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Eberhard Westhofen

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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

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

Realisations

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Höhere Bürgerschule am Fürstenwall, corner of Florastraße, 1888.

References

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Further reading

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  • Westhofen, Eberhard (1980). Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres (ed.). Kurzbiographien der Architekten und Baumeister. Vol. Band 2. Architektur: II, Profane Bauten und Städtebau. Düsseldorf: Schwann. 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.