Wilhelm Bockslaff

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Monument to the architect Wilhelm Bockslaff in Malpils

Wilhelm Bockslaff ( Latvian Vilhelms Bokslafs ; born October 12 . Jul / 24. October  1858 greg. In Riga , Governorate of Livonia ; † 9. March 1945 in Poznan ) was an architect in Riga. He is considered to be one of the most important representatives of the eclectic , neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau trends that still shape the cityscape today .

Life

Wilhelm Ludwig Nikolai Bockslaff came from a German-speaking Riga merchant family. His grandfather was a co-founder of the first Baltic linen weaving mill. From 1878 he studied architecture at the Riga Polytechnic and became a member of the Corps Rubonia . After completing his studies, he was employed as an assistant at the Polytechnic and as an employee in the Koch architecture office. After he had designed numerous private houses, he soon received orders for large building projects in Riga; In addition, Wilhelm Bockslaff was primarily concerned with the preservation and reconstruction of historical buildings such as Ropa Castle ( Straupe ). He went through some of the most difficult phases in Latvian history : Russification , the 1905 Russian Revolution , the October Revolution , the Latvian War of Independence , the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1920) and the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 . As a Baltic German he had to respond to the call “ Heim ins Reich ” and leave Riga in 1939 . He died during the continuous bombing in the Battle of Poznan . "One could not think of a funeral, and the daughters, after wrapping the deceased father in a blanket, buried him in the courtyard."

buildings

  • Stock exchange commercial school, today Latvian Art Academy in Riga
  • Office and residential building of the Great Guild , Amatu iela 4, Riga
  • Residential and commercial building, today Hotel Neiburgs in Jauniela 25–29, Riga
  • Residential house Laipu iela 1, Riga
  • British Sailors' Club (built in 1901, later also known as the “English Club”, now the Danish Embassy), Lielā Pils iela 11, Riga
  • Kreuzkirche, Ropažu iela 120, Riga (with Edgar Friesendorff )
  • Hunting Lodge, west of New Mocken (Jaunmokas) of Tukums , for George Armitstead built
  • Evangelical Church in Dubulti
  • John's Church (Tartu) , reconstruction between 1899 and 1904
  • Mālpils : After the manor house was burned down during the Russian Revolution in 1905 , renovation work began in the classicist style based on plans by Wilhelm Bockslaff. A monument today commemorates the work of the architect.
  • Taurup Castle , renovation

  • Stock exchange business school

  • English club

  • Riga, Jauniela 25-29

literature

  • Gunars Priede: Arhitekts Vilhelms Bokslafs un Riga. The architect Wilhelm Bockslaff and Riga . Riga 1997, ISBN 9984-07-070-0 .
  • Jānis Krastiņš: Wilhelm Bockslaff . In: Aina Balaško (ed.): German architects in Latvia . Latvijas Vācu Savienība, Riga 2013, ISBN 978-9984-49-671-9 , pp. 163–172.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of St. Peter's Church in Riga (Latvian: Rīgas sv. Pētera baznīca)
  2. ↑ Gunars Priede: The architect Wilhelm Bockslaff and Riga , p. 60.
  3. ^ Jānis Krastiņš: Wilhelm Bockslaff . In: Aina Balaško (ed.): German architects in Latvia . Latvijas Vācu Savienība, Riga 2013, pp. 163–172, here p. 165.
  4. ↑ Jaunmoku Castle (sic!) On latvia.travel.
  5. ↑ The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Dubulti on visitjurmala.lv.
personal data
SURNAME Bockslaff, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bokslafs, Vilhelms
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Architect in Riga
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Livonia Governorate
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1945
Place of death Poses