August Soller

Johann Karl August Soller ( born March 14, 1805 in Erfurt, † November 6, 1853 in Berlin) was a German architect and construction officer, Mr Prussian. As a main representative of post- Schinkel school Soller tried to unite classical and medieval designs.

Soller closed on June 22, 1822 his surveyors examination in Erfurt from the Mathematical Institute of ES Unger. Then he sought two and a half years of practical experience in Erfurt building inspector Loock. To prepare for his examination as a builder, he moved to the family of his nephew Richard Lucae to Berlin. The audit conducted by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in person. 1830 to 1833 he worked for the district government in Legnica in the country. On 1 June 1833 he got a job as a master builder at the top Baudirektion in Berlin and was a member of the Architects Association. In 1837, Soller came after a temporary stay in poses as an assessor for Oberbaudeputation. In 1841 he took charge of the church, 1843, he was privy Oberbaurat and 1851 lecturer Council of the Construction Department of the Ministry of Commerce. To collection of architectural models in Oberbaudeputation he contributed sixteen designs. In 1846, Soller could take an extended trip to Italy. Since his health was frequently attacked and he was only 48 years old, his oeuvre is not extensive. His first work, the nearly three -meter-high monument of Ernst Ludwig of Tippelskirch belongs to the Old Garrison Cemetery in Berlin ( 1844). His designs of the spire of the church in Jerusalem (1837 ) and Peter and St. Mark's Church (1844 ) were never executed.

Soller also designed the second-oldest Catholic church in Berlin, the almost forgotten church of St. Mary at Behnitz in Spandau (1848 consecrated ), which passed into private ownership in 2002 and was renovated and restored in 2002 /03. Soller directed the construction of the disability column in Invalidenpark (1851-1853) and designed the Tower of the Luisenstädtischer church. His most important work is the third- oldest Catholic church in Berlin, which was partially destroyed in World War II parish church of St. Michael, for which he designed in 1845 the first plans. He was also buried after he died in 1853 before construction was finished in it.

Gallery

Church of St. Marys at Behnitz in Berlin-Spandau, 2006

St. Michael's Church in Berlin, 1880

St. Michael's Church in Berlin, overlooking the Engelbecken, 2004

Writings

• Designs for churches, parish and school - houses to Edit amtl. Gebr. and ed. of the Royal. Preuss. Upper construction deputation. Potsdam: Bolt Lfg 1 (1844 ) to Lfg 13 (1855 )