Wilhelm books

Wilhelm Bücher (born January 17, 1824 in Wiesbaden , † July 18, 1888 in Graz ) was a German-Austrian architect .

Books studied architecture in Darmstadt, Munich and Karlsruhe.

As early as 1863, Bücher shifted its focus of activity to Austria. After the abbey fire in 1865, he built the new Admont Abbey Church from 1866 to 1869 , incorporating the restored Gothic choir and the Romanesque west towers as a neo-Gothic vaulted basilica with a clear design. A structural specialty of this church is the extensive experimental use of prefabricated architectural individual forms in Perlmoos Portland cement .

In 1868 the Philippinum grammar school in Marburg, built according to Bücher's designs, was completed (demolished in 1969).

In Graz, Bücher built the main customs office and from 1873 to 1874 the Palais Apfaltrern in Graz (Brandhofgasse 5) for Baron Otto von Apfaltrern in the neo-Renaissance style . He built the west tower of the cathedral church in Cilli, then in southern Styria (today Celje , Slovenia) . A project to restore the Graz Cathedral was not carried out. This should get a brick tower according to Bücher's designs, but this failed due to a lack of funds for the execution.

The Emperor I Franz Joseph he was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit with the crown excellent.

literature

Hans Vollmer : books, Wilhelm . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 188 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Otto Renkhoff : Nassau biography. Short biographies from 13 centuries. 2nd edition, Wiesbaden 1992.
O. Hafner: Books, Wilhelm . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 15, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22755-8 , p. 26.

Individual evidence

^ Hans Vollmer : Books, Wilhelm . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 188 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Repertory for Art History . W. de Gruyter, Berlin / Leipzig 1876, p. 70 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Personal details . In: Oesterreichische Zeitschrift für Verwaltung , August 18, 1870, p. 4, center left (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ozv

personal data
SURNAME	Books, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH	July 18, 1888
Place of death	Graz

[1] Hans Vollmer : Books, Wilhelm . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 188 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Repertory for Art History . W. de Gruyter, Berlin / Leipzig 1876, p. 70 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[3] Personal details . In: Oesterreichische Zeitschrift für Verwaltung , August 18, 1870, p. 4, center left (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ozv