Wilhelm Kemmler
Wilhelm Kemmler (born January 7, 1864 in Stuttgart ; † 1916 ) was a German architect , royal Bavarian construction clerk and amateur photographer . Officially, he was significantly involved in the construction of the Grafenwoehr military training area . Parts of his photographic legacy are now in the 1st Upper Palatinate Culture and Military Museum in Grafenwöhr .
Life
Wilhelm Kemmler attended a secondary school and studied at the Technical University of Stuttgart . He completed his military service and worked as an architect for various companies in Stuttgart, Krefeld and Mannheim . In 1894 he finally joined the military building administration. From 1907 to 1913, Kemmler in Grafenwöhr was mainly responsible for the establishment and expansion of the local military training area . During this time, Kemmler lived temporarily with his wife and daughter Ida (* July 17, 1910 in Fürth ; † 1988 in Nuremberg ) and a nanny in the Specht estate in Untere Torstrasse in Grafenwoehr. As one of the few owners of a photo camera on site, Wilhelm Kemmler not only took photos of buildings but also of neighboring places such as Neustadt am Kulm , Speinshart or Pressath . The resulting photographs, often with his relatives in the foreground, often became part of the family album . The master photographer Hans Spahn used other photos of Kemmler to publish postcards .
Colored picture postcard " No. 1 " from the Hans Spahn publishing house , around 1910
here as field post in the First World War , postcard No. 385 from the PHB publishing house
Also in 1910 William Kemmler was, according to the Central Journal of the building administration by the Board of the construction management of the training area for building officer conveyed the same year was awarded on September 20 by Prince Luitpold the Military Order of Merit of the Prince Regent awarded. In his role as military construction inspector , Kemmler designed the water tower , which was built from August 26, 1909 to June 30, 1911 and later became the landmark of the city of Grafenwöhr.
After Kemmler's death, the funeral speech held in the Church of St. Anna in Augsburg on December 29, 1916 emphasized , among other things, the promotion of Kemmler "[...] to the head of the local military construction office" after he had completed the construction of the Grafenwoehr military training area would have.
In 2010 the granddaughter of Wilhelm Kemmler, Ida Kopp-Schwertner , who at the time transferred a “family Bible”, a photo album and other documents from his property to the city of Grafenwoehr and the local Heimatverein , noticed that the history of the construction of the Grafenwoehr training area was being rewritten must be. At least in parts, "[...] not Mr. Sievers , but the Royal Military Building Councilor Wilhelm Kemmler [...] was the responsible and executive builder of the military training area" in Grafenwoehr.
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Remarks
- ↑ So it was said in the online edition of the same newspaper on June 23, 2010: "[...] According to the plans of the architect Jürgen Sievers, who was the head of the army construction management in Grafenwöhr and planner of the troop camp, on August 26, 1909 The water tower was built by June 30, 1911. The consistency of plan and execution of the building is confirmed on the still existing original from the plan chamber by the royal building officer Wilhelm Kemmler on February 24, 1912. “Compare mor: Grafenwöhr / Landmark of the city and the military training area / Also the water tower, the" big one. " old gentleman of the practice area "is 100 years old.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Gerald Morgenstern: Grafenwöhr / a stroke of luck for the museum / estate of building officer Wilhelm Kemmler documents the history of the training site ( memento of the original from October 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in the version of November 11, 2010 on the page owz-online.de , the online edition of the Oberpfälzer Wochenzeitung (weekly advertising magazine of the publishing house Der neue Tag )
- ↑ Compare this digital copy made available at Zeno.org also on the reverse of the map
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kemmler, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and Bavarian construction officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1916 |