Wilhelm Derlam

Zeppelinallee 107

Wilhelm Derlam (born May 2, 1877 in Bockenheim , † December 23, 1948 in Frankfurt ) was a Bockenheimer / Frankfurt architect , builder and painter.

ancestry

He comes from a long-established Bockenheim family. So u. a. provide evidence of subsequent ancestors born and deceased in Bockenheim.

Johann Michael Derlam (born February 28, 1762; † April 29, 1803, occupation: landowner, stone cutter)
Anton Derlam (born November 19, 1789; † April 5, 1877, occupation: master of the construction guild, resident in 1842: Hafengasse, 1877: beautiful view 17p)
Georg Derlam (* May 12, 1819 - October 29, 1869)
David Derlam (born March 29, 1842 - † January 25, 1916, occupation: bricklayer and brick manufacturer, residing in 1877: Wilhelmstrasse 21p)

Wilhelm Derlam was born as the son of the master bricklayer and former Bockenheim city councilor David Derlam (born March 29, 1842 in Bockenheim; † January 25, 1916) and his wife Anna, née. Weil (born January 2, 1846 in Bockenheim; † February 1, 1929). Wilhelm Derlam married Emilie born on September 21, 1901 in Frankfurt. Schaaf (born February 21, 1878 in Frankfurt; † November 2, 1914) and on February 15, 1919 also in Frankfurt Friederike born. Clement used Handen (born January 9, 1890 in Griesheim am Main). From May 2, 1925, Wilhelm Derlam lived with his family in the original home of their parents at Adalbertstrasse 33. In the address books 1940–1943, Königsstrasse 79 is mentioned. There are no more registration documents for either address. In a report from 1946, which he prepared as a sworn building expert, Wilhelm Derlam gave the Niederursel district as his place of residence without giving an address. In the address books 1949–1953, Goldgrubenstrasse 16 in Niederursel is given as the place of residence. From 1954 the widow can be found at the same address.

education

Wilhelm Derlam learned the carpentry and bricklaying trade. He pursued theoretical studies at the Städel Art School where Baugewerkschule Stuttgart and at the Technical University of Berlin . He was registered in Charlottenburg from September 30, 1897 to July 21, 1898. After that he mainly worked in Frankfurt am Main and built a large number of houses in various Frankfurt districts. In Frankfurt, his brother Theodor Derlam (1886–1970) was a city councilor. The latter wrote u. a. with Hermann Meinert 1953 a book about the history and the reconstruction of the Frankfurt City Hall. He took part in the New Frankfurt project in the Mammolsheiner Strasse settlement.

Buildings and designs (selection)

Zeppelinallee 107, neoclassical villa behind a symmetrical facade characterized by garlands from 1921 to 1923, today the residence of the American Consul General
Zeppelinallee 105, neoclassical villa with ornamental facade from 1921 to 1923
Robert-Mayer-Straße 44, apartment building with a facade in the neo-renaissance style and remarkable floral stucco in the eaves area from 1905
Robert-Mayer-Straße 42, tenement house with accented corners by gothic ornamented bay windows from 1905
Robert-Mayer-Straße 32, apartment building with facade in the neo-renaissance style from 1907
Robert-Mayer-Straße 30, apartment building in the historicism style from 1907
Markgrafenstrasse 4, tenement house with an opulent Art Nouveau facade on the street side and masks in the eaves area from 1904/05
Draft for a gym and club building in Bockenheim
Design for an amusement center with halls

literature

Materials on monument protection in Frankfurt am Main; Vol. 1: Monuments; ISBN 3-7973-0576-1
Archive material from the ISG Institute for City History Frankfurt am Main

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Derlam - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Derlam, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and builder
DATE OF BIRTH	May 2, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt-Bockenheim
DATE OF DEATH	December 23, 1948
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main