Wilhelm Bertsch
Wilhelm Bertsch (born November 11, 1865 in Munich ; † February 8, 1916 there ) was a German architect and municipal building officer who was the head of the building authority of the city of Munich.
Life
After completing his architecture degree at the Technical University of Munich , Bertsch worked for Gabriel von Seidl in Munich. In 1893, three years after the city expansion office was founded, Bertsch became an employee of Theodor Fischer in the building authority of the city of Munich. Following Fischer's call to the Technical University of Stuttgart , the city of Munich appointed Bertsch a building officer in 1901 and appointed him as a member of the board of the city expansion office.
His tasks there included planning the building construction and the continuation of the building line plan begun by Theodor Fischer. As an urban planner, his special focus was on preserving the rural structure of the incorporated suburbs. He was particularly keen to preserve the most important excursion areas and local recreation destinations for the urban population. The new Thalkirchner Bridge was planned together with Gabriel von Seidl, the founder of the Isartalverein . In September 1904, a wooden bridge according to Bertsch's plans was put into operation instead of a planned iron bridge.
In building construction, his main area of responsibility was building schools. After winning the first prize for the design of the exhibition grounds, Bertsch and his colleagues Gabriel von Seidel, Max Littmann and the Rau brothers opened up the spacious area on Theresienhöhe and carried out the planning and execution of various exhibition halls. The exhibition halls 1, 2 and 3 are considered to be excellent examples of functional functional architecture of Munich Art Nouveau and are under monument protection . In Hall 1 with its exceptional acoustics was Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 premiered. In 1925 and 1953, major German transport exhibitions took place on the site, and in 1965 the first world exhibition of transport took place.
In school building, Bertsch set standards with his buildings, in which the purpose was in the foreground. Most of his schools had workshops for practical activities, such as B. a small carpenter's shop or kitchen gardens.
From 1913 Bertsch was a member of the German Werkbund . His designs for playgrounds, cast-iron billboards and drinking fountains make clear his endeavors to give everything on the street the stamp of a good appearance.
plant
- 1896–1897: House on the corner of Türkenstrasse and Prinz Ludwigstrasse, opposite the former Kaim-Saal. Destroyed in the war.
- 1899–1901: School at Kirchstein, today's Fridtjof-Nansen-Realschule
- 1904: Thalkirchner Brücke over the Isar in Thalkirchen (replaced in 1969)
- 1904–1905: Elementary school on Flurstrasse in Haidhausen
- 1901–1902: School on Hirschbergstrasse in Neuhausen (together with Theodor Fischer)
- School on Gebelestrasse in Bogenhausen
- School on Simmernstrasse in Schwabing
- 1906: Drinking fountain and wooden trough fountain in the Flaucher facilities
- 1908: Bertschbrunnen
- 1906: Reconstruction of the Sendlinger Tor (large central arch and flank tower portals)
- 1907–1908: Buildings of the exhibition park on Theresienhöhe (today the exhibition halls of the traffic center )
- 1911: Drinking fountain in Luitpoldpark
literature
- Der Baumeister , 14th year 1915/1916, issue 4.
- Dorle Gribl: Solln and the Prince Ludwigshöhe. Volk Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86222-043-4 , p. 20 f.
- Hans Dollinger: The Munich street names. Südwest Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-517-01986-0 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bertsch, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and municipal building officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1916 |
| Place of death | Munich |