Ernst von Ihne
Ernst Eberhard von Ihne (* May 23, 1848 in Elberfeld, † April 21, 1917 in Berlin) was a German architect and master builder of the German Emperor Frederick III. and Wilhelm II
Life
He studied, among others, at the building of the Technical University of Karlsruhe, the Berlin Building Academy and the École nationale supérieure des beaux -arts de Paris.
Ihne was one of the main proponents of historicism. With his partner Paul Stegmüller he opened in 1877 in Berlin an "office for architecture and applied arts " and designs include furniture; He was a founding member of the Association of Berlin architects.
Ihne initially preferred the German Renaissance with French influences. Many of his buildings were constructed in the style of the Berlin neo-baroque, while the works of his late period are influenced ( after 1900 ) by the English country house style.
The first orders were
- The construction of the new hunting lodge Hummelshain and
- The establishment of the officers' mess of the Life Guards Hussar Regiment in Potsdam.
These were the confirmation of the king. So Ihne, who had meanwhile separated from Stegmüller received,
In the same year Emperor Frederick III appointed him. court architect.
In addition to many villas, country houses and castles he planned in Berlin
- The new White Hall of the Berlin City Palace (from 1892),
- The new stables (1897-1900),
- The Kaiser- Friedrich- Museum (1898-1904),
- The Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden (1903-1914),
- The Kaiserin-Friedrich - house on behalf of the Kaiserin-Friedrich Foundation for Medical Education ( 1904-06 )
- The first institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in Berlin- Dahlem (1911-1916), which today belong to the Free University, and the Max Planck Society and
- The renovation and new construction of the Palais Arnim (1911 /12) to the seat of the Academy of Arts with the exhibition surviving buildings on Pariser Platz.
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For the family seat of the Prince Donnersmarck, who always maintained good contacts with Wilhelm II, designed by Ernst von Ihne
- 1903-1906 the Cavalier Palace in the Upper Silesian Neudeck.
- The Emperor station in Potsdam was built in 1905-1909 according to his plans.
Not far Remagen was built to designs by Ihnes
Kaiser Wilhelm II elevated him on 27 February 1906 in the hereditary nobility and awarded him the title Privy Oberhof Baurat ( 23 October 1912) and Excellence ( March 22, 1914).