Theodor Balzer

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Theodor Balzer (born September 2, 1874 in Schmallenberg ; † June 23, 1944 in Düsseldorf ) was a German architect .

Life

Theodor Balzer was born in Schmallenberg at Weststrasse 11 in September 1874 as the first of eight children. His father Josef Balzer (1840-1892), called Preins, was, like his ancestor Balzer, this called Blessing, a blacksmith by profession . His mother Maria Catherina (* 1845) was born Schulte.

The young architect's first construction activities in Düsseldorf coincided with the completion of the first Oberkassel bridge , which opened on November 12, 1898. The Rheinische Bahngesellschaft had bought land and sold it for development, so that construction activity was brisk. From 1899, Balzer built a neo-renaissance house on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring and on Karolinger Strasse (today Wildenbruchstrasse) in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel . At that time, his office was in downtown Düsseldorf on Oststrasse, from where he soon moved to Hohenzollernstrasse 39.

In 1904 Balzer married the textile manufacturer's daughter Frieda Didam (1875–1956) from Schmallenberg and they moved to Cheruskerstraße 74. At that time, the so-called “Brückenschlösschen” was built on Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 1, which still closes the entrance today with the striking corner tower Oberkassel marked. After completion around 1906, he moved into the part of the building at Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 1a himself with his architectural office. The "Brückenschlösschen" soon became an excursion destination for city dwellers looking for relaxation and from 1910 to 1918 a restaurant of the same name was operated there. When the mayor's office of Heerdt was incorporated into Düsseldorf under Mayor Nikolaus Knopp in 1909, Theodor Balzer had a seat on the local council.

At the beginning of 1910, as a member of the Association of German Architects , Balzer worked as a sworn expert for the construction company "Baßler & Gormanns", Tussmannstrasse 66 in Düsseldorf. In the 1920s as a court-appointed expert for building matters in the city. As a member of the Düsseldorf Architects and Engineers Association , Balzer took part in the 1912 competition for the development of Essener Straße, a small apartment complex with 30 houses, and received commissions from Hermann Goerke , Fritz Hofmeister , Moritz Korn , Carl Krieger , Verheyen and Stobbe and Eduard Lyonel Wehner .

Travels took Balzer to Italy to experience Italian sculpture and architecture in Milan, Genoa and Rome. As a friend of the fine arts, Balzer sought proximity to well-known artists of his time and joined the Malkasten artists' association . The Oberkassel sculptor Heinz Müller , whose "goose girl" was placed on the small apartment complex in Essener Strasse, created a bronze bust of him.

Act

Bridge Castle (2020)
Schmallenberg, Weststrasse 11 (2012)
Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 6 (2018)
Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 25 (2018)
Old building of the town hall in Schmallenberg (former office building built 1895 to 1897), renovation in the years 1922/1923 (2008)

In the Oberkassel conservation statutes of 2015, some design features of Balzer's smaller townhouses are described: “The first nine houses on the Rhine front north of Luegallee on Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring were designed between 1903 and 1905 by Theodor Balzer and Hermann vom Endt , among others . The houses are lower than on the southern front of the Rhine and have architectural elements that appear more small-town, such as protruding gables, ornamental frameworks or wooden söller / balcony . ”The writer Martin Richard Möbius (1892 - around 1952), who also published on architecture (including in of the series Neue Werkkunst ), described Theodor Balzer as a building artist whose architectural works are characterized in a special way by individuality, functionality and harmony of forms. “Villas and residential buildings, commercial buildings and factories, administration buildings and schools, churches and train stations, no type of modern architecture where Balzer would not have been successful as a designer or executor,” says Möbius. Theodor Balzer was one of the most important architects for the Oberkassel district. However, he did not only work in the left-bank part of Düsseldorf, but always remained loyal to his homeland, the Sauerland .

Works (selection)

