Wilhelm Salzenberg

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Wilhelm Salzenberg (born January 20, 1803 in Münster , † October 23, 1887 in Vernex-Montreux , Switzerland) was a German architect of historicism and senior building officer in the Prussian building administration.

Life

Salzenberg was a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel . After successfully passing the exam in Münster in 1822, Salzenberg worked as a surveyor for the military building administration and the Rheinisch-Westfälischen cadastre until 1831. From 1832 to 1834 he studied at the Berlin Building Academy , which he completed with the master builder examination. He then worked as an architect, initially in the Prussian building administration at various locations. In 1837 and 1838 he was a board member of the Berlin Architects' Association , which he had already joined in 1832. He initially worked for 10 years as a mechanical engineering teacher at the General Building School. In 1858 he was appointed building officer in the Prussian service, and in 1862 he was given the title of "secret building officer" in the Prussian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Public Works. Between 1847 and 1867 Salzenberg traveled to Constantinople several times . With the start of construction of the Hagia Sofia Salzenberg was supported by Hermann Blankenstein in 1851/1852 . Salzenberg published the table work Old Christian Buildings of Constantinople from V to XII in 1854 on behalf of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV . Century .

In 1855 the Royal Institute of British Architects awarded Salzenberg a silver medal. In 1863, Salzenberg was granted honorary citizenship of the city of Münster for the reconstruction of the town hall hall in Münster Town Hall, which was carried out according to his plans .

Buildings and designs

The building with a brick facade and "clear echoes of the Bauakademie " was extended in 1877/1878 by Carl Schwatlo with a building with a sandstone facade facing Jägerstrasse.

  • Telegraph office in Berlin (right part of the building)

  • St. Peter and Paul in Potsdam

  • Tomb for Karl Friedrich Schinkel in Berlin

Publications

  • Architectural album . (edited by the Berlin Architects' Association by Stüler, Knoblauch, Salzenberg, Strack) Potsdam 1840–1849.
  • Old Christian monuments of Constantinople from the 5th to the 12th centuries Century. (published by the Royal Ministry for Trade, Industry and Public Works) Ernst & Korn, Berlin 1854 ( digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de ).
  • Lectures on mechanical engineering. Berlin 1842.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans-Martin Arnoldt: Julius Franz Salzenberg (1763-1849), - a Biedermeier engraver. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter . New Series Volume 60 (2006), pp. 189-203; here: p. 191.
  2. ↑ Todtenschau . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung . No. 89 . Stuttgart November 2, 1887, p. 528 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ^ Frontispiece: "Recorded on the orders of His Majesty the King and historically explained by W. Salzenberg. In the appendix of the Silentiarius Paulus description of Saint Sophia and Ambon / Metrically translated and annotated by Dr CW Kortüm. "
  4. ↑ Susan M. Peik: Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Edition Axel Menges, Fellbach 2001, ISBN 3-930698-81-1 , p. 47.
  5. ^ History of Gastein: Church building in Gastein , section Christophorus Chapel, Bad Gastein . On the private homepage of Anton Ernst Lafenthaler, created from the works: Heinrich Zimburg: Die Baudenkmäler von Badgastein. Verlag der Kurverwaltung Badgastein, Bad Gastein 1963; Sebastian Hinterseer: Gastein and its history. 3rd edition, Gasteiner Bücherei, Bad Gastein 1972; Ekkehart Lebouton: The Lutherans in Gastein. Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 1969.
personal data
SURNAME Salzenberg, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and Prussian building officer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1887
Place of death Montreux