Willy Maß

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Wilhelm "Willy" Maß , also Mass and Mahs (born April 2, 1880 in Berlin ; † June 4, 1947 ), was a German architect . He worked in particular in Bad Godesberg , a current district of Bonn .

Live and act

Measure was Catholic denomination; Little is known about his origins and training. He was temporarily in Remagen located from where he took off in 1909 to Bad Godesberg to be there with his "company for high - and Civil Engineering " settle. In 1909/10 he took over the company of the Rüngsdorf master builder Georg Westen (1851–1921), which already a little later (as of 1913/14) consisted of an architecture studio , a construction company and a building materials store, employed several architects and in the Rüngsdorf district (Rüngsdorfer Straße 53/55) was located. In 1911, Maß had the villa at Kronprinzenstrasse 2 built in the back yard of the office building according to his own design , where he lived with his family. In 1913 he became a member of the Deutscher Werkbund - the second artist from Godesberg after the painter and graphic artist Louis Ziercke . In addition to building private villas , he succeeded in asserting himself in orders from local industrial companies, for which he sometimes worked as a "house architect" - for example at the Ringsdorff factories in Mehlem , the Kleutgen & Meier confectionery factory and Schiller'schen Patentverschluß AG. Christoph Brüggemann was an independent, long-time employee of Maß's architectural office who later worked as an architect in Godesberg .

Residing in Siegburg from 1916 , Maß moved back to Godesberg in September 1918. He lived there with his family in various houses, including Dürenstrasse 33 and Rheinallee 34 . In 1926 Maß founded the Maß'sche Grundstücks-GmbH on the occasion of the construction of a settlement in the Plittersdorf district . In 1928 he won a competition for buildings ( morgue / chapel, gatehouse ) on the city's new central cemetery , which can be counted among his most important works. At the end of the 1920s, Maß deepened its political commitment in Bad Godesberg and since then has played a larger role in the city's public life. From 1933 the only employed architect in the Maß'schen architectural office was Robert Wahle. Maß und Wahle were able to implement their largest new building in 1937 with the - privately awarded - main office of the Stadtsparkasse Bad Godesberg, which remained the only major public building project in the city during the National Socialist era . At the latest with a construction stoppage caused by the Second World War in July 1943, Maß 'architecture office was shut down and could not resume its activities even after the end of the war, as Maß became seriously ill and died in 1947.

In Bad Godesberg at least 80 villas, larger residential buildings, industrial and public buildings go back to Willy Maß's architectural office, 23 of which (as of 2006) are listed . His design language varies between neoclassicism , expressionism and, in a later phase, a locally influenced Bauhaus style .

Public engagement and memberships

At the time of the German Empire, Maß belonged to the Godesberg mayor's council as the "most wealthy landowner" . Since 1914 he was chairman of the board of the general local health insurance fund (AOK) Bad Godesberg and since 1928 chairman of the "Verkehrs-Verein Bad Godesberg am Rhein eV". He was also a member of the board of the “Gesellschaft für Festspiele Bad Godesberg eV”, the supervisory board of the “Vereinshaus Zur Lindenwirtin (Aennchen) GmbH” and, from 1928, the supervisory board of the “Gemeinnützige Bauverein GmbH”. In 1929, Maß ran for the Reichspartei des Deutschen Mittelstandes (Economic Party ) for the municipal council in Bad Godesberg and the district committee of the Bonn district , in which he subsequently moved in. He was also chairman of the Godesberg branch of the economic party. In 1933, Maß 'candidacy for the municipal council was unsuccessful on the list of the “non-partisan municipal association”. On May 1, 1933, he joined the NSDAP .

family

From about 1906/07 Maß was married to Maria Linder, widowed Heider (1880–1935). The marriage resulted in three children, of whom the younger son Erwin worked in the father's company before the Second World War. Since 1946 he ran his own architecture office with a partner, which was located in the previous building of the now closed company of Willy Maß (Rüngsdorfer Straße 53/55). Erwin Maß became head of the building department in the federal capital office of the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia and was involved in the planning of a total of 20 settlements in Bonn from the 1950s to the early 1960s, including the so-called " Tessenow settlement" and the Mittelstrasse settlement / Donatusstraße in the Plittersdorf district .

