
Bodo Heinrich Justus Ebhardt (5 January 1865,
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie H ...
– 13 February 1945 at
Marksburg near
Braubach) was a German
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
,
architectural historian, castle explorer, and founder and longtime president of the
German Castles Association (''Deutsche Burgenvereinigung'').
Life
Ebhardt was the son of Bremen furniture manufacturer and businessman Carl Ebhardt and his wife Agnes (Krollmann) Ebhardt. He attended school in
Sankt Goarshausen, where he became fascinated by castles. After graduation he was a commercial apprentice in Magdeburg and Bremen from 1880, but soon gave up this job against the wishes of his parents to self-educate and attended lectures in Berlin. In 1890 he opened his own architectural studio in Berlin. As a castle researcher and restorer, he won the friendship of
Kaiser Wilhelm II. He became noted for the reconstruction of numerous castles.
In 1899 he founded the German Castles Association and from 1909 he lived on the Marksburg in Braubach. Ebhardt was a professor and court architect, in 1909 honorary citizen of Braubach, and in 1928 was a founding member of the Association of Friends of
Plassenburg. He was also a member of the Berlin
Masonic lodge ''Zum Pegasus''.
Buildings and designs
*1892–1893: Villa Seibt in Berlin-Grunewald
*1893–1894: Landhaus Ebhardt in Berlin-Grunewald
*1894: Residential and business complex "Wilhelmshof" in Groß-Lichterfelde near Berlin
*1894: Log house "Fürstenhof" in Karlshorst near Berlin
*1894–1895: Stable building of the Villa Färber in Aachen- Burtscheid
*1895–1896: Schröder-Poggelow House in Berlin-Tiergarten
*1896: Villa Scheche in Berlin Grunewald
*1896: Ebhardt residence in Berlin-Tiergarten , Rauchstraße 13
*1898: Sports memorial in Berlin, demolished 1973
*1899–1901: Villa Langenscheidt in the "Alsen Colony" , Berlin-Wannsee , Colomierstraße 1 (stable building added 1902–1903)
*1899–1900: Villa Passow/Fulvius/Voss (today Dressler-Verlag) in Heidelberg, Gaisbergstraße 55
*1900–1934: Restoration of the Marksburg above Braubach am Rhein
*1901–1908: Restoration of the Hohkönigsburg (French
Haut-Kœnigsbourg) in
Alsace
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*1901–1902: Villa Cornelius Meyer in Berlin-Grunewald
*1901–1902: Reconstruction of the Castle Hohenhaus (
Herleshausen)
*1903: War memorial 1870/71 in Braubach
*before 1904: Farm building for Villa Martin in Neubabelsberg
*1904: Villa Remmer in Berlin Grunewald
*1904–1906: Expansion of the Castle Landonvillers in
Lorraine
*1905–1906: Restoration of the church hall of
Altenburg Castle after a fire
*1906–1908: New construction of the Hakeburg in
Kleinmachnow
*1906–1908: Restoration and supplementary buildings at
Grodziec Castle
*1906–1925: Restoration and extension of Neuenstein Palace (Hohenlohe)
*1908–1909: Villa Ribbeck in Berlin-Grunewald
*1909–1925: Restoration and construction of several new buildings at
Veste Coburg
*before 1910: Haus Lucke in
Schlettstadt
*1910: Competition design for a Bismarck National Monument on the Elisenhöhe near Bingerbrück (not awarded). The monument was never constructed.
*1911–1912: Restoration of
Sallgast
Sallgast is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.
History
From 1815 to 1947, Sallgast was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East ...
