Eberhard Westhofen

Eberhard Westhofen (1820 1892) was a German architect and building official. He worked as a country architect in Cologne until 1847 and then as 'city architect' in Düsseldorf.

Life

In November 1850 he married Johanna, a née von Thenen[1] and moved into a flat on Bolkerstraße.[2] In 1854 he moved to Wasserstraße in Schwanenspiegel.[3] In 1888 Westhofen retired and received the Order of the Red Eagle IV. Class.[4] Last residence at Grabbeplatz 2, Eberhard Westhofen died in 1892.

Realisations

Höhere Bürgerschule am Fürstenwall, corner of Florastraße, 1888.
  • Höhere Bürgerschule (Oberrealschule) at Fürstenwall 100, 1888.[5]
  • Neues Rathaus, Düsseldorf, 1884
  • Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf at Burgplatz, 1883
  • Chapel in the Nordfriedhof, 1883
  • New gate at Schlossturm Düsseldorf, 1883
  • Leichenhaus, Golzheimer Friedhof, 1875 (destroyed during the Second World War)
  • Municipal slaughterhouse in Golzheimer Insel, 1874
  • Städtisches Lagerhaus, Reuterkaserne 1, 1866.[6]
  • Alte Tonhalle Düsseldorf, 1863
  • Departemental-Irrenanstalt zu Düsseldorf, from 1879

References

Further reading

  • Westhofen, Eberhard (1980). Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres (ed.). Kurzbiographien der Architekten und Baumeister. p. 554. ISBN 3-590-30252-6. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Willy Weyres, Albrecht Mann: Handbuch zur Rheinischen Baukunst des 19. Jahrhunderts 1800–1880. Cologne 1968, pp. 109 f.
  • Eberhard Spohr: Die Befestigungsanlagen von Düsseldorf. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, p. 313.
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