Ernst Bernhard Sehring (1 June 1855 in Edderitz,

Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

– 27 December 1941) was a German architect.

Life

Sehring came from a petty-bourgeois village background and was the son of a

Dessau Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the '' Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it has been part of the newly created municipality of Dessau-Roßlau ...

construction foreman. He was boarded by Professor Happach and attended the Gymnasium and the Kunstschule in Dessau. From 1873 until 1875, he studied at the

Technische Universität Braunschweig The Technische Universität Braunschweig (unofficially University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology), commonly referred to as TU Braunschweig, is the oldest ' (comparable to an institute of technology in the American system) in Germany. ...

, then architecture four semesters at the Berlin Bauakademie. During his studies he became a member of the . In 1877/1878, he was a trainee with the architect Karl Hoene in

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the Germany, German States of ...

. Sehring completed his year of military service as a

one-year volunteer A one-year volunteer, short EF ( de: ''Einjährig-Freiwilliger''), was, in a number of national armed forces, a conscript who agreed to pay his own costs for the procurement of equipment, food and clothing, in return for spending a shorter-than-usu ...

in 1878/1879. He undertook a study trip to Italy in 1879/1880 to observe the theatre architecture and garden architecture there. Shortly after he was accepted into the , he received the , his first architectural award, in 1882 for his designs for the

Museum Island The Museum Island (german: Museumsinsel) is a museum complex on the northern part of the Spree Island in the historic heart of Berlin. It is one of the most visited sights of Germany's capital and one of the most important museum sites in Europ ...

. In 1883, he received the Großer Akademischer Staatspreis. As a state scholarship holder in Rome (1883 and 1884), he took part in an international theatre building competition for the first time and opened the architectural firm ''Peters and Sehring'' with Ernst Peters in

Berlin-Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990 it has ...

in 1885. In 1889, he terminated this

partnership A partnership is an arrangement where parties, known as business partners, agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests. The partners in a partnership may be individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments o ...

and from 1890 was active as an independent, freelance artist and architect. Sehring became known for his designs, especially competition designs, theatre and other new buildings. At the

Theater des Westens The Theater des Westens (Theatre of the West) is one of the most famous theatres for musicals and operettas in Berlin, Germany, located at 10–12 in Charlottenburg. It was founded in 1895 for plays. The present house was opened in 1896 and dedi ...

Berlin-Charlottenburg Charlottenburg () is a Boroughs and localities of Berlin, locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a German town law, town in 1705 and named after Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort of Kingdom ...

, he combined an elegant neo-baroque auditorium with a stage tower in the style of a medieval keep. Sehring later adopted a similar combination of disparate styles in the construction of the Stadttheater Halberstadt as well as the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhauses (both in 1905). At first, he even ran the Theater des Westens himself together with his partner Paul Blumenreich as ''Theater des Westens GmbH''; however, the attempt was financially unsuccessful. From 1907 to 1921, he built his family's summer residence, the in

Ballenstedt Ballenstedt is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Geography It is situated at the northern rim of the Harz mountain range, about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Quedlinburg. The municipal area comprises the vil ...

(

Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

Buildings and drafts

* 1889–1890: Künstlerhaus St. Lukas in Berlin, Fasanenstraße 13 (unter Denkmalschutz) * 1890–1895: Wohnhaus Kantstraße 153 in Berlin-Charlottenburg (erster Wohnsitz von

Rudolf Diesel Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (, ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and Mechanical engineering, mechanical engineer who is famous for having invented the diesel engine, which burns diesel fuel; both are named after him. ...

) * 1891(?): Königin-Luise-Gedächtnishalle in

Neustrelitz Neustrelitz (; East Low German: ''Niegenstrelitz'') is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the Zierker See in the Mecklenburg Lake District. From 1738 ...

* 1892: Mehrfamilienwohnhaus-Paar in Berlin, Carmerstraße 10/11 * 1895–1896:

in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Kantstraße * 1895–1896: Westtürme der St. Jakob, Köthen in

Köthen (Anhalt) Köthen () is a town in Germany. It is the capital of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, about north of Halle (Saale), Halle. Köthen is the location of the main campus and the administrative centre of the regional university, ...

