Heinrich Strack
Johann Heinrich Strack (6 July 1805, Bückeburg – 13 June 1880, Berlin) was a German architect of the Schinkelschule. His notable works include the Berlin Victory Column. • Illustration — Heinrich Strack • Illustration — The Berlin Victory Column; statue by Friedrich Drake
Also recorded as Johann Heinrich Strack
Heinrich Strack
Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, 1905, S. 321 · Public domain
- Born
- 1805
- Died
- 1880
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Siegessäule
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Life and work
His father, Anton Wilhelm Strack, was a painter of portraits and vedute. His mother's brother was Johann Heinrich Tischbein, a famous portrait and history painter. Between 1824 and 1838, he studied at both the Bauakademie and the Prussian Academy of Arts. During that time, he passed the surveyor's examination (1825), the construction manager examination (1827) and the Master Builder's examination (1838), which qualified him to be an inspector. He also assisted Karl Friedrich Schinkel, furnishing an apartment for Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm at the Berliner Schloss; and Friedrich August Stüler, in renovating the Ordenspalais. The latter resulted in a lifetime friendship. His first independent employment was as a construction manager, for renovating the Prinz-Albrecht-Palais (1829–1830). He worked as an freelance manager and architect from 1832 to 1837. He began teaching at the Prussian Academy in 1839, and was appointed a Professor there in 1841. The following year, he became a building inspector for the Court, in service to then-Prince Wilhelm. In 1850, he became a member of the new "Technical Building Deputation". He succeeded Stüler as a Professor at the Bauakademie in 1854. He also taught drawing to Wilhelm's son, Friedrich, and accompanied him on a trip to Italy. In 1862, during excavations in Athens, Strack, Ernst Curtius and Karl Bötticher discovered the Theatre of Dionysus, near the Acropolis. Three years later, he was accepted as a foreign member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and began writings texts on architectural subjects. When he retired in 1876, then-Emperor Wilhelm I appointed him "Architect to the Emperor". His tomb at Dorotheenstadt Cemetery was designed by two of his students; Reinhold Persius and Julius Emmerich.
Selected works
Selected works
• 1845–1849: Babelsberg Palace, completion after the death of Ludwig Persius • 1854: Refurbishment of the Old Palace, Unter den Linden, Berlin • 1853–1856: St. Andrew's Church, formerly Stralauer Platz, Friedrichshain • 1856–1858: Expansion of the Kronprinzenpalais, Unter den Linden, Berlin • 1867–1868: Gatehouses of the Brandenburg Gate • 1869–1873: Berlin Victory Column, now in Großer Stern in the Tiergarten in Berlin • 1866–1875: Construction of the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin • 1853–1856: Flatow Tower in Babelsberg Park • 1870/1871: Redesign of the Berlin Gerichtslaube in the park of Babelsberg Palace
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- 1.Berlin-Archiv. Archiv-Verlag, Braunschweig, Blatt 04050.
- 2.Antje Kalcher, Dietmar Schenk. Vor der UdK. 2024.
- 3.Heinrich Strack.
- 4.Peter H. Feist (in Zusammenarbeit mit Dieter Dolgner, Ulrike Krenzlin u. Gisold Lammel): Geschichte der deutschen Kunst 1848–1890. Seemann, Leipzig 1987, S. 77 f.
- 5.Fritz Schumacher . In: Strömungen in deutscher Baukunst seit 1800. E. A. Seemann, Köln o. J. (1955), S. 44
- 6.Georg Piltz: Deutsche Baukunst. Eine Einführung. Neues Leben, Berlin 1959, S. 352.
- 7.Alfred Etzold, Wolfgang Türk: Der Dorotheenstädtische Friedhof: Die Begräbnisstätten an der Berliner Chausseestraße. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin, S. 65.
- 8.Grabdenkmal für Heinrich Strack. 1882. 20. 176. Einweihungs- und Gedenkfeier am 13. Mai 1882. 346.
- 9.Jörg Haspel, Klaus von Krosigk (Hrsg.), bearbeitet von Katrin Lesser, Jörg Kuhn und Detlev Pietzsch: Gartendenkmale in Berlin. Friedhöfe. Petersberg 2008, S. 123.
- 10.Uwe Kieling: Berliner Baubeamte und Staatsarchitekten im 19. Jh. Berlin, 1986, S. 88.
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- 12.Bodo Rollka, Volker Spiess, Bernhard Thieme: Berliner Biographisches Lexikon, Haude & Spener, Berlin 1993, S. 387.
- 13.Berlin-Archiv. Archiv-Verlag, Braunschweig, Blatt 04152.
- 14.Berlin-Archiv. Archiv-Verlag, Braunschweig, Blatt 04144.
- 15.Gernot Ernst, Ute Laur-Ernst: Die Stadt Berlin in der Druckgrafik 1570–1870. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2009, Band 2, S. 53.
- 16.Bodo Rollka, Volker Spiess, Bernhard Thieme: Berliner Biographisches Lexikon. Haude & Spener, Berlin, 1993, Seite 387.
- 17.Berliner Plätze. Photographien von Max Missmann. 1992. 3-87024-223-X.
- 18.Johann Heinrich Strack. 1886.
- 19.Presse-Information der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG) vom 13. September 2017.
- 20.Judith Breuer: Die ersten preußischen Eisenbahnbrücken, Lüneburg / Stuttgart 1988, S. 70–73, 87
- 21.Judith Breuer: Die ersten preußischen Eisenbahnbrücken, Lüneburg / Stuttgart 1988, S. 87
- 22.Judith Breuer: Die ersten preußischen Eisenbahnbrücken. Lüneburg / Stuttgart 1988, S. 87
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