Theodor Klitzing

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Former building of the large Rostock city school

Theodor Heinrich Klitzing (born August 8, 1812 in Rostock ; † April 24, 1882 there ) was a German architect and city architect who worked in Rostock.

Theodor Heinrich Klitzing was born on August 8, 1812 as the son of the Rostock businessman Heinrich Christian Klitzing (1772-1845) in Rostock. After successfully studying architecture in Rostock , Klitzing was appointed building manager and lived in Plau for a short time before he moved to Schwerin . There his wife Therese Störzel (1821–1888) presented him with four children. With his appointment as a master builder, Klitzing started working in the seaside town of Rostock, where he lived with his family at Wallstrasse 6 am Rosengarten . His younger brother Ferdinand Klitzing (1807-1883) was the future mayor and magistrate of Plau .

Professional background

With the help of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Manual and the Grand-Ducal Meklenburg-Schwerin State Calendar , Theodor Klitzing's professional career can be reconstructed as follows:

Bauconducteur : (from September 10, 1838)

  • 1839–1841: Building Department II (offices Goldberg, Lübz, Marnitz, Neustadt, Plau and Wredenhagen) under the master builder Gustav Heinr. Wilh. Voss zu Plau ad int.
  • 1842–1844: Building Department IV (Crivitz, Gadebusch, Rehna, Schwerin, Walsmühlen, Wittenburg and Zarrentin) under agricultural master Friedrich Ludwig Behncke zu Schwerin ad int.
  • 1845–1848: to Schwerin
  • 1849–1850: Building Department IV (Crivitz, Gadebusch, Rehna and Schwerin) under the master builder Friedr. Ludwig Behncke zu Schwerin ad int.
  • 1851–1852: Building Department I (offices of Schwerin, Warin-Tempzin-Sternberg, NeuKloster and Crivitz) under master builder Gustav Heinr. Wilh. Voss zu Schwerin ( ad interim ) = temporary

Builder : (from January 24, 1852)

  • 1852–1882: to Rostock

Buildings in Rostock

  • 1864–1867: Large city school , Wallstrasse 1
  • 1852–1855: Municipal hospital on Gertrudenplatz (completed under Klitzing)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ a b Rostock address books 1872, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1881
  3. ↑ Rostock registry office, death entry no. 314/1882
  4. ^ Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Handbook (1839-1850, 1878-1880)
  5. ↑ Grand Ducal Meklenburg-Schwerin State Calendar (1851-1860)
  6. ^ A b Archive for regional studies in the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg . Volume 20, 1870, p. 482. ( digitized version )
  7. ^ Finding aid for the Rostock city archive
  8. ↑ City Hall of the Hanseatic City of Rostock Former "Great City School" shines as the "House of Music" to new splendor
  9. ↑ Stadtwerke Rostock AG customer magazine , 17th year, December 2013
personal data
SURNAME Klitzing, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klitzing, Theodor Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German city architect
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1882
Place of death Rostock