Work (selection)

construction time District address image object measure Remarks
1909 Plittersdorf Dollendorfer Strasse 10
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Bad Godesberg Dollendorfer Strasse 10 Rheinseite.jpg
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Meier's villa New building 1950–1999 service villa of the President of the Bundestag; Monument protection
1909 Alt-Godesberg Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 27
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Bad Godesberg, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 27 1.jpg
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Residential building New building Monument protection
1909-1910 Flour Rüdigerstrasse 34
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Rüdigerstrasse 34.JPG
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Villa Langen New building Monument protection
1909-1910 Godesberg villa district Rheinallee 34
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Bad Godesberg, Rheinallee 34.jpg Country house New building (client: Willy Maß) 1954–1999 seat of various embassies; Monument protection
1910 Godesberg villa district Rheinallee 26
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Bad Godesberg, Rheinallee 26.jpg Office building of the Keplerbund Conversion of the facade (client: Keplerbund ) today "Paul Klee School"; Monument protection
1910 Godesberg villa district Dürenstrasse 33
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Duerenstr-33 MG 3330.jpg
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Residential building (built as a nursing home) extension
1910 Alt-Godesberg Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 25
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Bad Godesberg, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 25 1.jpg
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Residential building New building Monument protection
1910 Godesberg villa district Kronprinzenstrasse 46
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Residential building New building Monument protection
1910 Rüngsdorf Rolandstrasse 57
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Bad Godesberg, Rolandstrasse 57.jpg Residential building New building Monument protection
1911 Südstadt Kaiserstraße 1a
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Residential and commercial building New building Monument protection
1911 Rüngsdorf Kronprinzenstrasse 2
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Kronprinzenstrasse 2.jpg
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Villa measure New building (client: Willy Maß) 1954–1999 Embassy of Syria / Egypt; Monument protection
1911 Gronau Willy-Brandt-Allee 18
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Bonn Willy-Brandt-Allee 18.jpg Residential building New building 1960–1999 Embassy of India ; Monument protection
1911 Plittersdorf Rheinallee 65
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Residential building New building Monument protection
1911 Godesberg-North Friesdorfer Straße 131
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Factory Kleutgen Meier.jpg Factory building Schiller'sche Patentverschluß AG (Schillerwerk) New building later Kleutgen & Meier, then Haribo ; monument value, canceled in 2012
1912 Godesberg villa district Rheinallee 2
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Rheinallee 2 MG 2604.jpg Residential and commercial building for pharmacists New building Monument protection
1912-1913 Flour Schlossallee 17 Villa de Fries New building Canceled in 1974
1913 Godesberg villa district Rheinallee 2a
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Rheinallee 2a MG 2605.jpg Residential building New building Monument protection
1913 Godesberg villa district Rheinallee 28
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Bad Godesberg, Rheinallee 28.jpg Residential building New building (client: house building company) Monument protection
1913 Rüngsdorf Rüngsdorfer Straße 53/55
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Office building / studio building Willy Maß modification
1914 Rüngsdorf Rheinstrasse 80
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Bad Godesberg Rheinstraße 80 Bootshaus Wassersportverein.jpg Boathouse water sports club Godesberg New building
1914 Godesberg villa district Rheinallee 47
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Bad Godesberg, Rheinallee 47.jpg Residential building New building (client: Willy Maß) Monument protection; today Restaurant Halbedel's Gasthaus
1916 Alt-Godesberg Koblenzer Straße 77
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Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Straße 77.JPG Residential building modification Monument protection
1919 Plittersdorf Dollendorfer Strasse 15
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South side of Villa Cleff Plittersdorf Bad Godesberg.jpg
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Villa Cleff Conversion and extension (client: F. Berg, hut director) 1951–1999 Embassy of Portugal; Monument protection
1919 Rüngsdorf Luisenstraße 40 (today Basteistraße) Villa Kreuser Reconstruction of the stable and coach house Canceled in 1973
1919 Rüngsdorf Luisenstraße 40 (today Basteistraße) Villa Kreuser Reconstruction of the stable and coach house Canceled in 1973
1920-1921 Godesberg villa district Otto-Kühne-Platz
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Okuehneschule.jpg Pedagogy Godesberg Recovery after fire Monument protection; today Otto Kühne School
1921 Alt-Godesberg Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 11
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Bad Godesberg, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 11a.jpg House for the Bochum association New building Monument protection
1921 Godesberg-North Friesdorfer Straße 131
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Factory Kleutgen Meier.jpg Kleutgen & Meier factory building extension later Haribo ; monument value, canceled in 2012
1921 Alt-Godesberg Koblenzer Straße 81
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Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Strasse 81.JPG villa modification Monument protection
1922 City of Remagen Deichweg 6
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Remagen, Deichweg, birthplace of Rudolf Caracciola.jpg Villa Caracciola modification
1922 Rüngsdorf Otto-Kühne-Platz 1
formerly Römerstraße 39
Residential building New building (client: Willy Maß) Canceled in 1930/32
1922-1923 Alt-Godesberg Koblenzer Straße 78
formerly Gartenstraße 4
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Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Straße 78.jpg Residential building New building (client: Bankhaus Gebr. David) since 1970 "Small Theater"; Monument protection
1924 Flour Mainzer Strasse 533
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2013-08-05 Villa Camphausen, Mainzer Strasse 233, Bonn IMG 4967.jpg
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Villa Camphausen extension until 1999 residence of the embassy of South Korea; Monument protection
1926 Alt-Godesberg Redoutenpark Festival stage of the Society for Festival eV New building (with Willy Gilges)
1927-1930 Plittersdorf Annetten-, Sibyllen-, Stein-, Weber-, Auerhof-, Hardtstraße
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Settlement of the Maß'schen property company (over 40 houses) New building
1929 Rüngsdorf Rheinstrasse 45–49
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Rheinhotel Dreesen.jpg
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Rheinhotel Dreesen modification
1929 Plittersdorf Steinstrasse 47
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Bad Godesberg Steinstrasse 47.jpg
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Residential building New building Monument protection
1929 Flour Mainzer Strasse 251
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House for manufacturer W. Gummersbach New building
1929 City of Remagen Wäßertal 16
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House on Leims (Villa Kollbach) New building 1954–1956 Commercial agency for South Korea
1929-1930 Godesberg villa district Roonstrasse 8
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General local health insurance fund Bad Godesberg Extension, facade renovation
1930s Rüngsdorf Rolandstrasse 2
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Catholic parish, kindergarten and residential building New building canceled
1930 Plittersdorf Gotenstrasse
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Bad Godesberg Central Cemetery (3) .jpg
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Central cemetery Bad Godesberg : gatehouse, morgue / chapel New building Monument protection
1933 Flour Rüdigerstrasse 33
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Rüdigerstrasse 33.JPG villa New building Monument protection
1934 Rüngsdorf Rheinstrasse 45–49
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Rheinhotel Dreesen , chestnut garden Canopy (design: Robert Wahle; execution: Maß)
1934 Alt-Godesberg Truchseßstrasse 16–22
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Rental houses for Dr. Franz Simonson Foundation New building
1936 Godesberg villa district Rheinallee 1
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Stadtsparkasse Bad Godesberg New building (with Robert Wahle)
1937 Alt-Godesberg Koblenzer Strasse 58
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Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Strasse 58.jpg Old pharmacy modification Monument protection
1937 Flour Rodderbergstrasse 69
formerly Tannenbergstrasse 69
Residential building New building
1938 Alt-Godesberg Moltkestrasse 54 Former Society house "recovery" Conversion (client: Reichsluftschutzbund )