* 1895–1896: Theater „Alt-Berlin“ auf der Berliner Gewerbeausstellung 1896 in Berlin-Treptow (abgebrochen 1897) * 1899–1900: Fassade des Warenhauses der ''H. & C. Tietz AG'' in Berlin, Leipziger Straße 46–49 (im Zweiten Weltkrieg zerstört) * 1901:

Walpurgishalle The Walpurgis Hall (german: Walpurgishalle) is a hall on the Witches' Dance Floor near Thale in the Harz mountains, Germany, built in the Old Germanic style by Hermann Hendrich and Bernhard Sehring. The hall was opened in 1901 and is a museum ...

auf dem Hexentanzplatz bei

Thale Thale () is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany. Located at the steep northeastern rim of the Harz mountain range, it is known for the scenic Bode Gorge stretching above the town centre. Geography The town is situated ...

(Harz) * 1902–1904: Stadttheater in

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

, Niederwall 27 (innen 1937 verändert, 2004–2006 denkmalgerecht saniert) * 1903–1904: Villa Löwenpalais in Berlin-Grunewald, Koenigsallee 30/32 (unter Denkmalschutz) * 1904–1905: Schauspielhaus in Düsseldorf, Kasernenstraße (im Zweiten Weltkrieg zerstört) * 1904–1905: Stadttheater in

Halberstadt Halberstadt ( Eastphalian: ''Halverstidde'') is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the capital of Harz district. Located north of the Harz mountain range, it is known for its old town center that was greatly destroyed by Allied bombi ...

(im Zweiten Weltkrieg zerstört) * 1905: Bismarck-Brunnen in Breslau, Schlossplatz / Königsplatz * 1906–1910: Stadthalle / Musikhalle in

Görlitz Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, :de:Ostlausitzer Mundart, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and ...

, Am Stadtpark 1 * 1907–1908: Stadttheater (heutiges Staatstheater) in

Cottbus Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exten ...

, Schillerplatz * 1907–1920: Roseburg castle in

, Sehrings Sommersitz * before 1914: Expansion of Reisen castle * before 1914: Reconstruction of the

Berlin Wintergarten theatre The Berlin Wintergarten theatre was a large variety theatre in Berlin-Mitte. It opened in 1887 and was destroyed by bombs during the Second World War. The Skladanowsky brothers showcased the first short film presentation at the theatre in 1895 ...

in Berlin, Friedrichstraße * 1927–1928: Kino Delphi-Palast in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Kantstraße / Fasanenstraße (Heavily damaged in the Second World War, façade and garden design reconstructed) Berlin-Charlottenburg Theater des Westens 05-2014.jpg, Theater des Westens in Berlin Loewenpalais B-Grunewald 07-2017.jpg, Löwenpalais in Berlin St.Jakob Köthen Westtürme.JPG, West towers of St. Jakob in Köthen Walpurgishalle Thale.jpg, Walpurgishalle (historical coloured postcard) Stadttheater-Bi.JPG, Stadttheater Bielefeld Düsseldorf, Schauspielhaus an der Karl-Theodor-Straße, erbaut von Sehring 1905, Ansicht. .jpg, Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf Bundesarchiv Bild 183-63751-0004, Görlitz, Boehme-Denkmal, Stadthalle.jpg, Stadthalle Görlitz (as of 1959) Cottbus staatstheater.jpg, Staatstheater Cottbus (historical coloured postcard) Ballenstedt Roseburg.jpg, Ballenstedt, Roseburg

References

External links

Biografie und Werkverzeichnis Sehrings auf den Internetseiten der Roseburg
retrieved 15 June 2021
Bestand zu Bernhard Sehring
in , retrieved 15 June 2021 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sehring, Bernhard 19th-century German architects 20th-century German architects Theatre architects 1855 births 1941 deaths People from Saxony-Anhalt 19th-century German military personnel

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