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August Pieper (architect)
August Pieper (1844 in Hannover – 29 April 1891, in Hamburg) was a German architect, active in Dresden, Cologne and Hamburg. His brother was the engineer Carl Pieper (1842–1901), who also lived and worked in Hamburg in the 1880s. Life He studied at secondary school and the university in his birthplace, before studying at the Vienna University of Technology under Friedrich von Schmidt, through whose efforts Pieper moved to Dresden in 1867. There Pieper designed the Christuskirche in Freital-Deuben, then All Saints Church and several villas on the city's Goethestraße (now Gret-Palucca-Straße). In 1873 he moved to Cologne and in 1879 to Hamburg. Works * 1867: Draft design of the Christuskirche in Freital-Deuben * 1868–1869: All Saints Church, Dresden * 1869–1870: Villa Goethestraße 12 in Dresden * 1869–1870: Villa Goethestraße 13 in DresdenHelas (1991), S. 144 (Goethestraße 13. 1869/70 von Pieper). * 1872: Design entered into the competition for the Niederwalddenkma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019). The city lies at the confluence of the River Leine and its tributary the Ihme, in the south of the North German Plain, and is the largest city in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg, Dortmund, Essen and Bremen. Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hannover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal_code_type = Postal code(s) , postal_code = 20001–21149, 22001–22769 , area_code_type = Area code(s) , area_code = 040 , registration_plate = , blank_name_sec1 = GRP (nominal) , blank_info_sec1 = €123 billion (2019) , blank1_name_sec1 = GRP per capita , blank1_info_sec1 = €67,000 (2019) , blank1_name_sec2 = HDI (2018) , blank1_info_sec2 = 0.976 · 1st of 16 , iso_code = DE-HH , blank_name_sec2 = NUTS Region , blank_info_sec2 = DE6 , website = , footnotes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by area (after Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne), and the third most populous city in the area of former East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Dresden's urban area comprises the towns of Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Radeberg and Heidenau and has around 790,000 inhabitants. The Dresden metropolitan area has approximately 1.34 million inhabitants. Dresden is the second largest city on the River Elbe after Hamburg. Most of the city's population lives in the Elbe Valley, but a large, albeit very sparsely populated area of the city east of the Elbe lies in the West Lusatian Hill Country and Uplands (the westernmost part of the Sudetes) and thus in Lusatia. Many boroughs west of the Elbe lie in the foreland of the Ore Mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million people in the Cologne Bonn Region, urban region. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about southeast of NRW's state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Catholic Cologne Cathedral (), the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world, constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings, is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe. The cityscape is further shaped by the Twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne, and Cologne is famous for Eau de Cologne, that has been produced in the city since 1709, and "col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leibniz University Hannover
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover (german: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational School, the university has undergone six periods of renaming, its most recent in 2006. Leibniz University Hannover is a member of TU9, an association of the nine leading Institutes of Technology in Germany. It is also a member of the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, a non-profit association of leading engineering universities in Europe. The university sponsors the German National Library of Science and Technology, the largest science and technology library in the world.Profile of the TIB at Leibniz University Hannoveonline (English) retrieved 26 May 2012 History The roots of the university begin in the Higher Vocational College/Polytechnic Institute (), founded on 2 May 1831. In 1879 the Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna University Of Technology
TU Wien (TUW; german: Technische Universität Wien; still known in English as the Vienna University of Technology from 1975–2014) is one of the major universities in Vienna, Austria. The university finds high international and domestic recognition in teaching as well as in research, and it is a highly esteemed partner of innovation-oriented enterprises. It currently has about 28,100 students (29% women), eight faculties and about 5,000 staff members (3,800 academics). The university's teaching and research is focused on engineering, computer science, and natural sciences. History The institution was founded in 1815 by Emperor Francis I of Austria as the '' k.k. Polytechnische Institut'' (Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute). The first rector was Johann Joseph von Prechtl. It was renamed the ''Technische Hochschule'' (College of Technology) in 1872. When it began granting doctoral and higher degrees in 1975, it was renamed the ''Technische Universität Wien'' (Vienna Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Von Schmidt