  • 1899: House, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 41, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1899–1900: House, Wildenbruchstrasse 44, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1902: Reconstruction of the parents' house, Weststraße 11, Schmallenberg (under monument protection)
  • 1902: Renovation of the Rudolf Sauerwald family's house from 1863, Bachstrasse 40, Bestwig-Nuttlar
  • 1902: Residential and commercial building, Dominikanerstraße 14, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1902–1903: residential and commercial building, Cheruskerstraße 69, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1903: House, Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 6, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1903–1904: House, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 14, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1903–1905: Residential houses, Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 9, 10, 11, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1903–1905: Dominikschule, Dhauner Straße 41, Kirn, three-storey building plastered, neo-renaissance, gymnasium, toilet facilities (listed)
  • 1904: House, Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 22, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1904: residential and commercial building, for the photographer Hubert Höltgen (1855–1914), Barbarossaplatz 3, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1905: Bridge locks, Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 1 on the corner of Luegplatz, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (listed)
  • 1905: Little bridge lock, component Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 1a, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (sold)
  • 1907: House, Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 42, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1909: Residential and commercial building for Theodor Peter Scheurenberg (1875–1968) and his wife, Luegplatz 4, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (listed)
  • 1910: Josef Sauerwald and Sons factory building, in Nuttlar
  • 1910–1911: residential and commercial building, Luegplatz 6, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1911: House at Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 47, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
  • 1911: Residential and commercial building, Quirinstrasse 1a, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1910–1912 Hospital, Jahnstraße 11, Kirn (two- to three-story neoclassical building with a mansard roof)
  • before 1911: residential building, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 21 (owner Balzer, resident from 1912 Richard Tschepke (1865–1915) retired mayor of the city of Kirn from 1902–1912, during his term of office the Dominikschule, the hospital and “White Bridge " was built.)
  • 1912: House, Teutonenstraße 16, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1923: Reconstruction of the office building of Amt Schmallenberg , today town hall (old part), Schmallenberg
  • 1925: House, Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 25, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1925: Residential house, Luegallee 26, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel (under monument protection)
  • 1925–1926: Administration building, Wiesenstrasse 32, Düsseldorf-Heerdt
  • 1930: Building complex for the Städtische Sparkasse Düsseldorf (today, among other things, the Oberkassel town hall with the district administration for district 4), Luegallee 65, 67 / Friesenstrasse 54, 56, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
  • 1930: Rector's School (Valentin School until 2014), Wormbacher Straße 1, Schmallenberg
  • 1936: Residence for Nikolaus Knopp, Mayor of Heerdt and alderman of the city of Düsseldorf a. Ad., Rheinallee 114, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel

literature

  • Dieter Wiethoff: Essay A Schmallenberger as a planner of the Düsseldorf main station? Theodor Balzer (1874-1944) , in Schmallenberger Sauerland Almanach 1997, pp. 256-261
  • The German architect - Theodor Balzer (Düsseldorf) , Martin Richard Möbius (text), 10 sheets with illustrations, Friedrich Ernst Hübsch Verlag, around 1930 Theodor Balzer (Düsseldorf) / text by Martin Richard Möbius

Web links

Commons : Buildings by Theodor Balzer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mayor's office Schmallenberg - see listed hammer owner (owner or even just manager of a hammer mill) and Wappenschmiedt (armourer), in the official address book for Rhineland-Westphalia 1833 ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
  2. ^ Architects: Balzer, Theodor, Oststr. 77, in the address book of the city of Düsseldorf 1899 ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
  3. ^ Balzer, Theodor, architect, Hohenzollernstr. 39, in the address book of the city of Düsseldorf 1900 ub.uni-duesseldorf.de and in the address book for the city of Düsseldorf 1905 ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
  4. ↑ Blazer, Theodor, Arminiusstraße 71 (Cheruskerstraße 74, so in the address book after 1909), preparation of sketches and construction plans, in address book for the city of Düsseldorf 1905 , Heerdt mayor, p. 53 ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
  5. ^ Balzer, Theodor, Architekturgesch., Obercassel, Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 1a, in address book for the city of Düsseldorf 1908 ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
  6. ^ Heerdt mayor's office. Local council: Balzer, Theodor, architect, in address book for the city of Düsseldorf and the mayor's offices in 1909 ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
  7. ^ Architects BDA Balzer, Theodor, O, Kaiser Friedrichring 1a, beeid. Expert MdG-K. ° Baßler & Go (m = typo) rmanns, Tussmannstr. 66, in the directory of the address book for the municipality of Düsseldorf 1911 ub.uni-duesseldorf
  8. ↑ Honor roll of Düsseldorf companies that have existed for 25 years or more: Baßler & Gormanns, Bauunternehmen, Gegr. 1900, in the address book of the city of Düsseldorf 1926 ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
  9. ^ Judicial experts: For construction matters. Balzer, Theodor, architect, Oberkassel, in Düsseldorf address book 1924 IV. Authorities ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
  10. ^ Chronicle of the Düsseldorf Architects and Engineers Association: published to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary on July 12, 1918, pp. 33–34 digitized
  11. ↑ Justification of the Oberkassel conservation statutes, dated January 5, 2015
  12. ↑ Richard Tschepke Mayor of the city of Kirn from 1902–1912 Lot overview 2016 (PDF), kirn.de
personal data
SURNAME Balzer, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Schmallenberg
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1944
Place of death Dusseldorf