Architektur-Plastiken am Kreishaus zu Düren (Architectural sculptures at the district hall in Düren), 1912, by Ernst and William F. C. Ohly

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Architektur-Plastiken am Kreishaus zu Düren (Architectural sculptures at the district hall in Düren), 1912, by Ernst and William F. C. Ohly

1912

William F. C. Ohly (1883–1955) and Ernst Ohly (1877–1916)

physical object

stone relief

Bildhauer Ernst Und William, Frankfurt A.M. U. Köln A.Rh. - Verschiedene Architektur-Plastiken', Moderne Bauformen: Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst XII, no. 6 (June 1913): illustrated p. 300

Carved stone architectural decorative relief sculptures. It is not known which elements depicted here are from the Viktoriaschle, Essen, and which are from the Kreishaus zu Düren (Düren town hall). However, the inclusion of an owl (symbolic of wisdom) in one of the pair of carved columns, to the right, suggest these were done for the school. A pair of seahorses and a child can also be seen in this same pair of carved ornaments. The mask at the lower left is similar to that found on the base of the Gänsereiterbrunnen, Essen (Goose rider fountain, Essen).

Sculpture, German -- 20th century.

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Jane Eckett

Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Kreishaus zu Düren (Düren town hall), Bismarckstraße, Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Bildhauer Ernst Und William, Frankfurt A.M. U. Köln A.Rh. - Verschiedene Architektur-Plastiken', Moderne Bauformen: Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst XII, no. 6 (June 1913): illustrated p. 300

Architect: "Stadtbaurat Dauer, Düren" (City planning officer Dauer, Düren). Heinrich Dauer (1871–1952) was Düren's city architect, designing many prominent buildings in the city including the municipal hospital on Roonstraße in 1909 and the District Hall (Kreishaus zu Düren) in 1913. The Kreishaus was destroyed in World War II. The Ohly brothers' works are thought to have been lost at this time.

Moderne Bauformen: Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst, 1913

08 December 2023