Georg Friedrich Christian Bürklein (30 March 1813 – 4 December 1872) was a German architect and a pupil of
Friedrich von Gärtner.
[Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie]
"Bürklein, Friedrich"
(in German)
Biography
He was born in
Burk,
Middle Franconia
Middle Franconia (, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia, Germany, in the west of Bavaria bordering the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; the most populous and largest city is Nuremberg.
Subdi ...
. His first important work was the construction of the town hall in
Fürth
Fürth (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia.
It is the Franconia#Towns and cities, s ...
(1840–50) which is influenced by the
Palazzo Vecchio
The ( "Old Palace") is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the , which holds a copy of Michelangelo's ''David'' statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi.
Originally called the ''Palazzo della Signoria'', a ...
in Florence.
Bürklein created also the
Hauptbahnhof in Munich (1847–1849) with its steel construction and the stations of
Augsburg
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,
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia district in Bavaria, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main (river), Main. Bamberg had 79,000 inhabitants in ...
,
Ansbach
Ansbach ( , ; ) is a city in the Germany, German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Mittelfranken, Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränk ...
,
Neu-Ulm,
Hof,
Nördlingen,
Rosenheim
Rosenheim () is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is an independent city located in the centre of the Rosenheim (district), district of Rosenheim (Upper Bavaria), and is also the seat of its administration. It is located on the west bank of the Inn ...
,
Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...
,
Nuremberg
Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...
and
Bad Kissingen
Bad Kissingen () is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and County town, seat of the Bad Kissingen (district), district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale, Franconia ...
.
From 1851 Bürklein was the chief architect of the royal
Maximilianstraße in Munich with all its state buildings including the
Maximilianeum. Its Neo-Gothic architecture was influenced by the
Perpendicular style and was strongly disputed. Before the Maximilianeum was finished Bürklein was replaced by
Gottfried Semper. The sensitive Bürklein died mentally deranged in the sanatorium of
Werneck. He is buried in the
Alter Südfriedhof in Munich. In June 2015, the Bavarian Parliament named the entrance hall of the Maximilianeum after Friedrich Bürklein.
[Hans Kratzer: Der unbekannte Architekt. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 131 vom 11. Juni 2015, S. 39.]
See also
Stollbergstraße 20
References
19th-century German architects
Architects of the Bavarian court
1813 births
1872 deaths
Burials at the Alter Südfriedhof
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