Wilhelm Jost (architect)

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Grave site at the Gertraudenfriedhof Halle

Wilhelm Jost (born November 2, 1874 in Darmstadt ; † June 6, 1944 in Lohdorf , Hohensalza district , Posen province ) was a German architect and construction clerk .

Life

Jost studied architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt . After passing the second state examination with distinction, he worked as a government builder ( assessor ) in the state building administration of the Grand Duchy of Hesse , first in Giessen and from 1901 in Friedberg . From Friedberg, he also oversaw the extensive new buildings of the Hessian spa administration in Bad Nauheim , which received great attention beyond the region. From 1915, building officer Bruno von Boehmer continued his work there.

In 1912 Jost was transferred to Worms as a district building inspector . In the same year, however, he received an appointment as town planning officer in Halle (Saale) ; he held this office until his retirement in 1939.

One of his most notable projects right at the beginning of his tenure in Halle was the design for the main building of the new Gertraudenfriedhof in the north of the city, which was built between 1913 and 1915 . During his time in Halle, he realized numerous other building projects, such as the Stadtbad , Stadtsparkasse, Solbad Wittekind , Ratshof, which, along with many other buildings, have shaped the cityscape to the present day. Significant urban buildings, such as the power station in Trotha , distribution and conversion stations, also illustrate his work for the city.

Jost's architectural convictions were characterized by the rejection of traditional ideas of form and the turn to Art Nouveau and an abstraction historism tamed by neo-classical elements. In this respect, he joins the ranks of moderate reformers. In the 1920s he developed access to the New Building by promoting avant-garde employees, such as Wolfgang Bornemann (1889–1973), in the city building department.

Jost had been a member of the German Werkbund (DWB) since at least 1912 . He died on the farm of his daughter's family in Lohdorf (Łojewo in Polish) in the Poznan province. His grave is on the graveyard cemetery in Halle (Saale).

buildings

Friedberg / Bad Nauheim

  • 1901–1902: State administration building (for building construction office and chief forester) in Friedberg
  • 1905–1906: Machine center and steam washing facility for the spa (east of the train station) on Goldstein in Bad Nauheim
  • 1905–1911: Spa treatment facility (called “Sprudelhof”) in Bad Nauheim
    • these include the partially preserved colonnades, the destroyed terraces and the music pavilion at the Kurhaus and the Lion Spring in Schwalheim .
  • 1907–1908: Sanatorium Dr. Grödel in Bad Nauheim
  • 1908–1910: Concert hall (as an extension of the Kursaal) in Bad Nauheim
  • 1910–1911: Drinking spa in Bad Nauheim
  • 1912: Asylum for the blind with school and training facilities

Halle (Saale)

  • 1911: Gymnasium to the school complex Waisenhausring 13, Am Bauhof 4/5
  • 1912–1914: Gertraudenfriedhof building (with Georg Lindner), Landrain 25
  • 1912–1914: Extension of the St. Cyriakus Hospital, Glauchaer Straße 68
  • 1913–1915: Stadtbad , Schimmelstrasse 1–4 (with Wilhelm Heymann)
  • 1914–1916: Building of the former Kaiser Wilhelm and Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria Foundation, Beesener Straße 14
  • 1914–1915: Sparkasse building, Rathausstrasse 5/6
  • 1914–1915: Luther School, Roßbachstrasse 78
  • 1914–1915: House at Große Steinstraße 60a (part of the Stadtbad)
  • 1916–1917: former Emilienheim (infant home) of the Bethcke-Lehmann Foundation, Riveufer 8
  • around 1920: Residential and commercial building at Magdeburger Strasse 9
  • around 1920: House at Heinrich-Heine-Strasse 2
  • 1923–1925: Wittekind brine bath
  • 1924–1926: Electricity works, Brachwitzer Strasse
  • 1924: Substation on Hallmarkt , Oleariusstraße 4a
  • 1925–1926: House at Tiergartenstrasse 12
  • 1925–1928: Transformer stations: Anhalter Strasse 19, Merseburger Strasse, Moritzzwinger, Universitätsring
  • 1926–1927: Tram depot, Freiimfelder Straße 74/75
  • 1927–1928: South water tower with switch house in Turmstrasse (today: Historic Technical Center of Stadtwerke Halle ), Lutherplatz (with Oskar Muy)
  • 1928–1929: Extension of the town hall (called "Ratshof"), Marktplatz 1
  • 1929: Employment Office, Am Steintor 14/15 (with Albrecht Langenbach)
  • after 1930: Gesundbrunnen swimming pool (demolished), Kantstrasse
  • 1934: NS - Thingstätte Brandberge
  • 1937: "Mitteldeutsche Kampfbahn", later the Kurt Wabbel Stadium , Straße der Republik
  • 1938–1939: Adelheidsruh children's home, Schopenhauerstraße 2/4
  • 1938–1939: Diesterwegschule II (2nd construction phase), 2019/2020 conversion to apartments, Diesterwegstraße 37

literature

  • Britta Spranger: Art Nouveau in Bad Nauheim. The new bathing and spa facilities and their architect Wilhelm Jost. (= Sources and research on Hessian history , Volume 48.) Darmstadt / Marburg 1983, ISBN 3-88443-136-6 .
  • Hubertus Adam: Restrained modernity. Wilhelm Jost as town planning officer in Halle. In: Bauwelt , year 1998, issue 25, pp. 1440–1443.
  • Hiltrud AM Hölzinger (photos), Christina Uslular-Thiele: Art Nouveau in Bad Nauheim. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein im Taunus 2005, ISBN 3-7845-7100-X .
  • Mathias Homagk: “I have built enough.” Wilhelm Jost as town planning officer in Halle (1912–1939). (= Mitteldeutsche Kulturhistorische Hefte , Volume 25.) Hasenverlag, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-939468-77-6 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homagk 2013, p. 84 (see literature )
  2. ↑ Dieter Dolgner : For guidance. In: Mathias Homagk 2013, p. 8/9 (see literature )
  3. ↑ New ideas presented for the old salt works. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . February 6, 2014, p. 41.
  4. ↑ "Br.": Dr. Grödel's sanatorium in Bad Nauheim. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung . 29th year 1909, No. 31 (from April 17, 1909) (online) , pp. 10-12.
  5. ^ Art Nouveau in the Wetterau , accessed on May 12, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Jost, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1944
Place of death Lohdorf , Hohensalza District , Poznan Province