Ulrich Himbsel

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Ulrich Himbsel
Grave of Johann Himbsel in the old southern cemetery in Munich location

Ulrich Himbsel (born January 30, 1787 in Neukirchen in the Upper Palatinate, † April 27, 1860 in Munich ; full name: Johann Ulrich Himbsel ) was a German architect and Bavarian construction officer ; He was involved in the civil service in the construction of the railway line from Munich to Augsburg and later as a building contractor in the construction of the railway line from Munich to Starnberg .

Life

After attending Sunday School in Munich from 1803, Himbsel worked in Paris in the office of the general building inspector Molines from 1806. In 1811 he was appointed building supervisor and in 1815 a technical member of the royal building commission, in 1818 he was appointed building officer of the local building authority in Munich. In 1851 the first steamship, the Maximilian , was deployed on Lake Starnberg under his direction .

A Himbsel-Weg in Stockdorf and Gräfelfing as well as a Himbselstrasse in his birthplace Neukirchen remind of building councilor Himbsel . In Leoni am Starnberger See is the Himbsel'sche Kreuzweg, founded by Himbsel in 1856 and listed as a historical monument , with a chapel at the beginning and 14 station chapels with reliefs by Anton Ganter .

tomb

The grave of Himbsel is in the old southern cemetery in Munich (wall right place 241 at grave field 14) location .

The Munich - Starnberg railway line

On August 7, 1849, at the behest of the Bavarian King Max II, a " stock corporation for the purpose of building and operating a railway from Munich to Starnberg" was founded. Under the direction of building supervisor Ulrich Himbsel, who took out a private loan for this company, the railway line was built so that five years later, on November 24, 1854, the first train could run from Munich to Starnberg. In 1861 the Bavarian state bought the Eisenbahn-AG, which brought Himbsel's heirs a considerable profit.

plant

  • 1827: Villa Hackländer , own country house on Lake Starnberg
  • 1827–1829: Von-der-Tann-Strasse 2 school in Munich
  • 1840: Railway line Munich - Augsburg
  • 1849–1854: Railway line Munich - Starnberg
  • 1857: 14 stations of the cross at Lake Starnberg

such as:

  • School on Fingergäßchen in Munich (not preserved)
  • School on Luisenstrasse in Munich
  • Himbselhaus on Lenbachplatz in Munich (not preserved)
  • English café in Munich (not preserved)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Himbsel, Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Himbsel, Johann Ulrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, Bavarian construction officer, building contractor
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Neukirchen near Sulzbach-Rosenberg
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1860
Place of death Munich