Remarks

  1. For buildings that no longer exist, the last known address.

Individual evidence

  1. Horst Heidermann : "The sensation of summer in the Rhineland" - Bad Godesberg and its world theater . In: Godesberger Heimatblätter: Annual issue of the Association for Home Care and Home History Bad Godesberg eV , ISSN  0436-1024 , Issue 45 (2007), Association for Home Care and Home History Bad Godesberg, Bad Godesberg 2008, p. 111–152 (here: p. 118 ).
  2. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc Horst Heidermann: 100 years of the Deutscher Werkbund: Godesberg traces.
  3. a b c d e f g h i j k Olga Sonntag : Villas on the banks of the Rhine in Bonn: 1819–1914 , Bouvier Verlag, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-416-02618-7 , volume 3, catalog (2). (also dissertation University of Bonn, 1994)
  4. Horstheider man : Godesberger industrial history I . In: Godesberger Heimatblätter: Annual issue of the Association for Heimatpflege und Heimatgeschichte Bad Godesberg eV , ISSN  0436-1024 , Issue 48 (2010), Association for Heimatpflege und Heimatgeschichte Bad Godesberg , Bad Godesberg 2011, pp. 96-134 (here: p. 126 ).
  5. Kerstin Kähling: Loosened up and structured: Town and settlement construction in the fifties and early sixties in the provisional federal capital Bonn , city archive and city history library, Bonn 2004, p. 69.
  6. Kerstin Kähling; City of Bonn, City Archives and City History Library (Ed.): Loosened up and structured: City and housing developments in the fifties and early sixties in the provisional federal capital Bonn (= Publications of the Bonn City Archives , Volume 63). Bonn 2004, ISBN 978-3-922832-34-8 , pp. 232/233. (also dissertation University of Cologne, 2001)
  7. a b c d Walter Buschmann: When fruit gum still tasted intensely of fruit: From the founding and development of the Haribo company in Bonn . In: Preservation of monuments in the Rhineland , ISSN  0177-2619 , Volume 31, 2014, No. 3, pp. 119–122.
  8. a b Haribo is supposed to pay a fine for demolition , General-Anzeiger , January 18, 2013
  9. ^ Small Theater Bad Godesberg , German Theater Directory
  10. ^ Andreas Denk , Ingeborg Flagge : Architekturführer Bonn . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-496-01150-5 , p. 118.
  11. Karl Kollbach: "Aktenzeichen 475/39". Own documentary factual report of "then" and "now". A contribution to German self-reflection , book and newspaper printing company H. Köllen, Bonn 1949, p. 22.

literature

Web links

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