Wilhelm Berger (architect)

Wilhelm Berger (born February 25, 1790 in Stettin , † 1858 in Berlin ) was a German architect and construction clerk who worked in Berlin.

Life

Berger was born the son of the businessman Georg Friedrich Berger († 1813) and his wife Susanne geb. Jeanson (1750-1829). His sister Susanne (1782–1861), with whom he lived in Berlin for a long time, was married to Karl Friedrich Schinkel . His career choice was made under the influence of his brother-in-law and he studied at the Bauakademie in Berlin. In 1813 he served as a war volunteer. Between 1815 and 1819 he worked as a conductor at Schinkel. Presumably he passed his master builder examination in 1819 and became a building inspector at the Ministerial Building Commission. As Schinkel's companion, he made a trip to Pomerania in 1821 . Around 1836 he became a member of the Oberbaudeputation, in January 1843 government and building councilor in the ministerial building commission and after 1853 secret government and building councilor.

buildings

Participation in Schinkel buildings

• 1818–1821 theater
• 1820–1826 Restoration of the Hardenberg Palace on Dönhoffplatz
• 1821 Friedrichswerder Church
• 1830–1835 Elisabethkirche (construction management)
• 1832–1835 Nazareth , Paulus and Johanniskirche (construction management)

More buildings

• 1822/23 State debt administration in Markgrafenstrasse
• 1824 Grave houses in the garden of the Palais Redern
• 1841/42 restoration of the Luisenstadt Church (design by FW Langerhans )
• 1845 New tower of the Luisenstadt Church (together with Johann Heinrich Strack )
• 1842–1845 restoration of the monastery church

literature

Uwe Kieling: Berlin building officials and state architects in the 19th century , Berlin, 1986