Johannes Radke (7 August 1853 – 1938) was a German architect, building official and councilor in Düsseldorf.

Life

Born in

Margonin Margonin is a town in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,022 inhabitants (2016). History Margonin dates back to the 7th century, and in the 9th–12th it was a defensive stronghold, which became part of Poland after ...

, Radke, son of the Lutheran preacher Johann Friedrich Daniel Lebrecht Radke (1841-1874), completed his schooling in 1874 at the Royal Grammar School in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...

with the desire to study construction. After his studies, he worked in Berlin in the building administration of the

Kaiserliche Reichspost ''Kaiserliche Reichspost'' (, ''Imperial Mail''), originally named ''Niederländische Postkurs'' (Low Countries' postal route), was the name of the international Mail, postal service of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1490. Often considered th ...

as "Kaiserlicher Postbauinspektor" (Imperial Postal Building Inspector), before being appointed city building inspector in Düsseldorf in 1900. Between 1901 and 1921, he was also municipal alderman there. In these functions, he influenced the construction of the Hafen auf der Lausward and numerous other projects, such as the , the development of the Oberkassel district in the course of the Elektrifizierung der Düsseldorfer Straßenbahnen () and the 1902 . He designed numerous public buildings for Düsseldorf. The most important of these are numerous buildings of the Klinikumkomplex an der Moorenstraße, the Stahlhof, the and the Görres-Gymnasium. The old including the from 1900 to 1902, of which the bank protection wall, parapets, stairs, banisters, an altan and the water level clock are still preserved today, also goes back to Radke. Radke had already gained international attention before his time in Düsseldorf through the construction of the German exhibition pavilions for the

World Exposition A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specific site for a perio ...

in Chicago in 1893 (

World's Columbian Exposition The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The ...

) and the Paris Exposition Universelle. Radke was a member of the .

Work

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* 1893: German exhibition pavilion at the

* 1900: German exhibition pavilion at the

Exposition Universelle (1900) The Exposition Universelle of 1900 (), better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate develop ...

* 1900: Rheinuferpromenade in Düsseldorf-Altstadt ** among others 1902: Düsselschlösschen, Weinlokal at Burgplatz * 1904–1906: verschiedene Bauten des University Hospital of Düsseldorf ** among others 1906: Holy Spirit Chapel (Church of the Düsseldorf University Hospital). * 1904–1906: Görres-Gymnasium in Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte. * 1904–1906: Leibniz-Gymnasium in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort * 1904–1907: Luisen-Gymnasium in Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte. * 1905: Friedhofskapelle auf dem Südfriedhof in Düsseldorf-Bilk. * 1905–1906: Leo Statz Berufskolleg in Düsseldorf-Unterbilk. * 1905–1907: Primary school at Badeanstalt Lindenstraße 128–130. * 1906–1908: Stahlhof, Administration building of the in Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte. * 1907: Realschule Luisenstraße in Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt. * 1907–1911: Hauptfeuerwehrdepot (Feuerwache III) in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort * 1908: Friedhofskapelle at the in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk. * 1908–1910: Villa Wendelstadt in

Bad Godesberg Bad Godesberg () is a borough () of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 to 1999, while Bonn was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, most foreign embassies were in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings are still used as br ...

(Bauausführung durch Theo Westbrook) * 1910–1912: Schule am Comeniusplatz (Comenius-Gymnasium, Comeniusstraße 1),

Düsseldorf-Oberkassel Oberkassel () is a part of Düsseldorf's Borough 4 (Düsseldorf), Borough 4. Oberkassel lies on the west side of the river Rhine, the opposite side of the central district of Düsseldorf. It has an area of , and 19,052 inhabitants (2020). Obe ...

. * 1911–1912: Lessing-Gymnasium in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk. * 1913–1914: Hauptschule Bernburger Straße in Düsseldorf-Eller.Hauptschule, Bernburger Straße 44
/ref> * 1927–1928: eigenes Wohnhaus (als Ruhesitz), called 'Haus zur Linde', Bondorfer Straße in Bad Honnef

Publications

* ''Beschreibung des Schulgebäudes.'' Bagel, Düsseldorf 1904. ()

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