Levi, Ludwig

Ludwig Levy was born into a Jewish family. Was the sixth child. Father - Jonah Levy was engaged in trade in textiles, mother - Barbara Levi (ur. Machol). After graduating from school in Landau, he studied architecture at the Karlsruhe University of Technology . In 1882 he opened his own architectural office in Kaiserslautern . In recognition of his achievements, he was appointed architect of the Ministry of the Interior of the State of Baden . He presumed since 1886 at the Construction School and the Karlsruhe University of Technology. In 1890 he married Flora Levinger, in marriage with whom he had two children, Babette Marie (p.1891) and Erwin Walter (b. 1896). In November 1938, almost all of its synagogues were burned. His widow, Flora in 1940, was interned from Karlsruhe to Gurs concentration camp , from there in the summer of 1942 she was deported to Terezin camp . She died April 23, 1943 at the age of 74 years. Their two children were already dead at that time and left no descendants. The house of Ludwig Levy in Karlsruhe was confiscated during World War II .

Synagogues:

• Old synagogue in the barman (1897)
• Synagogue in Baden-Baden (1899)
• Synagogue in Bingen (1905)
• Synagogue in Diedenhofen (now Thionville )
• Synagogue in Kaiserslautern (1883–1886)
• Synagogue in La Chaux-du-Fo (1896)
• Synagogue in Luxembourg
• Old synagogue of Pforzheim (1893)
• Synagogue in Rastatt (1905)
• Synagogue in Rostock
• The synagogue in Strasbourg (1896-1898)
• Synagogue in Winweiler

Churches:

• 1884–1885 (?): Protestant Churches in Olsbrücken
• 1885: Catholic house in Kaiserslautern
• 1889-1893: Saint-Pierre-le-Chène Catholic Church in Strasbourg
• and other Protestant churches in Siegelbach (now the urban district of Kaiserslautern), Weilerbach , Mittelbach (now the urban district of Zweibrücken , Bexbach and Steinwenden

Other facilities:

• 1885: Villa Ritter in Kaiserslautern
• 1886: Villa Bem in Neustadt
• 1890: Burkshof in Neustadt
• 1893: Villa Stressius in Landau
• 1899–1911: Ministerial buildings at the Imperial Court (now on the Republic Square) in Strasbourg
• 1900-1903: District Office (later police headquarters) in Mannheim
• Psychiatry Care and Treatment Center in Wiesloch
• Levi-torus, the so-called "Levi Gate" of wrought iron. Located in the North-West corner of the castle garden in Kirchheimbolanden . The castle was owned by Frederick Brunk. The gate, designed by architect Ludwig Levy, was forged in 1889 in Frankfurt in the workshop of blacksmith art, possibly Franz Brechenmacher. This is a skillful structure with flowers, fruits and garlands of vines decorated with cords. It borders on two pillars of sandstone topped with vases. The gate was restored in 2009 and is equipped with a protective coating.

• Architect Ludwig Levy (1853-1907) (Otto Böcher: Der Architekt Ludwig Levy (1853-1907). In: Mitteilungen des Oberhessischen Geschichtsvereins, Neue Folge, Bd. 77/1992, S. 33-46) (him)
• The architect who invented the noble city of Landau - to the 140th anniversary of Louis Levi. (Christine Kohl-Langer: Ein Architekt, der Landaus vornehmes Stadtbild prägte - Ludwig Levy vor 140 Jahren geboren. In: Pfälzer Tageblatt, Nr. 89 vom 18. April 1994) (him.)
• Louis Levy is an influential architect in the history of South-West Germany. (Helmut Range: Ludwig Levy - ein bedeutender Architekt des Historismus in Südwestdeutschland. In: Festschrift Martin Graßnick, Kaiserslautern 1987, S. 117—128 [noch nicht ausgewertet]) (German)

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