Wilhelm Böckmann

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Wilhelm Böckmann

Wilhelm Böckmann (born January 29, 1832 in Elberfeld (today a district of Wuppertal ), † October 22, 1902 in Berlin ) was a German architect .

Life

In his birthplace Elberfeld, Böckmann completed his schooling at the municipal high school , interrupted by an apprenticeship as a carpenter . Subsequently, Böckmann began his studies at the Berlin Building Academy in 1854 , which he completed in 1859 with the 1st state examination ("construction manager examination"). For his excellent test result, he received a prize that enabled him and his friend Hermann Ende to go on study trips for a long time.

When he returned to Berlin, he and Hermann Ende founded the company Ende and Böckmann that same year , which quickly became one of the major architectural firms in Berlin. Her office was on Neustadtische Kirchstrasse in Mitte . Only then did Böckmann and Ende take their 2nd state examinations ("master builder examination"). His sister married the architect Emil Boethke (1828–1896). In 1864 his nephew Julius Boethke was born, who later also became a well-known architect.

Böckmann was chairman of the Berlin Architects' Association for many years from 1869 and was made an honorary member in 1902.

The architecture office Ende and Böckmann , in which other architects such as Rudolf Schilling also worked temporarily, achieved world fame and was dissolved in 1895 when the founders retired.

Wilhelm Böckmann died in Berlin in 1902 at the age of 70 and was buried in the Old Twelve Apostles Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave is preserved.

plant

Farm building of the Villa von der Heydt
old Ministry of Justice in Tokyo

Trade journal

In 1866/1867, Böckmann and colleagues founded the Deutsche Bauzeitung . The main focus of Ende and Böckmann's building activities were villas in the Berlin district of Tiergarten, especially in the diplomatic quarter . Only a few of these buildings survived the Second World War . They also planned and justified the construction of the Potsdam villa district Neubabelsberg . The various buildings for the Berlin Zoo were also remarkable . Ende and Böckmann erected numerous buildings around the world and at times even had a branch in Japan .

Buildings and designs in the German Empire (selection)

  • 1864–1865: Old Synagogue in Elberfeld , Genügsamkeitstraße 33 (rebuilt in 1875, destroyed in 1938)
  • 1867: HF Lehmann bank in Halle (Saale)
  • from 1870: various buildings in the Berlin Zoological Garden :
    • Large Predator House (1870–1871), Antelope House (1871–1872), Pachyderm House (1873), New Monkey House (1884)
  • 1871–1874: Bank building for the Preußische Bodenkreditbank in Berlin-Mitte, Behind the Catholic Church 2 / Opernplatz (destroyed)
  • 1872–1874: Building of the Deutsche Union-Bank in Berlin-Mitte
  • 1875: Oak castle for Baron Saint Paul in the Hirschberg Valley (Silesia) near Fischbach ( Karpniki , Poland)
  • 1875–1876: Building of the Berlin Architects 'Association, also called the Architects ' House, in Berlin-Mitte, Wilhelmstrasse 92/93 (demolished in 1934)
  • 1876–1877: Café Bauer in Berlin-Mitte (destroyed)
  • 1881–1885: Museum of Ethnology in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse (destroyed)
  • 1882–1883: Café Helms in Berlin-Mitte (demolished in 1893)
  • 1883: Estates in Danzig (Gdańsk, Poland)
  • 1883: Sedan panorama in Berlin-Mitte, Panoramastraße / Gontardstraße (west at Alexanderplatz station ; broken off before 1910)
  • 1884–1886: House at Voßstraße 33 in Berlin-Mitte (later used as the administration building of the Deutsche Reichsbahn)
  • 1885: Schiess'sches house in Magdeburg
  • 1886–1887: Tenement house at Joseph-Haydn-Str.1 in Berlin-Tiergarten, the only remaining work in the Hansaviertel
  • 1887: Great Synagogue in Danzig (Gdańsk, Poland)

Buildings abroad

In Japan, they were commissioned to build the Parliament , Justice Department and Supreme Court buildings . The government rejected the first drafts in 1889 because they were too Japanese ( Japonism ). According to their plans, on the other hand, they were able to complete the Ministry of Justice (1895) and the Court of Justice, while the Parliament received a temporary wooden building. Her contract was terminated prematurely in 1890 because of excessive costs.

Honors

In 1881 Böckmann was awarded the title of (royal Prussian) building councilor. The Böckmann Bridge in Berlin-Zehlendorf was named after him.

literature

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Böckmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emil Boethke. In: arch INFORM ; accessed on September 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Obituary for Heino Schmieden . In Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung 1917 , p. 379; accessed on September 23, 2018
  3. ^ Obituary for Heino Schmieden . In Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung 1917 , p. 379, accessed on September 23, 2018
  4. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 749.
  5. ↑ Heinz-Georg Klös , Ursula Klös (ed.): The Berlin Zoo in the mirror of its buildings 1841-1989. A historical and monumental documentation about the Berlin Zoological Garden. 2nd Edition. Heenemann, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-87903-069-3 .
  6. ↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 4th year, 1884, No. 31, August 2, 1884 , p. 320 (note on the opening of the monkey house in the section Miscellaneous ).
  7. ↑ Dallas Finn: Reassessing the Rokumeikan . In: Ellen P. Conant (Ed.): Challenging Past and Present. The Metamorphosis of Nineteenth-century Japanese Art . University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu HI 2006, ISBN 0-8248-2937-9 , pp. 227–239, here p. 235 ( Google books ).
  8. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 1st year 1881, No. 4, April 23, 1881 , p. 30 (note on the award of the title in the Personal News section ).
personal data
SURNAME Böckmann, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1902
Place of death Berlin