Emilie Winkelmann

Tribüne, Otto-Suhr-Allee, Berlin, first designed as a school by Emilie Winkelmann (1914–15)

Emilie Winkelmann (8 May 1875 − 4 August 1951) was the first women to run an architecture practice in Germany^[1] and also the first freelance architect in Germany^[2].

Biography

Winkel was born in Aken bei Dessau.She was quite a skilled carpenter^[3] which allowed her to get a place to study architecture as a guest student at the College of Technology in Hanover (1902–1908). However, she was refused a diploma as women were not entitled to the qualification until 1909. In 1908, she went to Berlin where she set up her own architecture practice, later employing a staff of up to 15. Before the Second World War, she built some 30 large private houses in and around Berlin as well as the Victoria-Luise girls high school, also known as the Victoria Studienhaus (1915) on Otto-Suhr-Allee. During the war years, not being a member of the National Socialist party, she worked on the restoration of Schloss Grüntal near Bernau. After the war, she participated in reconstruction work until late in life.^[1][4] She died at the age of 76 in Hovedissen near Bielefeld.

Selected works

The following are all located in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin:^[5]

• Landhaus Presber (1907–08), Trabener Str. 24
• Landhaus (1908), Lindenallee 21
• Leistikowhaus (1909–10), Leistikowstr. 2
• Ottilie-von-Hansemann-Haus (1914–15), Otto-Suhr-Allee 18-20, first the Victoria Studienhaus school, later the Tribüne theatre.^[6]
• Wohnhaus (1925–26), Alemannenallee 3

See also

• Women in architecture

References

1. "Emilie Winkelmann", Berlinische Galerie. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
2. "Frauenorte Brandenburg | Emilie Winkelmann". www.frauenorte-brandenburg.de. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
3. "Frauenorte Brandenburg | Emilie Winkelmann". www.frauenorte-brandenburg.de. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
4. "Winkelmann, Emilie", Berliner Bezirkslexikon. (German) Retrieved 9 February 2012.
5. "Emilie Winkelmann, Architektin", Lexikon: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf von A bis Z. (German) Retrieved 9 February 2012
6. "Tribüne", Berlin Charlottenburg. (German) Retrieved 9 February 2012.

Literature

• Sonia Ricon Baldessani: Wie Frauen bauen. Architektinnen. Von Julia Morgan bis Zaha Hadid. AvivA Verlag, Berlin, 2001. ISBN 3-932338-12-X; pp. 24–33.
• Kerstin Dörhöfer: Pionierinnen in der Architektur. Eine Baugeschichte der Moderne. Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3 8030 0639 2
• Jürgen Schröder: Deutschlands erste Architektin. Emilie Winkelmann baute auch in Vorpommern. In: Heimatkurier. Supplement to Nordkurier, 24 July 2006, p. 24.