Werner Retzlaff

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Werner Retzlaff (born April 19, 1890 in Döbeln ; † February 8, 1960 in West Berlin ) was a German architect who worked during the Weimar Republic and National Socialism . Trained in the tradition of Art Nouveau , he always remained faithful to an architectural conception that enjoyed decoration and is therefore considered a representative of Art Déco . In the 1920s he took on influences from Expressionist building and the New Objectivity . With a focus on central and eastern Saxony, Werner Retzlaff created numerous industrial and commercial buildings, residential buildings, settlements and public buildings, including the "Alekto" metal goods factory in Freiberg , the Bester department store in Mittweida , several movie theaters , the town hall in Hainichen and the municipal swimming pool in Döbeln .

life and career

Former metal goods factory "Alekto" in Freiberg

Werner Retzlaff was born as the son of a vice-principal in Wiehle near Bromberg . So far it is unclear where he received his training or where he completed his studies. After the First World War he can be traced back to Saxony, where he was born Elsa Klara on November 27, 1919. Döring from Gleisberg near Nossen married. Around the same time he founded an architecture office in Döbeln , with which he planned numerous building projects in the 1920s and 1930s, especially in central and eastern Saxony. Werner Retzlaff had been a member of the Association of German Architects since 1919 at the latest . In 1938 or 1939 he moved to Berlin (in what would later become the western part), where he lived until his death on February 8, 1960. The move is probably related to an activity for the Army Building Organization Organization Todt .

buildings

  • 1919: Conversion of the “Alekto” metal goods factory (Bauer company) in Freiberg
  • 1920: Storage building of the Saxon linen industry AG in Freiberg
  • 1920: Conversion of the coal shed of the Saxon linen industry AG in Freiberg
  • 1921: Conversion of the former silver washing of the Himmelfahrt mine in Freiberg to the flax preparation plant of the Küchenmeister company
  • 1922: Conversion of the spinning mill building of Sächsische Leinenindustrie AG in Freiberg
  • 1922: Official house of the Saxon linen industry AG in Freiberg
  • 1922: Reconstruction of the administration building of the Saxon linen industry in Freiberg
  • 1922: Dresdner Bank AG bank building in Roßwein
  • 1922: House for "St." in Döbeln
  • 1922: Shards bunker for the boiler house of Sächsische Leinenindustrie AG in Freiberg
  • 1923: Villa for Bernhardt Döring in Gleisberg
  • 1922–1923: Factory building of the Clemen & Sohn chocolate factory in Döbeln
  • 1924: Interior of the exhibition halls for the specialist exhibition for the catering trade in Döbeln
  • 1924: Renovation of the "Central Theater" in Döbeln
  • 1924: Administration building of the Döbeln-Land local health insurance fund in Döbeln
  • 1925: Expansion of the Ferdinand Bester department store in Mittweida
  • 1925: Conversion of the Landschreiber department store in Mittweida
  • 1925–1927: town house in Hainichen
  • 1926: Living and gardening house for “B.” in Döbeln
  • 1926: House for "C." in Döbeln
  • 1926: Commercial and trade school in Roßwein (based on a competition design that won first prize)
  • 1926: Trade and trade school in Mittweida
  • 1926–1929: Housing development for the Spar- und Bauverein Mittweida
  • 1927: Fire station with four-family house in Reinsberg
  • 1927: Settlement in Berggießhübel
  • 1927: District dairy in Pirna
  • 1928: Commercial building in Berggießhübel
  • 1928: Reconstruction of the "Salierhaus" of the Association of Turnerschaft Salia eV in Jena
  • 1928: Office building and residential building for "G." in Döbeln
  • 1928: Construction of a double house for the Bund der Kinderreich in Döbeln
  • 1928: Residential and commercial building (with butcher shop) for Oswald Helm in Mittweida
  • 1928: Conversion of the theater "Theaterhaus" in Mittweida
  • 1928: "Astoriatheater" theater in Roßwein
  • 1929: Hotel "Sächsisches Haus" in Berggießhübel
  • 1929: Reconstruction of the organ loft of the Nikolaikirche in Döbeln
  • 1930: Housing development in Frankenberg for OG John and others
  • 1930: Excursion bar at the Kriebstein dam for Allard von Arnim
  • 1933: Commercial building for the company Hinkel & Kutschbach Nachf. In Machern
  • 1933: Weekend house in Machern
  • 1934: Houses on the "Sonneneck" in Döbeln
  • 1934–1936: Stadtbad in Döbeln
  • 1937: Conversion of the "Capitol" cinema in Döbeln
  • n.d.: garden shed in Markkleeberg
  • 1956–1960: Reconstruction of the St. Thomas Church in Berlin-Kreuzberg

