Victor Schröter

Viktor Johann Gottlieb Schröter (also Victor Schroeter, Russian Виктор Александрович Шрётер / Viktor Alexandrovich Schrjoter; * 27 Apriljul / May 9 1839greg in Saint Petersburg, Russia;. .. . † 16 Apriljul / April 29 1901greg ) was a Baltic German architect in the service of the Russian Zarenhofs and is particularly known for its theaters.

Life

Schröter, son of Alexander Gottlieb Schröter attended from 1851 to 1856, the St. Petersburg Petri school, after which he studied from 1856 to 1862 at the Berlin Academy of Art. In 1858 he was included in the Berlin architects Club. Immediately after graduating, he should be returned to Russia, for in 1864 he was awarded the honorary title of " graduates of the architects ". On 10 July 1867 he joined the Imperial Russian service. Schröter was senior architect of Hauptapanagenverwaltung and main architect of the Imperial Theatre Directorate. On August 30, 1886, he was later appointed to the Privy Council of State to the real State. In 1892 he was appointed professor at the "Institute of Civil Engineers".

Schröter married in 1869 in Saint Petersburg Marie Christine Nissen ( born June 25, 1844 in Saint Petersburg, † June 4, 1924 ibid ). A daughter of this marriage is Anna Ida Antonie Schröter ( born September 8, 1877 in Saint Petersburg, † December 18, 1940 in Neustadt, West Prussia). Schröter was the progenitor of a Russian architect family whose members still work as architects in Saint Petersburg.

He was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Saint Petersburg.

Works (selection)

• St. Petri Church in Tartu (Estonia, 1884)
• Restoration of the facade of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg after a fire in the 1880s.
• Designs for the Russian Orthodox Church in Bad Kissingen ( 1897/1898 ). The Kissinger architect Carl cramp but took over the construction of the project.
• City Theatre in Kiev (1898-1901), now: National Opera of Ukraine. This work was awarded first prize in an international competition.
• Theatre in Irkutsk ( Siberia)
• City Theatre in Tbilisi (Georgia, shortly before 1900)
• Drama Theater in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)