Fritz Schupp
Fritz Schupp (22 December 1896 in Uerdingen – 1 August 1974 in Essen) was a German architect. He was educated from 1914 to 1917 at the Universities of Karlsruhe, München and Stuttgart. Despite mostly working alone, he formed a partnership based in Essen and Berlin with Martin Kremmer.
Fritz Schupp

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- Born
- 1896 · Essen.
- Died
- 1974 · Uerdingen.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- architect · university teacher
- Honours
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Karmarsch Medal
- Languages
- German
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Fritz Schupp (22 December 1896 in Uerdingen – 1 August 1974 in Essen) was a German architect. He was educated from 1914 to 1917 at the Universities of Karlsruhe, München and Stuttgart. Despite mostly working alone, he formed a partnership based in Essen and Berlin with Martin Kremmer.
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From 1949, Schupp was a lecturer at the Technical University in Hannover. Between 1920 and 1974, he built 69 factories and plants. In the Bergbauarchiv (Bochum), 17500 sketches are at the disposal of researchers. His best-known work was the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.
The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Essen and Berlin. Employment is recorded with Leibniz University Hannover. Distinctions recorded are Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Karmarsch Medal.
• 1921: Zeche Holland 3/4/6 in Wattenscheid • 1922: Mine's head offices Am Knie in Dortmund-Neuasseln • 1927: Cock factory in Gelsenkirchen • 1928–1930: Evangelist church in Berlin-Niederschöneweide • 1928–1932: Plant Zeche Zollverein 12 in Essen • vor 1930: Hall of „Zeche in Horst bei Essen“ • 1936: Over surface installations Rammelsberg in Goslar • 1936: Monument for the victims of the Schlagwetter-Explosion in Flöz „Ida“ Zeche Adolf von Hansemann in Dortmund-Mengede • 1938: Extension of the farm Schulte up der Hege in Werksfürsorge Zollverein • 1936–1940: German Mining Museum in Bochum (with Heinrich Holzapfel) • 1940–1951: Powerplant Gustav Knepper in Dortmund-Mengede • 1944: Pit Zeche Germania in Dortmund-Marten (transformed in 1974 as a heritage of the Deutschen Bergbaumuseum in Bochum) • 1948–1952: Pit Grimberg 1/2 in Bergkamen • 1950: Tower Zeche Friedlicher Nachbar in Bochum-Linden • 1953: Social offices of the Rammelsberg mine in Goslar • 1953: Pit Zeche Pluto Wilhelm in Herne-Wanne • 1954: Pit 7 of Zeche Ewald in Herten • 1954: Aden house in Lünen • 1955–1956: Tower over pit 2 der Zeche Lohberg in Dinslaken • 1955–1959: Pit Katharina in Essen-Kray • 1950er Jahre: Tower, hall and washing facilities of pit Hugo in Gelsenkirchen-Buer • 1958–1960: Powerplant Springorum in Bochum-Weitmar • 1960: Tower of the Zeche Vereinigte Dahlhauser Tiefbau pit in Bochum-Dahlhausen • 1964: Concrete tower of pits 4 and 6 in Zeche Sophia-Jacoba in Ratheim
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• Wilhelm Busch: F. Schupp, M. Kremmer. Bergbauarchitektur 1919–1974. Rheinland-Verlag, Köln 1980,. • Wilhelm Busch, Thorsten Scheer (Hrsg.): Symmetrie und Symbol. Die Industriearchitektur von Fritz Schupp und Martin Kremmer. Köln 2002,.
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Fritz Schupp is recorded as having received Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Karmarsch Medal.
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1896
Fritz Schupp born at Essen.
1974
Fritz Schupp died at Uerdingen.
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Essen.
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Fritz Schupp received Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Karmarsch Medal.
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- 1.Das Münster, Zeitschrift für christliche Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, 8. Jahrgang 1955, S. 265.
- 2.Ehrengräber der Stadt Essen.
- 3.Werner Hegemann. Fünf Jahre Bauschaffen im Ruhrgebiet. 1930. 413. drei Fotos. 340.
- 4.Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA), Kreisgruppe Recklinghausen (Hrsg.): Architekturführer Kreis Recklinghausen. Schmitz, Castrop-Rauxel 1986, ISBN 3-924014-01-9, S. 84.
- 5.Werner Hegemann. Fünf Jahre Bauschaffen im Ruhrgebiet. 1930. 414. Innenansicht der Werkstatthalle. 341.
- 6.Deutsche Bauzeitung, 65. Jahrgang 1931, Heft 57/58, S. 337 ff.
- 7.Daniel Krehl. Tag des Offenen Denkmals: Rauf auf den Förderturm. Merkur.de. 2015-09-10.
- 8.heimatverein-mengede.de.
- 9.2018-04. der-foerderturm.de.
- 10.Hans Mommsen, Manfred Grieger: Das Volkswagenwerk und seine Arbeiter im Dritten Reich. S. 253
- 11.Zeche Germania 3/5, Dortmund. 1972.
- 12.Joachim Huske. Die Steinkohlenzechen im Ruhrrevier. Daten und Fakten von den Anfängen bis 2005. 2006. 3-937203-24-9.
- 13.Wilhelm Bush. F. Schupp, M. Kremmer, Bergbauarchitektur 1919–1974. 1980. 3792705680.
- 14.Schwarzer Riese in Duisburg.
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