal data
SURNAME Zahn, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1916
Place of death before Verdun on the dead man