Fritz Schupp


Fritz Schupp was a German architect.
He was educated from 1914 to 1917 at the Universities of Karlsruhe, München and Stuttgart. Despite mostly working alone, he formed a partnership based in Essen and Berlin with Martin Kremmer. From 1949, Schupp was a lecturer at the Technical University in Hannover.
Between 1920 and 1974, he built 69 factories and plants. In the Bergbauarchiv, 17500 sketches are at the disposal of researchers.
His best-known work was the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.

Works

  • 1921: Zeche Holland 3/4/6 in Wattenscheid
  • 1922: Mine's head offices Am Knie in Dortmund-Neuasseln
  • 1927: Cock factory in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1928–1930: Evangelist church in Berlin-Niederschöneweide
  • 1928–1932: Plant Zeche Zollverein 12 in Essen
  • vor 1930: Hall of „Zeche in Horst bei Essen“
  • 1936: Over surface installations Rammelsberg in Goslar
  • 1936: Monument for the victims of the Schlagwetter-Explosion in Flöz „Ida“ Zeche Adolf von Hansemann in Dortmund-Mengede
  • 1938: Extension of the farm Schulte up der Hege in Werksfürsorge Zollverein
  • 1936–1940: German Mining Museum in Bochum
  • 1940–1951: Powerplant Gustav Knepper in Dortmund-Mengede
  • 1944: Pit Zeche Germania in Dortmund-Marten
  • 1948–1952: Pit Grimberg 1/2 in Bergkamen
  • 1950: Tower Zeche Friedlicher Nachbar in Bochum-Linden
  • 1953: Social offices of the Rammelsberg mine in Goslar
  • 1953: Pit Zeche Pluto Wilhelm in Herne-Wanne
  • 1954: Pit 7 of Zeche Ewald in Herten
  • 1954: Aden house in Lünen
  • 1955–1956: Tower over pit 2 der Zeche Lohberg in Dinslaken
  • 1955–1959: Pit Katharina in Essen-Kray
  • 1950er Jahre: Tower, hall and washing facilities of pit Hugo in Gelsenkirchen-Buer
  • 1958–1960: Powerplant Springorum in Bochum-Weitmar
  • 1960: Tower of the Zeche Vereinigte Dahlhauser Tiefbau pit in Bochum-Dahlhausen
  • 1964: Concrete tower of pits 4 and 6 in Zeche Sophia-Jacoba in Ratheim

More

  • Wilhelm Busch: F. Schupp, M. Kremmer. Bergbauarchitektur 1919–1974. Rheinland-Verlag, Köln 1980,.
  • Wilhelm Busch, Thorsten Scheer : Symmetrie und Symbol. Die Industriearchitektur von Fritz Schupp und Martin Kremmer. Köln 2002,.