Eberhard Hillebrand

Eberhard Hillebrand
Gartenkirche, Hannover
Born
Rudolph Eberhard Hillebrand

30 April 1840
Osnabrück, Kingdom of Hanover
Died18 March 1924
Hannover, Germany
OccupationArchitect
SpouseLouise von Sehlen (1878)
ChildrenGretlies Hillebrand/Hüncken
and 4 recorded sons

Eberhard Hillebrand (30 April 1840 – 18 March 1924) was a German architect. Most of his surviving buildings are churches, many (but not all) of them in and around Hannover.[1]

He also worked as a building contractor and city building inspector.

Life

Eberhard Hillebrand was born in Osnabrück. His father was a master butcher. After attending school locally Hillebrand went on to train in bricklaying and stonework construction between 1856 and 1859, while simultaneously undertaking a study course during the three winter semesters at the Building Academy in Nienburg.[2]

He relocated to Hannover in 1859, working in an architectural practice for Ludwig Debo and Hermann Hunaeus [de]. In the same year, he enrolled to study Architecture at the Hannover Polytechnical Academy (as it was then known). He successfully completed these studies in 1863 and joined the large Architectural firm of Conrad Wilhelm Hase.[1] In Autumn of that same year, he moved south to Kassel, attending courses given at what was then the Kassel Higher Business Academy by Georg Gottlob Ungewitter on Neo-Gothic architecture.[2] He was given a job by Ungewitter the same year, but permitted to set out on a study tour covering Germany and France. In November 1864, Ungewitter himself died suddenly. Hillebrand returned to his deceased employer's office, and for the next two years worked on the completion of the commissions that had been in progress when Ungewitter died.[3]

In 1866, he took a post as a BauKonducteur (building inspector), later promoted to "Government Master Builder" in the Flensburg Building Inspectorate. He resigned in 1872 and returned to Hannover where he worked as a self-employed building contractor and, on 4 June 1878, married Louise von Sehlen: the marriage would produce four recorded sons.[3] In 1883 he was appointed a city building inspector, responsible for the city's Central Construction Department. In 1887, he resigned at his own wish in order to work full-time as a freelance architect. During the ensuring two decades he designed a succession of Neo-Gothic Protestant church buildings.[3]

Eberhard Hillebrand died at his home in Hannover on 18 March 1924.

References

  1. ^ a b Reinhard Glaß (compiler and project member), Ellrich. "Hillebrand, Rudolph Eberhard". Architekten und Künstler mit direktem Bezug zu Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b Helmut Knocke (1 January 2002). Hillebrand, Rudolph Eberhard .... Architekt. Schlütersche. p. 167. ISBN 978-3877067062. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b c Stefan Amt (1998). "Die Planungs- und Baugeschichte der Lutherkirche in Hannover" (PDF). This source has a photo-portrait of Hillebrand on its final page. Dr. Stefan Amt i.A. Büro für historische Bauforschung, Hannover. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.