Wilhelm von Hanno

Andreas Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanno (* December 15, 1826 in Hamburg, † December 12, 1882 in Christiania ) was a German - Norwegian architect, sculptor, painter and printmaker.

Career

After his education he made from 1840-1849 at the " Hamburg Society for the promotion of the arts and useful trade " his artistic education, first as a graphic artist, sculptor and architect. Of particular importance was his studies with the architect Alexis de Chateauneuf 1843-1848 and its first use in the Church of Saint Petri Church in Hamburg. From 1850 Wilhelm von Hanno went with de Chateauneuf initially as construction manager to Christiania. As Alexis de Chateauneuf ill, he led his projects continue as an architect and remained for the rest of his life in Norway. There he built a number of important and monumental buildings in Christiania (Oslo ), many together with Heinrich Ernst Schirmer. He designed the famous motif, the Norwegian "Posthorn Stamps", the world's oldest continuing stamp series in the world that is in circulation since 1872.

Struve Geodetic Arc

On the Struve Geodetic Arc designed by Hanno 1854 Meridian Monument in Hammerfest Fuglenes district (1856 completed ) where you thought so the first international geodesy. Today the Meridian Column is in Hammerfest a symbol of the northernmost city in Norway and the northern endpoint of the Russo- Scandinavian meridian arc of this elongated network of geodetic survey points. The monument was added together with the Struve Arc in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. The Struve Arc extends from Hammerfest to the Black Sea, the measurements were carried out 1816-1855 by the Baltic German astronomer Wilhelm von Struve ( 1793-1864 ).

Wilhelm von Hanno together with Heinrich Ernst Schirmer

Wilhelm von Hanno was a business partnership with his countryman and architect Heinrich Ernst Schirmer. Schirmer and Hanno assembled the Trefoldighetskirken ( Dreifaltigskirche ) in Oslo ( completed around 1858), whose construction was originally initiated by Alexis de Chateauneuf. In the years 1853 to 1864 and they built in Norway, the first railway stations, along the Hovedbanen ( 1853-1854 ) and Kongsvingerbanen (completed 1863). The station building built by them had a big influence on Norwegian wooden architecture in the rural regions of the country. They also performed a number of military buildings, as well as the expansion of the Akershus Fortress ( 1858-1870 ). He also designed also with him, the county jail in Larvik, the buildings on the Kirkegata 24, a main building for the Norwegian Bank (Den norske Bank Credit ) and a hotel building in the Dronningens Gate, which was built by 1860-1913. Your planned building in neo-Gothic style for the new Norwegian Parliament, although won the architectural competition, but was finally not built because they decided on the design of Emil Victor Langlet. To 1864 broke the cooperation, as Hanno 's design won an architectural competition for the construction of the Greenland church.

Family

Wilhelm von Hanno in 1859 married Maria Theresia Pallenberg ( 1827-1898 ). They were the grandparents of the Norwegian artist Carl von Hanno.

Gallery

Kongsvinger Station, 1862

Prison of Larvik ( Larvik fengsel ), built 1866-1868

Prison in Hamar

Fortress Akerhus, 1859-1866

Artillery Magazine Akerhus ( Artillerimagasinet Akershus ), 1870

Prison Church ( Fengselskirka Akershus ), 1866

School in Akerhus ( Skolebygningen Akershus ), 1858

Meridian Column in Hammerfest, 1856

Building on Karl Johans gate, 1858

Oslo where military Samfund, 1878

Mercur Center in Trondheim ( Trondheim Mercursenteret ), 1863

Norwegian 1 shilling stamp of 1872