Friedrich von Schmidt (October 22, 1825 – January 23, 1891) was an architect who worked in late 19th century Vienna. Life and career Von Schmidt was born in Frickenhofen, Gschwend, Württemberg, Germany. After studying at the technical high school in Stuttgart under Breymann and Mauch, he became, in 1845, one of the guild workers employed in building Cologne Cathedral, on which he worked for fifteen years. Most of the working drawings for the towers were made by Schmidt and Vincenz Statz. In 1848 he attained the rank of master-workman and in 1856 passed the state examination as architect. After becoming a Catholic in 1858, he went to Milan as professor of architecture and began the restoration of the cathedral of Sant'Ambrogio. On account of the confusion caused by the war of 1859 he went to Vienna, where he was a professor at the academy and cathedral architect from 1862; in 1865 he received the title of chief architect, and in 1888 was ennobled by the emperor. In the Got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints Church, Dresden
All Saints Church (''Allerheiligenkirche'') was an Anglican church on Wiener Straße in Dresden. It was in the Early English Period of Neo-Gothic architecture. History The church was made possible by an endowment from the widow of Wilhelm Heinrich Göschen (William Henry Goschen), a merchant from Saxony living in London. It was built from 1868 to 1869 by August Pieper and the London architect James Piers St Aubyn for the many Anglicans living in Dresden. It was a small three-aisle basilica design, with a low choir and a polygonal apse. To its south was a square tower based on the Marburg Elisabethkirche with a tall octagonal spire. The roof was open on the inside and covered in sculpture. The church was only slightly damaged in the First World War but nevertheless fell out of use. In 1927, a contractual agreement was reached between the ''All Saint's English episcopal church eV'' and the Evangelical-Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, iden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deuben (Freital)
Deuben is a municipal subdivision of Freital in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains (german: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge) is a district (''Districts of Germany, Kreis'') in Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Eastern Ore Mountains. History Th ... district. History The village was first mentioned in 1378. (German) In the 1920s, Deuben was one of the biggest villages in Germany. At 1 October 1921, the villages Deuben, Döhlen and Potschappel merged to the new town Freital. Residents * 1834: 252 * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niederwalddenkmal
The Niederwald monument (german: Niederwalddenkmal) is a monument located in the Niederwald, near Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany, built between 1871 and 1883 to commemorate the Unification of Germany. The monument is located within the Rhine Gorge, a larger UNESCO World Heritage Site. It overlooks the Rhine Valley and the town of Bingen on the far side. History The monument was constructed to commemorate the founding of the German Empire in 1871 after the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The first stone was laid on 16 September 1871 by Kaiser Wilhelm I. The sculptor was Johannes Schilling, and the architect was Karl Weißbach. The total cost of the work is estimated at one million gold marks. The monument was inaugurated on 28 September 1883. The tall monument represents the union of all Germans. Description Structure The central figure is the tall Germania figure. Her right hand holds the recovered crown, and her left holds the Imperial Sword. Beneath Germania is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Hauers
Wilhelm Hauers (10 February 1836 in Celle – 27 April 1905 in Hamburg) was a German architect. His works include the St. Johannis Harvestehude Hamburg and Hamburg City Hall. 1836 births 1905 deaths 19th-century German architects People from Celle Career Wilhelm Hauers studied at the Hanover Polytechnic School from 1852 to 1855. Here he joined the Landsmannschaft Schleswig-Holstein, later Corps Schleswig-Holstein, in 1853. in 1858 he was made an honorary member. After graduation he worked in the office of Conrad Wilhelm Hase, including as construction manager of the Christuskirche in Hanover. His "portrait" is symbolized on this church as a gargoyle with a boar's head (= the "tusks" of the boar). in 1860 he was a co-founder of the Niedersächsische Bauhütte and was later made an honorary member of its successor, the Bauhütte zum Weißen Blatt. From 1866, Wilhelm Hauers was employed by the Baudeputation in Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Andreas Meyer
Franz Ferdinand Carl Andreas Meyer (6 December 1837, Hamburg - 17 March 1901, Bad Wildungen) was a German civil engineer, known primarily as the creator of the Speicherstadt on Hamburg's waterfront. Biography He was born to Ferdinand Wilhelm Meyer (1800–1862), a merchant who had to abandon his business in 1851, due to financial difficulties. After attending the private boys' school operated by Elise Averdieck, he switched to the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums. He left there in 1854 to enroll at the Technical University of Hanover. There, he studied with Conrad Wilhelm Hase and became a lifelong adherent of the Hanover school of architecture. After completing his studies, in 1858, he worked for Hase for a year, then joined the Royal Hanoverian State Railways, where he participated in building the Bremen to Bremerhaven line. He returned to Hamburg in 1862 and found employment with the Port Authority. Three years later, he appointed the Technical Manager, under the Director o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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