Palace
*1911–1913: Expansion of Castle Wommen
*1912: Restoration of Castle Langenau
*1912–1913: von der Heydt bank headquarters (so-called "Kleisthaus") in Berlin, Mauerstraße 53
*1912–1914: New construction of the Wartburg-Gasthof in
Eisenach
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*1912–1914: Restoration of
Tzschocha Castle
*1913–1914: Restoration and extension of Schloss Groß Leuthen
*1913–1916: Princely Court Theater in
Detmold
*1914–1915: Expansion of ''Allianz Versicherungs-AG'' in Berlin
*1914–1925: Free reconstruction of the
Kipfenberg Castle
*1916: Development plan and drafts for the reconstruction of
Neidenburg's town hall
*1920: Attempt to restore Neuhausen Palace
*1920–1921: Restoration of
Kaulsdorf Castle
*1920–1923: Restoration of Castle Eichicht
*1921–1923: Restoration of
Scharfenstein Castle after a fire
*1921–1923: Restoration of
Creuzburg Castle
*1922–1927: New construction of the
Hornburg on existing foundation walls
*1922–1928: Expansion of Heimhof Castle
*1922–1935: Restoration of
Gröditz
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Geography
Gröditz is located on a 100 meter high plains that of the Röder is cr ...
Castle near
Weißenberg
*1926–1927: Petschull House in
Diez on the Lahn
*1929–1930: Restoration of the Gollwitz Mansion
*1931–1932: Reconstruction of the Arienfels Palace (''Schloss Arenfels'') near Hönningen on the Rhine
*1933–1935: New construction of the castle-like Villa Mühlberg in
Ohrdruf
Publications
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An extensive list of the writings critically annotated by
Ludger Fischer
Ludger Fischer (born 30 October 1957 in Essen) is a German historian on building history, reviewer of contemporary architecture and political scientist.
Work
In 1986 Fischer received his doctorate with a dissertation "''Über den Denkmalwert so ...
can be found in the publication ''Burgenromantik und Burgenrestaurierung um 1900''.
Further reading
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*F. Canali, ''L'architetto Bodo Aebhardt nel Salento'', in F. Canali e V. C. G''alati, Paesaggi, Città e Monumenti di Salento e Terra d'Otranto tra Otto e Novecento'', Firenze, 2018.
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* Ludger Fischer: ''Das Herrenhaus von der Marwitz in Friedersdorf/Brandenburg. Bodo Ebhardts nicht ausgeführte Planungen zur Umgestaltung und Erweiterung des zuvor von Schinkel umgebauten Herrenhauses.'' In: ''Burgen und Schlösser.'' 2000/II, S. 83–87.
* Ludger Fischer: ''Die Toranlage von Schloß Kranichfeld. Ein Bodo Ebhardt-Bau am falschen Platz.'' In: ''Burgen und Schlösser.'' 1996/III, S. 126–129.
* Ludger Fischer: ''Burg Heimhof in der Oberpfalz. Bodo Ebhardts gescheiterte Wohnidee.'' In: ''Burgen und Schlösser.'' 1996/II, S. 80–85.
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Gallery
Image:Kriegerdenkmal Braubach.jpg, Braubach am Rhein: Franco-Prussian war memorial,
later also rededicated to the fallen of World War I
Image:Mohrenstr 62 P1060730 c GS.JPG, Headquarters of Allianz-Versicherung in Berlin (1913–1916)
Image:Berlin Sportdenkmal 1900.jpg, Sportdenkmal Berlin-Grünau
Image:2016-04-21 15-55-18 haut-koenigsbourg.jpg, View of Hohkönigsburg in 2016
Image:Zamek Czocha front 1.jpg, Tzschocha Castle in 2008
Image:Kleinmachnow asv2021-03 img05 Hakeburg.jpg, Die Neue Hakeburg, Kleinmachnow (1906–1908)
Image:Marksburg-Braubach.jpg, The Marksburg from Braubach
Image:20120704200DR Eichicht (Kaulsdorf Saale) Schloß Eichicht.jpg, Schloss Eichicht in 2012
Image:Berlin, Mitte, Mauerstraße, Kleisthaus.jpg, Former Kleisthaus headquarters, Berlin Mitte
References
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1865 births
1945 deaths
19th-century German architects
20th-century German architects
German architectural historians