Carl Heinrich Hugo Groothoff
Hugo Groothoff 1905
Born23 November 1851
Hamburg
Died30 May 1918
Hamburg
NationalityGerman
OccupationArchitect

Hugo Groothoff (23 November 1851 – 30 May 1918), born Carl Heinrich Hugo Groothoff, was a German architect.

Life

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In 1874, Hugo Groothoff began working as a construction supervisor in Frankfurt am Main, at the Frankfurt Cathedral construction office, and as an independent architect in Wiesbaden before returning to Hamburg in 1884.

From 1884 to 1887, Groothoff taught at the vocational school. Starting in 1887, he worked again as an independent architect, initially on smaller projects. Later, he gained recognition for his churches in the neo-Gothic style and other public buildings where he blended various architectural styles.

On 19 March 1899, Hugo Groothoff was awarded the Prussian Order of the Crown for his contributions to church construction.[1]

Carl Heinrich Hugo Groothoff was laid to rest in the family plot Koester/Groothoff at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg, located in square S 26 / T 26.

In the Winterhude district of Hamburg, Groothoffgasse was named after him in 1929.

Works

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  • Die Kirche zu Rellingen. (The church in Rellingen.) In: Deutsche Bauzeitung (German construction newspaper), 26th year 1892, No. 19, p. 112.
  • Über die Arbeiterwohnhaus-Frage in Hamburg. (About the workers' housing issue in Hamburg.) (Lectures) Hamburg 1897.
  • Das Patriotische Gebäude, sein Erbauer Theodor Bülau und der diesjährige Umbau des Hauses. (The Patriotic Building, its builder Theodor Bülau and this year's renovation of the house.) (Lecture held at the Architect and Engineer Association in Hamburg on November 4, 1898) Hamburg 1898.
  • Gebäude für Wohltätigkeitszwecke. (Charity buildings) In: Architect and Engineer Association in Hamburg (Ed.): Hamburg und seine Bauten. (Hamburg and its buildings) 2nd edition, Hamburg 1914, pp. 330–365.

References

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  1. ^ Behrens (2006). Norddeutsche Kirchenbauten des Historismus. p. 96.