Wilhelm Neumann (architect, 1826)
Georg Joachim Wilhelm Neumann , since 1878 by adoption Wilhelm von Mörner (born June 14, 1826 in Guhrau near Breslau , † March 16, 1907 in Berlin ) was a German architect and construction clerk .
Life
Wilhelm Neumann was originally an officer. After retiring as first lieutenant, he became an architect. In 1863 he became a member of the Berlin Architects' Association . From 1870 he worked as a building inspector in the building department of the Prussian Ministry of Public Works , from 1874 at the latest as a councilor. In May 1877 he was Privy Councilor and lecturer Council in Reich Chancellery and was head of the Empire Building Department at the Ministry of the Interior responsible for numerous new buildings in the capital Berlin. He was a landowner on the Ralow estate (Dreschvitz on Rügen ). Occasionally he is mistaken for the younger Wilhelm Neumann , who worked as an architect mainly in Riga.
Wilhelm Neumann died in Berlin in 1907 at the age of 80. He was buried in the Old Twelve Apostles Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.
buildings
- 1868–1871 coin , Unterwasserstraße 2–4 (preliminary draft by A. Stüler )
- 1869/70 annex of the Prussian Ministry of Finance, Dorotheenstrasse 84
- 1869/70 Extension to the Ministry of Commerce for the Railway Administration , Wilhelmstrasse 79/80
- 1871/72 Prussian Central-Bodenkreditbank , Unter den Linden 34 (today Unter den Linden 15)
- 1872–1874 Conversion of the Reich Office of the Interior , Wilhelmstrasse 74
- 1873/74 Zimmermann's house, Lützowplatz 5 and his own house, Lützowplatz 7
- 1873–1875 Embassy of Wuerttemberg , Vossstraße 10 and Palais of the Duke of Ratibor , Moltkestraße 19
- 1873–1877 Foreign Office on Wilhelmstrasse
- 1874 Extension of the Provisional Reichstag , Leipziger Strasse 4
- 1874–1876 Reich Statistical Office , Lützowufer 6–8
- 1874–1877 Reich Treasury , Wilhelmstrasse 1 (construction manager R. Wolffenstein )
- 1876–1884 Wilhelmstift, Spandauer Damm 62 (monument)
- 1878–1880 Reich Justice Office , Vossstrasse 4–5
With the exception of the listed buildings of the Wilhelmstift, none of the buildings exist today.
literature
Uwe Kieling: Berlin building officials and state architects in the 19th century , Berlin, 1986, p. 68.
Web links
- Short biography at www.neue-reichskanzlei.de , accessed on February 27, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 755.
- ^ Wilhelmstift in the state monument list
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neumann, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neumann, Georg Joachim Wilhelm (full name); Mörner, Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and construction officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guhrau near Breslau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1907 |
| Place of death | Berlin |