Competition designs

  • 1924: Competition design for the New Grassi Museum in Leipzig
  • 1925: Competition design for the state tax office in Dresden
  • 1926: Trade and Trade School Roßwein (awarded 1st prize, see buildings )

Drafts and Unconfirmed Buildings

  • two designs for village churches, 1919
  • New construction of a factory for agricultural machines: iron foundry, Döbeln, 1922/1923, Franz Richter
  • New construction of the metal goods factory Johann Großfuß in Döbeln, 1923
  • Draft for the extension of the district home in Technitz, 1924
  • Reconstruction of the bridge mill in Waldheim, 1924
  • Extension of the Olbernhau district home, 1925/1926
  • Design for the dairy farm in Leipzig, 1926
  • Design for a crematorium without a location, 1926
  • Draft for a group of commercial buildings with a theater in Döbeln, 1928
  • Draft for an office building with the theater "Sternpalast", without a location, 1928
  • Draft for the new building of the "Germanenhaus" in Jena, 1929
  • Draft for a group of residential buildings in Jena, 1929
  • New construction of residential houses for the Baubank in Döbeln, 1929
  • Landbundhaus in Oschatz, 1929
  • Construction of eight-family houses in Döbeln for the non-profit Bauverein GmbH, 1931

Fonts

  • Werner Retzlaff, Architect BDA Outline of my work in the years 1919-1929. Berlin undated (approx. 1929).
  • Old and new swimming pools in public baths. In: Bauwelt , born 1953, No. 37.

Awards and patents

  • 1930: Grand Prix of the International Exhibition of Liège 1930 for ladder stairs for swimming bands
  • 1935: Patent on breakwater for swimming pools (together with Friedrich Middelmann & Sohn GmbH in Wuppertal-Barmen; patent no. DE000000651297A)
  • 1938: Diving tower made of a trestle-like metal construction for swimming pools (patent no. DE000000726891A)
  • 1951: Underwater lighting, especially for swimming pools (Patent No. DE000000906205B)
  • 1951: Breakwater with handrail and overflow channel for swimming pools (Patent No. DE000000871961B)

literature

  • Paul Ortwin Rave : Berlin in the history of its buildings. (= Deutsche Lande, German art. ) Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1960, p. 52.
  • Joachim Schulz, Wolfgang Müller, Erwin Schrödl: Architectural Guide of the GDR. Leipzig district. Berlin 1976, p. 111.
  • Helmuth Weihsmann: Building under the swastika. Architecture of doom. Vienna 1998, p. 617.
  • Sonja Voigt: The town house. (Part 2) In: Der Gellertstadtbote, Official Gazette of the City of Hainichen , year 1996, issue 24.
  • Martin Wörner, Wolfgang Schächen , Paul Sigel: Architectural Guide Berlin. Berlin 2001.
  • Robert Hofmann: Werner Retzlaff. A Middle Saxon architect during the Weimar Republic. In: Sächsische Heimatblätter ( ISSN  0486-8234 ), 56th year 2010, pp. 65–77.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c oral communication from his daughter Gisela Schulze-Retzlaff (Berlin)
  2. ↑ Church files Gleisberg, marriage register 15/16
  3. ↑ Construction files of the Freiberg City Council 1186, conversion of the Bauer metal goods factory in 1919
  4. ^ Döbelner Anzeiger from June 20, 1924
  5. ↑ Döbelner Anzeiger of May 31, 1924
personal data
SURNAME Retzlaff, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Chub
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1960
Place of death West Berlin