Jacob Ephraim Polzin
Jacob Ephraim Polzin (* 1778 in Labiau at Königsberg, † November 18, 1851 in Bremen ) was an architect Bremer of classicism.
Biography
Polzin, son of a carpenter master from Labiau, studied from 1798, first in Berlin, Vienna and Dresden architecture before he went to Copenhagen to complete his studies. At the Academy, he was appointed after the award with two silver and a gold prize medal for the first Konducteur ( construction manager ) for the construction of the designed by Christian Frederik Hansen Christiansborg Palace. He served three years this post.
In 1811 he came to Bremen, where he in 1812 - during the French occupation - first appeared with a design for the transformation of the market square in appearance, which was at that time still hampered by a surrounding wall and a guardhouse. Polzins proposal called for the construction of an annular, arcaded market hall, which should be arranged around an obelisk with fountains in the middle of the square.
In 1814 he married the daughter of the Council Carpenters Master Poppe. In the following years he built several houses in the glory (on the Teerhof Island ) and the slaughters. Many of his influenced by Karl Friedrich Schinkel work emerged in the 1820s and 1830s in connection with the development of the demolition of the fortifications of the Bremer ramparts newly created streets Am Wall and contrescarpe - especially the Villa Lürmann are (built 1822) and the From Gröningsche house (built in 1833) emphasized.
In 1832 he delivered the plans for the reconstruction and expansion of the Evangelical City Church in Vegesack, 1838, he built the museum at Domshof to. In the same year he built the new building of the house of the Union of 1801 On Wall / corner Ostertorstraße. In addition, he was involved in restoration work of the Bremen Town Hall and the Church of Our Lady. The gatehouse of the Ostertorwache, formerly sometimes Polzin were attributed, has designed Friedrich Moritz tribe.
His sons Christian and Friedrich Polzin were also architects Ferdinand Street in Bremen-Mitte was named after the builder of the road Ferdinand Polzin.